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Cambodia's landmine-sniffing 'hero' rat Magawa dies in retirement

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Magawa, was the most successful 'HeroRAT' deployed by international charity APOPO, which uses African giant pouched rats to detect landmines and tuberculosis.

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia – Cambodia’s landmine-sniffing rat Magawa, who found more than 100 landmines and explosives during a five-year career, has died at the age of eight, leaving a lasting legacy of saved lives in the Southeast Asian nation.

Scarred by decades of civil war, Cambodia is one of the world’s most heavily landmined countries, with more than 1,000 sq km of land still contaminated. The three from the Cambodia Self-Help Demining group were killed by blasts from anti-tank mines, which also wounded two others, said Heng Ratana, director-general of the Cambodian Mine Action Centre.

 

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