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Magawa received a British award for bravery last year after clearing a record-amount of landmines for a rat
After a long five-year career – in rat years at least – Magawa, an African giant pouched rat, also known as a ‘hero rat’, is scurrying off into the sunset. According to APOPO, Magawa’s illustrious career has seen him clear more than 225,000sqm of land – or 31 football pitches – and discover 71 landmines and 38 items of unexploded ordnance.The prize is the animal equivalent of the George Cross, awarded to Britons for acts of bravery and heroism.
African giant pouched rat Magawa posing with his gold medal received from PDSA for his work in detecting landmines, in Cambodia Many dogs, horses, pigeons and even a cat have received the recognition in the past.‘Although still in good health, he has reached a retirement age and is clearly starting to slow down,’ APOPO said. ‘It is time.’
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