Bingjie: the Nanjing fire rescue dog credited with finding 13 lives at Wenchuan
Bingjie was a Nanjing firefighting search and rescue dog, born in 2007 and reported dead on October 2, 2021. Public records credit…
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Shenhu: the Wenchuan earthquake search dog credited with finding 15 survivors
On October 3, 2019, HK01 reported that Shenhu, a search and rescue dog who had taken part in the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake…
Kuno: the Belgian Malinois wounded while protecting troops in Afghanistan
In 2019, British military working dog Kuno charged through grenade and machine-gun fire in Afghanistan, tackling a gunman and helping troops regain…
Bass: the MARSOC Belgian Malinois awarded the Dickin Medal
Bass was a U.S. Marine Forces Special Operations Command Belgian Malinois whose deployments included Afghanistan, Iraq and Somalia; he received the PDSA…
Sasha: the pit bull who helped save a baby during a Stockton fire
In June 2018, a fire broke out near a home in Stockton, California. Sasha, an 8-month-old pit bull, barked and banged at…
Lucca: the explosive-detection dog who guarded troops across more than 400 missions
Lucca was a U.S. Marine Corps explosive-detection dog credited with more than 400 missions and no human fatalities under her watch before…
Frida: The Mexican Rescue Dog Who Searched for Life in the Rubble
Frida was a yellow Labrador search-and-rescue dog who served with the Mexican Navy. She took part in multiple disaster response missions and…
Polo: the family dog who shielded a baby during a Baltimore house fire
In August 2016, a house fire broke out in Baltimore, Maryland. Erika Poremski had stepped outside to her car when she saw…
Bretagne: the 9/11 search dog who later helped children
Bretagne was a Texas Task Force 1 golden retriever who worked at Ground Zero after 9/11, later served in disaster response and…
Diesel: the French police dog killed in the Saint-Denis raid
Diesel was a French RAID police dog killed during the Saint-Denis raid after the November 2015 Paris attacks and later awarded the…
Cecil: the Hwange lion whose killing sparked a global conservation debate
Cecil was a collared lion from Hwange National Park whose 2015 killing by a trophy hunter triggered worldwide outrage and conservation debate.
Tama: the cat stationmaster of Kishi Station
Tama, a calico cat at Kishi Station in Wakayama, became stationmaster in 2007 and helped turn a struggling railway stop into a…
Faith: the bipedal dog who visited hospitals and schools to encourage people
Faith was born with two fully developed hind legs and a deformed front leg, learned to walk upright after adoption by Jude…
Tara: the cat who drove off a dog attacking a child
Tara was the Bakersfield family cat whose surveillance-video rescue of four-year-old Jeremy Triantafilo from a dog attack became globally known in 2014.
Leo: the Serbian dachshund who died protecting a girl
In March 2014, in Pancevo, Serbia, a girl was attacked by a large dog. Leo, a small dachshund, rushed in and bit…