APOPO

APOPO
Anti-Persoonsmijnen Ontmijnende Product Ontwikkeling
Formation1997
TypeNon-governmental organization
PurposeTo develop detection rats technology to provide solutions for global problems and inspire positive social change.
HeadquartersMorogoro, Tanzania
Region
Africa, Asia, South America
FieldsMine action, tuberculosis, research and development, disaster relief
Websitewww.apopo.org

APOPO (Dutch: Anti-Persoonsmijnen Ontmijnende Product Ontwikkeling, lit. 'Anti-Personnel Landmines Detection Product Development') 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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