Tag: Magawa

• Wednesday, January 12th 2022 - 09:00 UTC

  Magawa, the detecting landmines Hero-Rat has died and APOPO staff praise its achievements

  

  A hero rat who was commended for his outstanding service detecting landmines has died. Magawa, a giant African pouched rat trained to find unexploded ordnance, was retired last year.

• Friday, September 25th 2020 - 07:02 UTC

  Gold medal for HeroRAT Magawa's life saving work in detecting mines in Cambodia

  

  An African giant pouched rat named Magawa has been awarded a gold medal by a UK veterinary charity for his “life-saving” work in Cambodia where he detects landmines. Manawa has so far discovered 39 landmines and 28 items of unexploded ordnance in his seven-year career.