PDSA, the People’s Dispensary for Sick Animals, a British charity has honoured a a 5-year-old African giant pouched rat, Magawa with a gold medal on Friday. Magawa has recognized nowadays with a prestigious honor for his work detecting mines and explosives in Cambodia.
Magawa is the first ever rat to receive any of the prestigious award — a gold medal from the PDSA that is often called the “animal’s George Cross” after an honor usually given to civilians that recognizes acts of bravery and heroism. Since the last four years, Magawa has discovered 39 land mines and 28 pieces of unexploded ordnance in Cambodia, and helped clear more than 1.5 million square feet of land.
Magawa is more fastest and safe trick for searching the mines and it can search an area the size of a tennis court in 30 minutes, whereas a person with a metal detector would usually take four days to search an area of that size.He signals to his handler by scratching at the earth above it immediately after detecting any mines
Jan McLoughlin, the director general of the charity praised the amazing work of Magawa that has directly saved and changed the lives of men, women and children who had been impacted by those land mines since ages.On the online ceremony,McLoughlin said, “Magawa’s dedication, skill and bravery are an extraordinary example of this and deserve the highest possible recognition,” .She added, “Every discovery Magawa makes reduces the risk of injury or death for local people.”
Magawa is more fastest and safe trick for searching the mines and it can search an area the size of a tennis court in 30 minutes, whereas a person with a metal detector would usually take four days to search an area of that size.He signals to his handler by scratching at the earth above it immediately after detecting any mines.
Magawa can search an area the size of a tennis court in 30 minutes, whereas a person with a metal detector would usually take four days to search an area of that size. When he finds a mine, he signals to his handler by scratching at the earth above it. Unlike humans, Magawa is too light to detonate a mine, so there is minimal risk of injury.
