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Rats help clear minefields in Cambodia – and suspicion of the military

  • Written by: Darcie DeAngelo, Postdoctoral fellow, Binghamton University, State University of New York
imageRats that can sniff out land mines are changing the perception of the military in Cambodia.Darcie DeAngelo, CC BY-ND

Editor’s note: Dr. Darcie DeAngelo is a medical anthropologist at the Institute for Genocide and Mass Atrocity Prevention (I-GMAP) at Binghamton University, State University of New York. In this interview, she explains the...

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