Ukrainian Mine-Sniffer Wins 'DogManitarian' Award at Cannes Film Festival

Storyful
2 年前

The Cannes Film Festival gave a “DogManitarian” Award on May 27 to Patron, a Jack Russel Terrier who has helped sniff out over 200 landmines in Ukraine.

Although the film festival usually celebrates movie stars, it also runs the Palm Dog awards, which, since 2001, recognizes the best dogs to appear on screen. Unfortunately, due to the war, Patron was unable to travel to Cannes to receive the award, so another Jack Russel named Opium received it on his behalf.

Earlier this month, Patron was awarded a medal by President Zelensky for his work. Credit: Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine via Storyful