NGO that trains landmine- and tuberculosis-sniffing rats
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To develop detection rats technology to provide solutions for global problems and inspire positive social change.
Headquarters
Morogoro, Tanzania
Region
Africa, Asia, South America
Fields
Mine action, tuberculosis, research and development, disaster relief
Website
www.apopo.org
One of APOPO's "HeroRATs" in Cambodia
APOPO (Dutch: Anti-Persoonsmijnen Ontmijnende Product Ontwikkeling, lit. 'Anti-Personnel Landmines Detection Product Development'[1]) is a registered Belgian non-governmental organisation and US non-profit which trains southern giant pouched rats[1] and technical survey dogs to detect landmines and tuberculosis.[2] They call their trained animals 'HeroRATs' and 'HeroDOGs'.[3]
^ ab"Frequently Asked Questions". Apopo.org. 14 May 2016. Archived from the original on 27 December 2017. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
^APOPO – Who We Are Archived 2011-09-27 at the Wayback Machine
^APOPO – Training HeroRATs Archived 2011-08-07 at the Wayback Machine
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encounter one another. A Tanzanian social enterprise founded by two Belgians, APOPO ("Anti-Personnel Landmines Removal Product Development" in English), trains...
sniffing out landmines in Cambodia for the non-governmental organization APOPO (in English, Anti-Personnel Landmines Removal Product Development) which...
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of the country, where most of the remaining mines are found.[dead link] APOPO, a Belgian non-governmental organization which uses rats to detect landmines...
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to city short of an ocean/port. In Morogoro, the non-profit organization APOPO trains Gambian pouched rats known as HeroRATS, for landmine detection as...
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larger study. In 2018 Milne travelled to the Tanzanian training centre APOPO to check whether she could smell Tuberculosis. Barran's work on Parkinson's...
been employed, for example, by the Belgian non-governmental organization APOPO, which trains rats (specifically African giant pouched rats) to detect landmines...
tuberculosis detection and in locating landmines through initiatives by APOPO. It is also popular as bushmeat.[citation needed] Dando, T.; Kennerley,...
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small size and lack of aggression. A Belgian non-government organization, APOPO, trains Gambian pouched rats (Cricetomys gambianus) to sniff out land mines...
items of ordnance left over from the Cambodian Civil War. He was trained by APOPO. c.2013–2021 September 2023 Kaiser A German Shepherd police dog who sustained...
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nuts bear a superficial resemblance to the walnut. Local names Anamemila, Apopo, Sida, in Nigeria Bombulu in Zaire Dibetou in Gabon and Ivory Coast Mpengwa...
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