Magawa is said to be "slowing down" in his old age Magawa the rat, who was awarded a gold medal for his heroism, is retiring from his job detecting landmines. In a five-year career, the rodent ...

A hero rat who was commended for his outstanding service detecting landmines has died. Magawa, a giant African pouched rat trained to find unexploded ordnance, was retired last year. The 'HeroRAT ...

Magawa, the recently retired landmine detection rat, eats corn at the APOPO Visitor ... in Cambodia in 2016 to begin clearing mines. "A hero is laid to rest," APOPO said.

After five years of sniffing out land mines in Cambodia, Magawa is retiring. The African giant pouched rat has been the most successful rodent trained and overseen by a Belgian nonprofit ...

Who knew rats could be this heroic? Meet Magawa, an African rat from Tanzania currently on a life-saving mission in Cambodia! Check out this extraordinary rat's bomb-searching training.

Magawa was trained by Tanzania-based charity Apopo, “which has been raising the animals - known as Hero Rats - to detect landmines and tuberculosis since the 1990s”, the BBC reports.

Magawa is the only rat among the 30 animal recipients of the PDSA gold medal - the rest are dogs. Categories: Investments , International . Tags: cambodia , land mines , Magawa .