Bart Weetjens - Deploying Rats to Detect Landmines
July 7, 2009![](https://static.dw.com/image/4444382_800.webp)
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Traditionally dogs have been used to detect mines, but their training is costly and many struggle to cope with the climate in Africa. Five years ago the Tanzania-based organisation Apopo began training rats to do the task, and its founder Bart Weetjens is proud of the project's success.