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PDSA
abbreviation for
- People's Dispensary for Sick Animals
Example Sentences
The PDSA, the UK's largest veterinary charity, is celebrating a decade of awarding the medal, described by the animal charity as the "animals' OBE", to animals who have demonstrated outstanding devotion to their owner or wider society.
Max has been immortalised in his hometown with a bronze statue and last year became the first pet to be given the PDSA's Order of Merit, known as the animal OBE.
The PDSA’s Dickin Medal for gallantry, though, has been given to 32 pigeons, four horses and a cat.
In September, he was awarded a gold medal for bravery from British charity PDSA, an honor that had previously only gone to dogs.
Now he's going to be the first pet to be given the PDSA's Order of Merit, which the charity has previously awarded to police and search and rescue animals and calls the "animal OBE".
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