Jean-marie David 🟡4d ago
DarkRat

#Apopo, the company behind #HeroRats is facing difficulties due to USAID budget cuts.

If you're looking for an awesome company to donate some money to, this definitely is one.
They are training gambian pouched rats to sniff out landmines and tuberculosis.

https://apopo.org/take-action-today/

#rats

Take-action-today • APOPO

Recent cuts to U.S. foreign aid, along with broader reductions in international support for humanitarian work, are having a profound impact. In Zimbabwe, our

APOPO - Training Animals to rid the world of landmines and tuberculosis
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Show threadMrEdgarBass4d ago
@darkrat I was in Cambodia in 2025. Here’s what they look like. They are huge.
Show threadDarkRat4d ago
@MrEdgarBass  one day I want to visit them
Show threadDarkRat4d ago

@MrEdgarBass btw: Apopo is currently running a fundraiser. With 50% donation matching:

https://www.globalgiving.org/projects/support-apopos-herorats-life-saving-missions/

Support APOPO's HeroRATs' life-saving missions!

APOPO trains African giant pouched rats (nicknamed HeroRATs) to detect landmines and tuberculosis (TB) using their amazing sense of smell. APOPO's HeroRATs have huge potential to relieve human suffering and promote development when used in landmine detection and TB detection. With your support, APOPO is also training HeroRATs for search and rescue and wildlife trafficking prevention leading the way in animal scent detection innovation, all for the purpose of saving lives.

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