Comments on: HeroRATS Trained to Sniff Out Landmines http://inhabitat.com/heroic-rats-trained-to-sniff-out-landmines/ Green design & eco innovation for a better world Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:26:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: inne http://inhabitat.com/heroic-rats-trained-to-sniff-out-landmines/comment-page-1/#comment-202889 inne Wed, 23 Dec 2009 21:28:24 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/?p=75939#comment-202889 Hi everybody! I just found this page and wanted to thank you all for you nice words, especially RJ for his great article on socyberty.com! As a volunteer from APOPO I’d love to answer any questions you might have – you can always email my at inneATxs4allDOTnl. As a small gift I’d like to give you all e paper art folding rat,designed by the talented japanees children book writer SatoshiKitamura, specially made for APOPO. http://www.scribd.com/doc/20022410/Paper-art-rat-for-APOPO-by-Satoshi-Kitamura You can download the file, print it, cut out the rat and fold him.Every time you see him, you know who glad we are with the kind wordsand attention you give us. Best wishes, Inne ten Have (ps: this is the same comment I wrote down at socyberty.com, sorry for the double, but I wanted to let you know too how grateful I am) http://socyberty.com/issues/unexploded-landmines-call-for-the-herorats/#comment-213755 @opalsky: Thank you so much for your nice words! The problem with digital sensory devices is the price and the high technology - the people with the problem (landmines in their fields) don't have the money, nor the knowledge to take control of their lives by expensive high-tech solutions. By keeping the solution as simple and cheap as possible, chances increase that people can take control themselves and get a life without having to beg for help. Of course our work still costs momey but we dream of a world where the poorest can clear there own fields without our money or technology. Hi everybody!
I just found this page and wanted to thank you all for you nice words, especially RJ for his great article on socyberty.com! As a volunteer from APOPO I’d love to answer any questions you might have – you can always email my at inneATxs4allDOTnl.

As a small gift I’d like to give you all e paper art folding rat,designed by the talented japanees children book writer SatoshiKitamura, specially made for APOPO.
http://www.scribd.com/doc/20022410/Paper-art-rat-for-APOPO-by-Satoshi-Kitamura
You can download the file, print it, cut out the rat and fold him.Every time you see him, you know who glad we are with the kind wordsand attention you give us.

Best wishes, Inne ten Have

(ps: this is the same comment I wrote down at socyberty.com, sorry for the double, but I wanted to let you know too how grateful I am)

http://socyberty.com/issues/unexploded-landmines-call-for-the-herorats/#comment-213755

@opalsky:
Thank you so much for your nice words!
The problem with digital sensory devices is the price and the high technology – the people with the problem (landmines in their fields) don’t have the money, nor the knowledge to take control of their lives by expensive high-tech solutions. By keeping the solution as simple and cheap as possible, chances increase that people can take control themselves and get a life without having to beg for help. Of course our work still costs momey but we dream of a world where the poorest can clear there own fields without our money or technology.

]]> By: opalsky http://inhabitat.com/heroic-rats-trained-to-sniff-out-landmines/comment-page-1/#comment-202496 opalsky Thu, 17 Dec 2009 12:30:31 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/?p=75939#comment-202496 Heather Mills must be so grateful to the Belgian HeroRat organization for training these intelligent creatures. After losing part of her leg to a land mine explosion, she has been very vocal about governments tracing their locations and detonating them. This must be a huge triumph for her cause, even though it is a private organization conducting it. Ideally, digital sensory devices could be used for detection...but if organizations persist using animals for research, then I hope that by channeling their resources HUMANELY, they will, continuously, be reminded of how precious the animal's primal instincts, and intelligence are. People in wheelchairs and who are blind; autistic children; people with epilepsy; people who are oblivious to oncoming natural disasters; these are all individuals who's lives have been made more mobile, more aware, and saved, by the presence of animals in their lives. So, to the HeroRats , we must be grateful. To their trainers, we must be watchful. Here's hoping for safe environments for all on this earth. Heather Mills must be so grateful to the Belgian HeroRat organization for training these intelligent creatures.
After losing part of her leg to a land mine explosion, she has been very vocal about governments tracing their
locations and detonating them. This must be a huge triumph for her cause, even though it is a private
organization conducting it.
Ideally, digital sensory devices could be used for detection…but if organizations persist using animals for
research, then I hope that by channeling their resources HUMANELY, they will, continuously, be reminded of how
precious the animal’s primal instincts, and intelligence are.
People in wheelchairs and who are blind; autistic children; people with epilepsy; people who are oblivious to
oncoming natural disasters; these are all individuals who’s lives have been made more mobile, more aware, and
saved, by the presence of animals in their lives.
So, to the HeroRats , we must be grateful. To their trainers, we must be watchful. Here’s hoping for safe
environments for all on this earth.

]]> By: garwood http://inhabitat.com/heroic-rats-trained-to-sniff-out-landmines/comment-page-1/#comment-202433 garwood Wed, 16 Dec 2009 20:43:50 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/?p=75939#comment-202433 cute may be a stretch, but it's nice to see someone putting them to work for a good cause. i wonder if they get worker's comp. kidding. cute may be a stretch, but it’s nice to see someone putting them to work for a good cause. i wonder if they get worker’s comp. kidding.

]]> By: Kirsten Corsaro http://inhabitat.com/heroic-rats-trained-to-sniff-out-landmines/comment-page-1/#comment-202399 Kirsten Corsaro Wed, 16 Dec 2009 17:18:02 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/?p=75939#comment-202399 Amazing! As an aside, I hope that if and when rats are used in other parts of the world, they'll use local species rather than importing the African rats. Amazing! As an aside, I hope that if and when rats are used in other parts of the world, they’ll use local species rather than importing the African rats.

]]> By: Crysti http://inhabitat.com/heroic-rats-trained-to-sniff-out-landmines/comment-page-1/#comment-202398 Crysti Wed, 16 Dec 2009 17:16:49 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/?p=75939#comment-202398 This is a very cool advancement! It's nice to think of a world where such animals can be invaluable to us. They sure are cute! This is a very cool advancement!

It’s nice to think of a world where such animals can be invaluable to us.

They sure are cute!

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