This giant rat 'Magawa' given gold medal in Cambodia, know why
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This giant rat ‘Magawa’ in Cambodia given gold medal, know why

New Delhi: “Heroes come in all shapes and sizes,” reads an previous quote and Magawa, the rat who has to this point found 39 landmines and 28 objects of unexploded ordnance, on Friday (September 25, 2020) was awarded the PDSA Gold Medal, which reportedly is the very best honour for excellent animal bravery and distinctive dedication in civilian life.

The landmine detection rat Magawa obtained the PDSA Gold Medal for his life-saving work in Cambodia and have become the primary rat to obtain the Gold Medal, which has been offered to 30 recipients to this point.

“Magawa can search the area of a tennis court in 30 minutes, something that would take a human with a metal detector up to 4 days,” mentioned PDSA which is the UK’s main veterinary charity and was based in 1917 by animal welfare pioneer, Maria Dickin.

They added, “Magawa is an African Giant Pouched Rat – so much larger than your average pet rat – but still light enough that he would never set off a landmine by walking over it.”

They acknowledged that in Tanzania, a charity referred to as APOPO has been coaching rats to detect landmines because the early 1990s and even in the present day, it’s estimated that there are nonetheless 80 million landmines around the globe that are mendacity lively and unknown.

“That’s why rats like Magawa have been trained. It’s completely safe for rats like Magawa to detect landmines and they’re very intelligent animals so are easy to train. Magawa began training from a young age after being bred by APOPO for this purpose,” acknowledged PDSA.

According to PDSA, Magawa has helped in clearing over 141,000 sq. metres of land.

“Magawa has been detecting landmines for the past five years. He completely ignores any scrap metal lying around and so is much faster at finding landmines than people would be. He can search the area of a tennis court in 30 minutes, something that would take a human with a metal detector up to four days,” mentioned PDSA.

“When Magawa detects a landmine by the chemicals used in it, he signals to his handler. They know that where Magawa signals is the exact location because his sense of smell is so good, and so can dispose of the mine safely,” they added.

As per a report, the Medal depicts a laurel wreath and the phrases – ‘For animal gallantry or devotion to obligation’.

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