https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-59951255
"Magawa, the famous mine-clearing rat who was awarded a gold medal for his
heroism, has died at the age of eight.
In a five-year career, the rodent sniffed out over 100 landmines and other
explosives in Cambodia.
Magawa was the most successful rat trained by the Belgian charity Apopo to
alert human handlers about the mines so they can be safely removed.
The charity said the African giant pouch rat "passed away peacefully" at the
weekend.
It said Magawa was in good health and "spent most of last week playing with his
usual enthusiasm". But by the weekend "he started to slow down, napping more
and showing less interest in food in his last days".
Bred in Tanzania, Magawa underwent a year of training before moving to Cambodia
to begin his bomb-sniffing career. There are thought to be up to six million
landmines in the South East Asian country."
Via Farhad, who wrote "A true Hero has left us! He saved countless of lives!
They should build a statue of him at the UN building!" and Christoph S.
Farhad also wrote "Here is the ceremony when he retired:"
https://youtu.be/YaVfr2DG1mM
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
