Cambodia’s landmine-sniffing ‘hero’ rat Magawa dies in retirement
- 12-Jan-2022
PHNOM PENH: Cambodia’s landmine-sniffing rat Magawa, who found more than 100 landmines and explosives during a five-year career, has died at the age of 8, leaving a lasting legacy of saved lives in the Southeast Asian nation. Magawa, who died over the weekend, was the most successful “HeroRAT” deployed by international charity APOPO, which uses […]
Bomb-sniffing rat retires
- 05-Jun-2021
Magawa, originally from Tanzania, was trained by the Belgian charity APOPO which says the rodent helped clear mines from 225,000 square metres of land in his five-year career