US EditionGiant rat wins world record for sniffing out landmines in Cambodia
- Ronin, a giant African pouched rat, has tracked down 109 landmines and 15 other potentially deadly war remnants since August 2021 in Cambodia, earning him the Guinness World Records title for most landmines detected by a rat.
- Cambodia remains littered with mines and unexploded ordnance from decades of war, with around 20,000 fatalities since 1979 and twice that number wounded.
- Cambodia had aimed to be mine-free by 2025, but pushed the deadline back by five years due to funding challenges and new landmine fields found along the Thai border.
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African pouched rat wins Guinness World Records for mine detection
HeroRAT Ronin, an African giant pouched rat, has earned a Guinness World Records title as the most successful mine-detection rat. Guinness World Records Managing Editor, Adam Millward, praised the “life-changing results” of APOPO’s HeroRATs, their handlers, and everyone involved in training and caring for the animals. Millward noted that Ronin’s achievement “is a revelatory example of the good that can be achieved when humans and animals work to…
Rat breaks Guinness World Records title for sniffing over 100 mines, UXO
PHNOM PENH, April 4 (Xinhua) -- A mine-sniffing rat has earned a Guinness World Records title for sniffing more than 100 landmines and items of unexploded ordnance (UXO) in Cambodia, charity APOPO said in a news release on Friday. Read full story
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