Welcome to the OFFICIAL APOPO HeroRATs Twitch Channel! For +25 years we have tackled landmines and tuberculosis around the world using trained African giant pouched rats and other scent-detection animals! Come join one of our HeroRATs, Aziz, as he trains, explores, eats & nests 24/7 on stream!
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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.**
Support the work of APOPO by donating with our Tiltify or through our Twitch Charity Tool at the top of chat! **Perspective of how your donations make an impact:** ✦ **10$** Supplies treats to our HeroRATs to give them the energy and strength needed to save lives! ✦ **$20** Supports our vets in providing weekly health checks to ensure all of our Heroes are happy and healthy! ✦ **$40** Helps a rat clear 160 square meters of minefields and return land to local communities, enabling them to live & work without fear. ✦ **$60** Funds a HeroRAT TB screening! Support the HeroRATS in quickly finding the deadly disease that kills 1.4 million people every year.
✦ **What does APOPO mean?** APOPO is an acronym from Dutch which stands for “Anti-Persoonsmijnen Ontmijnende Product Ontwikkeling”, or in English, Anti-Personnel Landmines Detection Product Development. ✦ **How are the rats taken care of?** Routine care includes daily observations of individual animals, weekly health inspection and reports and regular prevention treatments for parasites. The rats eat a well-balanced diet and have plenty of time to relax and play in between the training and work sessions. ✦ **Do animals sometimes get hurt or killed during the mineaction job?** Our heaviest male rats do not exceed 1.5 kilograms and are, therefore, in no danger of activating the pressure activated landmines they sniff out which require 10kg to be set off. No animal at APOPO has ever been injured or killed as a result of their detection work.
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