New batch of rat recruits ready to sniff out landmines


Leave it to the pro: A mine detection rat sniffing for landmines in an area being demined in Preah Vihear province. — Reuters

THE country has deployed its next generation of rat recruits to sniff out landmines as part of efforts to boost de-mining operations in a country plagued for decades by unexploded ordinance (UXO).

Twenty African giant pouched rats were recently imported from Tanzania and had undergone intense training.

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