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Cambodia honors the rat who cleared more landmines than anyone

BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM Decades after the conflicts that planted them, landmines remain one of the most persistent threats to civilian life in parts of Southeast Asia. In Cambodia alone, more than one million people continue to live and work on land contaminated with mines and unexploded ordnance, according to the United Nations. Removing them is painstaking, dangerous, and slow — unless the right animal is trained for the job. Who …
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The Optimist Daily broke the news on Tuesday, April 21, 2026.
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