‘Rob the Parachuting Dog’
Instituted by Maria Dickin, the founder of the People’s Dispensary for Sick Animals (PDSA), in 1943, the Dickin Medal has been awarded on 71 occasions – 32 of them going to pigeons, 34 to dogs, four to horses and one to a cat.
‘Rob the Parachuting Dog’ is the most famous of all recipients of the ‘animal VC’. Bought as a pup…