A trainer with his rat Pelani demining camp in Mozambique. The idea of using rats for the detection of landmines came up through a search for a cheap and efficient mine detector tool which would be able to detect both metal and plastic landmines. In this pilot project under Apopo research organisation based at Sokoine University of Agriculture in Tanzania, rats have proven to be good mine detectors because of their highly developed sense of smell. Apart from being cheap and easy to train, they can be easily adapt to all environments. *** Local Caption *** Un dresseur prepare un rat geant d'Afrique pour l'entrainement au camp de deminage Pelani, centre du Mozambique. L'idee d'utiliser des rats pour la detection des mines vient du besoin d'un outil efficace et peu onereux, capable de detecter a la fois les mines metalliques et plastiques. Ce projet pilote de l'universite d'agriculture de Sokoine a prouve que les rats sont de bons detecteurs de mines en raison de leur flair tres developpe. Ils peuvent aussi s'adapter a tous les environnements.
Authors
- Credit Notice
- Panapress Photographer / Panapress / african.pictures
- Date published
- 14-10-2003
- External ID 1
- APN512207
- Original Filename
- APN512207.jpg
- Published in
- South Africa
- Subject
- A trainer with his rat Pelani demining camp in Mozambique. The idea of using rats for the detection of landmines came up
