Animal Heroes: Inspiring true stories of courageous animals

These heart-warming tales of gallantry and devotion will stay with you long after you turn the pages. Previously published as The Animals' VC. The PDSA Dickin Medal regarded as the animals'e tm Victoria Cross has been awarded to just 64 animals, from the Blitz to present day, for their courage in times of crisis. The PDSA Dickin Medal--regarded as the animals' Victoria Cross--has been awarded to just 64 animals, from the Blitz to present day, for their courage in times of crisis.

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Among these incredible true-life stories you will meet G. Joe the plucky pigeon, who rescued over lives by flying twenty miles in twenty minutes to deliver a message in World War II; Theo the steadfast springer spaniel, who served as a bomb-detection dog in Afghanistan; Rip the trusty mongrel, who saved many victims of the Blitz air-raids; and Olga the courageous police horse, who bolted from the path of a flying bomb in World War II, only to return to the scene and remain on duty.

These heartwarming tales of gallantry and devotion will stay with you long after you turn the pages. The first recipients of the Dickin Medal in December were three pigeons serving with the Royal Air Force, all of whom contributed to the recovery of aircrew from ditched aircraft.

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The most recent to be honoured is Treo, a black Labrador, awarded for his 'heroic actions as an arms and explosives search dog in Afghanistan'. These true tales of heartrending devotion and duty are told from first hand accounts and from the citations themselves. There's Rip the terrier who is credited with saving upwards of lives sniffing out survivors buried after bombing raids in WWII. Judy the pointer, hero of a Japanese Prisoner of War Camp. Simon the ship's cat who, though injured, continued to stay with his crew under fire.

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I Joe the pigeon who saved the inhabitants of a village in Italy when she flew twenty miles in twenty minutes with a message to evacuate prior to a bombing raid. There's Buster, a spaniel who located an arms cache in Afghanistan saving the lives of countless soldiers.

Written in a spirit of celebration, and intended to provide a lasting memorial to these remarkable animals and the men and women who came to rely on them, these tales of courage and devotion will stay with the reader long after they have closed the book. Becoming by Michelle Obama Hardcover Book 1.

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