Magawa's Successor Breaks Landmine Detection Record

0:00On April 5, Cambodia unveiled the world's first statue for a landmine detecting rat named Magawa, a true hero who sniffed out over 100. Landmines and explosives during his five-year career starting in 2016. This African giant pouched rat lived to 8 years old and earned a gold medal for his bravery, the first ever for a rat. Trained by the Belgian charity Apapo, Magawa used his sharp nose to spot chemical traces in bombs, alerting handlers without triggering them, thanks to. His leg await, he cleared an area equal to 20 soccer fields and could scan a tennis court in just 20 minutes before retiring and passing in 20, 22. The stone statue and seam reap dropped right before the international day for mine awareness on April 4, shining a light on Cambodia's ongoing. Mine crisis where over a million folks still live amid contaminated land according to the United Nations. Apapo's team calls it a reminder that demanding work ain't over, with Cambodia eyeing a

1:03mind-free goal by 2030. Now another hero RIT named Ronin just smashed Magawa's record in 2025, uncovering 109 landmines and 15 unexploded items. Since 2021 in the North, proving these rodents keep saving lives across the board, that's your update from Global News Today, powered by AI.