APOPO
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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
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- Organization.purpose
- To develop detection rats technology to provide solutions for global problems and inspire positive social change.
- Organization.headquarters
- Morogoro, Tanzania
- Organization.region
- Africa, Asia, South America
- Organization.fields
- Mine action, tuberculosis, research and development, disaster relief
- Organization.owner
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Wikidata facts
- Official website
- apopo.org
- Image
- A man feeding a rat at the Apopo rat training in Tanzania.jpg
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- inception
- 1997-00-00
- Commons category
- APOPO
- social media followers
- 12934
- number of viewers/listeners
- 1376717
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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.
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