APOPO
Also known as heroRAT HQ
APOPO () is a registered Belgian non-governmental organisation and US non-profit which trains southern giant pouched rats and technical survey dogs to detect landmines and tuberculosis. They call their trained animals HeroRATs and HeroDOGs.
Key facts
- Organization.name
- APOPO
- Organization.native_name
- Anti-Persoonsmijnen Ontmijnende Product Ontwikkeling
- Organization.native_name_lang
- Dutch
- Organization.image
- Bosco the rat at APOPO.jpg
- Organization.caption
- One of APOPO's "HeroRATs" in Cambodia
- Organization.formation
- 1997
- Organization.type
- Non-governmental organization
- Organization.tax_id
- <!-- or
- Organization.vat_id
- (for European organizations) -->
- Organization.purpose
- To develop detection rats technology to provide solutions for global problems and inspire positive social change.
- Organization.headquarters
- Morogoro, Tanzania
- Organization.region
Article
10 sectionsContents
- History
- Organization
- Scent detection training
- Detecting landmines
- Detecting tuberculosis
- Fundraising
- Awards
- See also
- References
- External links
APOPO () is a registered Belgian non-governmental organisation and US non-profit which trains southern giant pouched rats and technical survey dogs to detect landmines and tuberculosis. They call their trained animals HeroRATs and HeroDOGs.
==History==