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Animals To The Rescue

Story about a rat who has had an unusual job that has saved people's lives. He has just recently died of old age:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/cambodia-landmine-rat-magawa-dies-1.6308857
My husband and I have had these rats as our favorite charity over the years. I have lost track of how many acres we funded to be cleared of mines. Our rat was, according to the emails the rat sent us, "Ziko." The ongoing correspondence and updates Ziko sent us - with photos - was highly amusing and gratifying.

This is an unusual charity. Apopo was started by a European Buddhist monk who had rodents as pets when he was a child. The rats sniff out landmines and now different diseases in humans. They work for peanuts and bananas. They are disease-resistant in tropical and semi-tropical countries, and last far longer than dogs. They weigh much less than dogs so don't set trigger the land mines. Plus they are cute.

https://www.apopo.org/en/what-we-do/detecting-landmines-and-explosives
 
A dog alerted his family to a house fire in Rhode Island, allowing them to escape without injury.
Hero dog credited with rescuing Rhode Island family from house fire

Firefighters in Rhode Island said a family was able to escape a house fire without injuries thanks to the heroic actions of their pet dog.

Hopkins Hill Fire Chief Frank Brown said the family of five was alerted to fire at their Coventry home early Thursday morning when they were awakened by their dog. ...

"It appears that the fire started on the exterior structure. And the dog was pretty active in the house and they got up to see what was going on and they saw the fire out on the porch through the sliding glass door. It's a real good story for that dog and he was able to do that and rescue his family," Brown told WJAR-TV. ...
FULL STORY: https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2022/0...-Island-family-from-house-fire/8371648237555/
 

dog leads cops to owner, 84, one week after he disappeared

A major manhunt was launched after Gregorio Romero, 84, left his house in Mexico on November 27 and never returned.

His niece Ramona raised the alarm with authorities.

Teams tried hard to track down the pensioner and – after days of searching – were unable to find any trace of him.

But Gregorio’s trusted dog, El Palomo, wasn’t going to give up.

The two-year-old led rescuers across hills, paths and ravines before the group found the 84-year-old two miles from home.

Once rescued, the elderly man was taken to a nearby hospital where he was diagnosed with dehydration and malnutrition and received two days of treatment.

Naturally, El Palomo waited patiently by his bedside until the 84-year-old got better.

The Prosecutor’s Office said: ‘El Palomo’ remained by the hospital door day and night waiting for the recovery of his beloved Don Goyo [Gregorio].

‘On Tuesday December 6, Don Goyo went out to sunbathe as part of his recovery and, of course, his faithful friend sat nearby to protect him.

‘The unconditional love of his pet allowed Don Goyo to be reunited with his family, because it was ‘El Palomo’ who led the authorities to where he was.’
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