Binderveld / Kozen / Nieuwerkerken / Wijer –
As the first rat, Magawa has received a gold medal from the animal welfare organization PDSA. Magawa defused 39 landmines and 28 improvised bombs in the Killing Fields of Cambodia. With that medal he makes world news. The brain behind Magawa? Christophe Cox from Nieuwerkerken, Limburg.
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The rat has its reputation against it, but rats – in these African giant hamster rats – can also save lives. Magawa, six years old, in his five years as a professional minehunter has about 67 …
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