Another project focused on training the rats for search-and-rescue operations to locate people trapped beneath rubble following the collapse of mines and buildings, or during earthquakes, he explained.
Mtafiti kutoka Kituo cha Kudhibiti Wanyama Waharibifu wa Mazao (PEST-Management) cha SUA, Princus Mramba, amesema utafiti huo ulianza takribani miaka minne iliyopita na umeendelea kufikia hatua mbalimbali za mafunzo na matumizi ya panya hao.