HeroRAT being trained to sniff out landmines in Tanzania

HeroRATs are trained by APOPO to save lives and limbs, by using their exceptional sense of smell to sniff out unexploded landmines and tuberculosis.
To learn more about this life-saving work, visit APOPO's website: http://www.apopo.org/

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Nonprofits & Activism

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• landmines
• rats

[68redneck67]

How can i help your organisation?

[apopovideos]

@68redneck67 Thanks for your interest! There are plenty of ways you can get involved with APOPO. You can connect with us on Facebook or Twitter, sign up for our newsletter, make a donation, or even participate in our Adopt-a-Rat program. Make sure to check out the "Support HeroRATs" page of our website, apopo.org, to learn more about how you can help the HeroRATs.

[leightonroadcwb]

Keep up the good work, I am making Hero rats through Global giving the charity that my small business in Hong Kong will support for the next couple of years.

Everytime I get some small random invoice or fee owed to me, I save myself the paperwork of getting paid buy getting my clients to make a donation through global giving for the same amount instead.

Our fantastic black rat MR T just passed away after 3 years, he was wild and we found him 6 days old drowning in a puddle Hong Kong.

[apopovideos]

@leightonroadcwb Thank you so much for your support of the HeroRATs through Global Giving! We love meeting people who also appreciate the value of rats.

[charlietomb585]

have these mines been laid down recently, or are they from past conflicts?

[apopovideos]

@charlietomb585 The landmine that are in our training field were first deactivated (detonators removed) and laid in our field in 2000. The mines that our HeroRATs are working to detect in Mozambique are from their war for Independence between 1964-1974, and the Civil War between 1977 to 1992.

[cyborg101101]

When he pets the Rat it is the SWEETEST thing ever! Im going to go give my rats a kiss and thank them now :)

[Achatina]

It DOES step on the landmine. BUT a animal of THAT size are not enough weight for it to explode. A dog would probably make it explode but not a rat.

[zorbaknecromancer]

i cant beleive in USA somebody killed these guys with a pitchfork!

[zorbaknecromancer]

the Gambian Giant pouched rat is furry and is the right thing for this

[blavin321]

@charlietomb585 if they were laid down recently we would still know where the bloody things are lol.

[kennit4]

good job!!you got a job

[kennit4]

good job!!