A rat – a hero, who located mines and was honored in Cambodia for his courage, after saving dozens of lives with his work, he gave up his last breath, as announced by the non-governmental organization that trained him.
THE Magaua, an African giant rat from Tanzania, helped demine 225,000 square feet, or 42 soccer fields, during his five-year career. After locating more than 100 mines and other explosives, the rodent “retired” last June.
THE Magaua died “quietly” last weekend at the age of 8, according to Belgian NGO APOPO. “All of us at APOPO are saddened by the loss of Magaua and are grateful for the incredible work he has done,” the organization said in a statement.
THE Magaua he seemed to be in good health and spent most of the weekend playing with his usual enthusiasm. But then he started to look tired, slept often and had no appetite.
THE APOPO, which operates in Asia and Africa, trained him Magaua rewarding his successes with his favorite delicacies, bananas and peanuts. When he located TNT, had learned to scrape the ground to “inform” his fellow people. This technique, which is not based on detecting metallic materials, is faster than using a metal detector.
THE Magaua, an animal 70 cm tall, could comb an area the size of a tennis court in 30 minutes – a man equipped with a metal detector would take four days.
In September 2020 at Magaua was awarded the Gold Medal of the British Animal Welfare Association PDSA, which honors every year an animal for its bravery. He was the first rat to receive this honor, which is considered equivalent to the awarding of the Cross of George to humans.
According to PDSA, about 4-6 million mines were placed in Cambodia between 1975-1998 and more than 64,000 people were killed by their explosions.
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