The PDSA Gold Medal is an animal bravery award that acknowledges the bravery and devotion to duty of animals. It was created by the PDSA in 2002, and is now recognized as the animal equivalent of the George Cross. An animal can be awarded the PDSA Gold Medal if it assists in saving human or animal life when its own life is in danger or through exceptional devotion to duty.

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  • The PDSA Gold Medal is an animal bravery award that acknowledges the bravery and devotion to duty of animals. It was created by the PDSA in 2002, and is now recognized as the animal equivalent of the George Cross. An animal can be awarded the PDSA Gold Medal if it assists in saving human or animal life when its own life is in danger or through exceptional devotion to duty. The medal can also be awarded to animals in public service, such as police or rescue dogs, if the animal dies or suffers serious injury whilst carrying out its official duties in the face of armed and violent opposition. As of February 2009, the PDSA Gold Medal has been awarded 14 times since first awarded in November 2002. All recipients to date are dogs. The Dickin Medal, a separate award also administered by the PDSA, was established by Maria Dickin, founder of the PDSA, in 1943, to acknowledge acts of outstanding bravery by animals serving with military forces in theatres of war, and is considered the animal equivalent of the Victoria Cross.
  • De PDSA Gouden Medaille is een Britse onderscheiding voor dieren. De PDSA Gouden Medaille wordt sinds 2002 uitgereikt door de People's Dispensary for Sick Animals (PDSA) aan dieren die zich heldhaftig gedragen hebben. De medaille is de bedoeld voor dieren buiten krijgsdienst en is de tegenhanger van de Dickin Medaille welke bedoeld is voor dieren in krijgsdienst.
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  • The PDSA Gold Medal is an animal bravery award that acknowledges the bravery and devotion to duty of animals. It was created by the PDSA in 2002, and is now recognized as the animal equivalent of the George Cross. An animal can be awarded the PDSA Gold Medal if it assists in saving human or animal life when its own life is in danger or through exceptional devotion to duty.
  • De PDSA Gouden Medaille is een Britse onderscheiding voor dieren. De PDSA Gouden Medaille wordt sinds 2002 uitgereikt door de People's Dispensary for Sick Animals (PDSA) aan dieren die zich heldhaftig gedragen hebben. De medaille is de bedoeld voor dieren buiten krijgsdienst en is de tegenhanger van de Dickin Medaille welke bedoeld is voor dieren in krijgsdienst.
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  • PDSA Gold Medal
  • PDSA Gouden Medaille
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