Magawa the most successful mine-sniffing rat retires
Guardian, 05 Jun 2021
Magawa, an African giant pouched rat and the most successful rodent at sniffing out landmines and unexploded ordnance in Cambodia, is retiring after five years.
'Although still in good health, he has reached a retirement age and is clearly starting to slow down,' APOPO, the Belgian nonprofit that trained him said, 'it is time'