A rat in Cambodia received a medal for his bravery and devotion to his duty.

Rat made us terrified and we see it as a dirty animal because we usually see it in canal roaming around in dirty areas just to find food. This rat in Cambodia is different, was trained to be a landmine detection rat, and was given a gold medal from a UK charity for his bravery and devotion to his duty. He is the first rat in the charity’s 77-year history of honoring animals to receive a PDSA (the people’s dispensary for sick animals), Medal.

A rat named Magawa is an African giant pouched is trained from Tanzania by APOPO to detect chemical compounds within explosives and alert human deminers. Magawa find 39 land mines and 28 items of unexploded ordnance to date. He just helps to clear over 141,000 square meters of land to save local people. If you may ask he is trained like how you trained a dog give him a treat when he does the trick. Magawa was presented and given a miniature Gold Medal from veterinary charity the people’s dispensary for sick animals (PDSA).