Patron (dog)

Patron
Патрон
Patron sitting next to his Golden Paw Award awarded by the Irish Kennel Club, June 2022.
BreedJack Russell Terrier
Born (2019-07-20) July 20, 2019 (age 5)
Chernihiv, Ukraine
Nation fromUkrainian
EmployerState Emergency Service of Ukraine
OwnerMykhailo Iliev
Named afterUkrainian word for bullet cartridge
Awards Order for Courage, Third Class.

Patron (Ukrainian: Патрон, pronounced [pɐˈtrɔn]; lit. 'cartridge'; born 20 July 2019[1]) is a detection dog and mascot for the State Emergency Service of Ukraine.[2][3] He is a Jack Russell Terrier.[4]

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.[5] As of 8 May 2022, Patron has found 236 such devices.[6]

  1. ^ "Пес Патрон відзначає день народження". 20 July 2022.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference BBC was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
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  4. ^ Treisman, Rachel (20 April 2022). "Meet Patron, a bomb-sniffing Jack Russell terrier who has become a Ukrainian hero". NPR.
  5. ^ "Ukraine's top canine deminer receives award from Zelensky". CNN. 8 May 2022. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference :236 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).