Saxon Animal Welfare Medal

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Official representation of the medal
Official presentation of the award certificate

With the Saxon Animal Welfare Medal , also known as the Johann Georg Palitzsch Medal , the Saxon State Ministry for Social Affairs and Consumer Protection honors personalities in the Free State of Saxony who have made special contributions in the field of animal welfare. It is awarded by the Saxon State Minister responsible for animal welfare. A certificate will be issued for the award. The medal was donated on September 6, 2000 by the minister of the department at the time, Hans Geisler .

The medal bears the name of the well-known Dresden farmer, recognized lay astronomer and polymath Johann Georg Palitzsch (1723–1788).

Award regulations and appearance

The Saxon Animal Welfare Medal is awarded in a joint initiative with the Saxon State Veterinary Association and the Saxon State Animal Protection Association for special merits in the field of animal welfare.

The medal made of patinated white metal, which is awarded annually on the occasion of World Animal Protection Day (October 4th) by the responsible Saxon State Minister together with the award certificate, has a diameter of 100 mm and is not wearable. On its obverse it shows the portrait of the name giver of the medal and the inscription JOH. GEORG PALITZSCH 1723–1788.BAUERNASTRONOM.NATURKUNDIGER.PROHLIS B. DRESDEN . The lapel of the medal shows a circular ornament in the center with a butterfly , an owl , a cat and a cattle head . This four symbolism is surrounded by a snake , whose body snakes out of the upper edge of the medal. A mouse is depicted on the head of the snake . The selected animal motifs cover the wide range of animal representatives, insect-reptile-bird-mammal as well as their use of pet-farm animal-pet-wild animal-experimental animal. The inscription FREISTAAT SACHSEN , whose words are interrupted by the coat of arms of the Free State, can be read under these animal motifs . At the end of the reverse of the medal is the almost semicircular inscription OBLIGED TO PROTECT ANIMALS . The number of annual awards is limited to a maximum of three medals in order to reflect the importance of the award.

The medal is endowed with prize money of 4,000 euros.

Eligibility to propose and worthiness

All persons and groups of people, organizations and agencies, local authorities and other animal welfare institutions in the Free State of Saxony are eligible to make proposals in the field of animal welfare. Both individuals and entire groups of people can be proposed. The proposals themselves are to be submitted to the Saxon State Ministry for Social Affairs, Health, Youth and Family by June 30th of the year. The individual assessment by the Saxon State Advisory Board for Animal Welfare, which then forwards the proposal to the responsible minister of state, is responsible for the award-worthiness.

Award winners

  • 2001 - Liselotte Baudis (Animal Welfare Association Freital), Dr. Peter Bresan (veterinarian from Sollschwitz / Wittichenau), Gabriele and Torsten Lehmann (dog groomer from Hänichen)
  • 2002 - Annelies Krauß, Chairwoman of the Saxon Animal Welfare Association, Prof. Dr. Klaus Eulenberger (Veterinarian at the Leipzig Zoo)
  • 2003 - "... there was no suggestion."
  • 2004 - Ingeborg Will (Tierschutzverein Dresden), team from the Wiesengrund Ostrau animal shelter in the Döbeln district
  • 2005 - Elisabeth Adam (Animal Welfare Association Dresden)
  • 2006 - "... the animal welfare medal was not awarded."
  • 2007 -?
  • 2008 - Ingeburg Neumann (Animal Welfare Association Dresden)
  • 2009 - Team of the animal welfare association Chemnitz / Pfarrhübel, Annemarie Prokert (former animal welfare officer of the Free State)
  • 2010 - Petra Backoff (State Animal Protection Association), Steffen Keller (Wild Bird Sanctuary Dresden-Kaditz)
  • 2011 - Karin Oettmeier (Plauen Animal Welfare Association), Dr. Wolfgang Paul (Official Veterinarian Leipzig)
  • 2012 - Georg Hans Ohler (exemplary pig farmer in Großdubrau)
  • 2013 - Eberhard Kneschke (Lauta, Tierschutzverein Hoyerswerda), Kerstin Vollrath (Oßling, private animal sanctuary), Waltraute and Gerhard Wolf (Tierschutzverein Eilenburg)
  • 2014 - Thomas Bolbrock (cat shelters around Zittau), Rosemarie Lange and Inge Bär (animal protection association Franz von Assisi Sebnitz)
  • 2015 - Matthias Stark (Ellefeld / Vogtlandkreis) for the private construction of the Gnadenhof für Tiere e. V.
  • 2016 - Prof. Dr. Jörg Junhold (Director of Zoo Leipzig GmbH)
  • 2017 - Bernhard Steinert (exemplary cattle farmer in Cunnersdorf near Hohnstein)
  • 2018 - Katrin Schumann (Chairwoman of the Animal Welfare Association in Thallwitz)

