Patron (dog)

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Patron
Patron with defused Russian land mines, 15 March 2022
SpeciesDog
BreedJack Russell Terrier
SexMale
Born (2019-07-20) July 20, 2019 (age 4)
Ukraine
Nation fromUkraine
Notable roleDetection dog
Years active2020–present
OwnerMykhailo "Misha" Iliev, State Emergency Service of Ukraine
Named afterUkrainian word for bullet cartridge
External video
video icon Zelenskiy awards medal to bomb-sniffing dog. Youtube video (0:45). 9 May 2022

Patron (Ukrainian: Патрон, pronounced [pɐˈtrɔn]; lit. 'cartridge'; born 20 July 2019[1]) is a detection dog who works for the State Emergency Service of Ukraine.[2][3] He is a Jack Russell Terrier.

Patron first came to prominence during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, during which Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy awarded him the Order for Courage for his work in locating and defusing unexploded ordnance left behind by Russian troops.[4] As of 8 May 2022, Patron has found 236 such devices.[5]

Life

Order for Courage, Third Class. Patron and his handler jointly received the medal from President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on 9 May 2022.

Patron was born on 20 July 2019. He was purchased as a puppy by Mykhailo "Misha" Iliev (born c. 1990), a bomb disposal technician with the State Emergency Service of Ukraine. Iliev, who later became Patron's exclusive handler, originally intended to give the puppy to his son as a pet, but soon began training Patron as a detection dog instead.[6]

After Russia invaded Ukraine on 24 February 2022, Patron and Iliev began working to neutralize unexploded Russian bombs and land mines in and around Iliev's hometown of Chernihiv. Patron became a celebrity after the State Emergency Service posted a video on the social media site Facebook on 19 March 2022.[7] The video (in which Patron can be seen sniffing around debris and sitting in Iliev's lap while wearing a small bulletproof vest personalized with his name in Cyrillic letters) went viral, garnering over 267,000 views and 16,000 reactions. On the same day, the Ukrainian Ministry of Culture and Information Policy's Centre for Strategic Communications and Information Security reposted the video on the social media site Twitter, which garnered over 877,000 views, 27,000 likes, and 6,500 retweets (all numbers current as of 19 July 2022). Patron is also active in charity work, making visits to patients at Okhmatdyt children's hospital in Kyiv. Due to his viral fame, dangerous work, and charity appearances, Patron has been described as an "unexpected social media weapon" for Ukraine.[8]

On 5 May 2022, Minister of Internal Affairs Denys Monastyrsky announced the creation of the International Coordination Center for Humanitarian Demining, with Patron as its mascot.[9][10] Four days later, Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy, accompanied by Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau, jointly honored Patron and Iliev with the Order for Courage, Third Class, thanking them for their service to Ukraine.[11][12]

On 27 May 2022, Patron was awarded the Palm Dog for "DogManitarian Work" at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival.[13]

Gallery

See also

References

  1. ^ "Пес Патрон відзначає день народження".
  2. ^ "Ukraine war: Minesweeping dog helps clear Chernihiv of Russian explosives". bbc.com. BBC News. 16 April 2022. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
  3. ^ Joe Golder; Graeme Murray (10 April 2022). "Brave bomb squad dog helps disposal experts in Ukraine clean up Russian landmines". mirror.co.uk. Daily Mirror. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
  4. ^ "Ukraine's top canine deminer receives award from Zelensky". CNN. 8 May 2022. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
  5. ^ "The people of Ukraine and Canada stand side by side in the struggle for freedom against Russian tyranny - Volodymyr Zelenskyy following a meeting with Justin Trudeau in Kyiv". Official website of the President of Ukraine. Retrieved 9 May 2022.
  6. ^ Treisman, Rachel (9 May 2022). "Patron the bomb-sniffing dog cements his hero status with a presidential medal". NPR.com. National Public Radio. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
  7. ^ "Новини від Патрона! Наш войовничий песик - талісман чернігівських піротехніків продовжує нести службу! З початку війни він разом із саперами ДСНС знешкодив майже 90 вибухонебезпечних предметів. Дякуємо, друже, за невтомну працю🤝!". State Emergency Service of Ukraine. 19 March 2022. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
  8. ^ Maud, Sydney (11 July 2022). "Ukraine's unexpected social media weapon: Patron the dog". JPost.com. The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
  9. ^ "The International Coordination Center for Humanitarian Demining has been established at the Ministry of Internal Affairs". odessa-journal.com. The Odessa Journal. 5 May 2022. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
  10. ^ "В Україні створено Міжнародний координаційний центр з питань гуманітарного розмінування" (in Ukrainian). Інтерфакс-Україна. 5 May 2022.
  11. ^ Павлюк, Олег (8 May 2022). "Пес Патрон отримав нагороду від Зеленського". Суспільне | Новини (in Ukrainian). Суспільне.
  12. ^ Patron the mine-sniffing dog awarded medal by President Zelensky, BBC.com
  13. ^ "Ukrainian Mine-Sniffer Wins 'DogManitarian' Award at Cannes Film Festival". Yahoo! News. 28 May 2022. Retrieved 30 May 2022.

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