South China Morning Post published this video item, entitled “Cambodia’s landmine-sniffing ‘hero rat’ dies at the age of 8” – below is their description.
Magawa, Cambodia’s landmine-sniffing “hero rat”, has died at the age of eight. The Belgian charity group that trains animals to find unexploded ordnance said Magawa died during the weekend starting January 8, 2022. The African giant pouched rat retired on May 31, 2021, after five years of service during which he detected 71 landmines and 38 items of unexploded ordnance according to APOPO. Cambodia has one of the world’s highest numbers of mine amputees per capita. More than 40,000 people in the country have been disabled by landmine explosions.
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In This Story: Cambodia
Cambodia, officially the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country located in the southern portion of the Indochina peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is 181,035 square kilometres (69,898 square miles) in area, bordered by Thailand to the northwest, Laos to the northeast, Vietnam to the east and the Gulf of Thailand to the southwest.
The sovereign state of Cambodia has a population of over 15 million. Buddhism is enshrined in the constitution as the official state religion, and is practised by more than 97% of the population. Cambodia’s minority groups include Vietnamese, Chinese, Chams and 30 hill tribes.
The capital and largest city is Phnom Penh. The kingdom is an elective constitutional monarchy with a monarch chosen by the Royal Council of the Throne as head of state. The head of government is the Prime Minister.
Cambodia gained independence from France in 1953. The United Nations designates Cambodia as a least developed country.