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Giant rat wins animal hero award for sniffing out landmines

by Associated Press
| September 25, 2020 5:33 AM

LONDON (AP) — A rat has for the first time won a British charity's top civilian award for animal bravery, receiving the honor for searching out unexploded landmines in Cambodia.

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