Footnotes and individual references

  1. ↑ The legal basis is the announcement of the award of the Saxon Animal Welfare Medal from September 6, 2000 in the currently valid version.
  2. ↑ October 28, 2016 - Sächsische Tierschutzmedaille 2016. Saxon State Ministry for Social Affairs and Consumer Protection, October 28, 2016, accessed on September 20, 2018 .
  3. ↑ Awarding of the Saxon Animal Welfare Medal on October 8, 2001. In: medienservice.sachsen.de. October 8, 2001, archived from the original on September 7, 2012 ; accessed on September 27, 2018 .
  4. ↑ a b Saxon Animal Welfare Report 2004. (PDF; 650.3 kB) Free State of Saxony - State Ministry for Social Affairs, August 2005, p. 24 , archived from the original on January 3, 2016 ; accessed on September 23, 2018 .
  5. ^ Sächsischer Tierschutzbericht 2006. (PDF; 239.2 kB) Free State of Saxony - State Ministry for Social Affairs, November 2007, p. 36 , archived from the original on November 30, 2015 ; accessed on September 23, 2018 .
  6. ↑ Awarding of the Animal Welfare Medal. In: medienservice.sachsen.de. October 9, 2008, archived from the original on September 3, 2012 ; accessed on September 27, 2018 .
  7. ↑ Saxon Animal Welfare Report 2012, p. 27. Accessed on September 21, 2018 .
  8. ↑ Animal Welfare Awards 2010 to Petra Backoff and Steffen Keller. In: medienservice.sachsen.de. December 6, 2010, archived from the original on December 3, 2013 ; accessed on September 23, 2018 .
  9. ↑ Minister of State Christine Clauß awards 2011 Animal Welfare Prize to Karin Oettmeier and Dr. Wolfgang Paul. In: medienservice.sachsen.de. October 4, 2011, archived from the original on December 3, 2013 ; accessed on September 23, 2018 .
  10. ↑ Georg Hans Ohler awarded the 2012 Animal Welfare Prize. In: medienservice.sachsen.de. October 11, 2012, archived from the original on November 14, 2012 ; accessed on September 23, 2018 .
  11. ^ Minister of Social Affairs Christine Clauß awards the Saxon Animal Welfare Prize (medienservice.sachsen.de) , accessed on September 23, 2018
  12. ↑ "All three winners are honored for their commitment to the care and avoidance of wild cat populations", 2014 Animal Welfare Awards in Zittau awarded to Thomas Bolbrock, Rosemarie Lange and Inge Bär (medienservice.sachsen.de) , accessed on 23 September 2018
  13. ↑ 2015 Animal Welfare Award goes to Matthias Stark from Ellefeld (medienservice.sachsen.de) , accessed on 23 September 2018
  14. ↑ Prof. Dr. Jörg Junhold receives Animal Welfare Medal 2016. In: medienservice.sachsen.de. October 28, 2016. Retrieved September 20, 2018 .
  15. ^ Tierschutz-Medaille / Prize Winner 2017 (sachsen.de) , accessed September 25, 2017
  16. ↑ Awarding of the Saxon Animal Welfare Medal 2018 »Johann Georg Palitzsch«. Saxon State Ministry for Social Affairs and Consumer Protection, September 28, 2018, accessed on October 8, 2018 .

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