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 .

All of this is done in association with the Belgian-registered and Tanzania-based NGO APOPO, whose achievements include training gold medal winner Magawa the rat, who helped find 71 landmines and ...

Rats live for around two years, but some may live longer. • Magawa, an African giant pouched rat, enjoyed a successful career sniffing out landmines in Cambodia. The much-loved rodent was ...