Er ... Where Is 'The Bravery' If Magwa Has No Concept of What Landmines Are and Do?

 Rat That Sniffs Out Land Mines Receives Award for Bravery

Magawa, a 5-year-old African giant pouched rat, was recognized with a prestigious honor for his work detecting mines and explosives in Cambodia. 

                                        

Magawa wearing his gold medal from the People’s Dispensary for Sick Animals, a British charity, on Friday.Credit...PDSA, via Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

By Anna Schaverien

  

• Sept. 25, 2020Updated 9:13 a.m. ET
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The medal awarded on Friday lauded the “lifesaving bravery and devotion to duty” for work detecting land mines in Cambodia. Its recipient: a rat named Magawa.

Magawa is the first rat to receive the award — a gold medal bestowed by the People’s Dispensary for Sick Animals, a British charity, that is often called the “animal’s George Cross” after an honor usually given to civilians that recognizes acts of bravery and heroism. NY Times.

Blogger: well I'll let this oddity go as I have a great respect for the PDSA.