Colombian police train rats to sniff out landmines
(Reuters)
Updated: 2006-05-11 11:41
Lola climbs out of a training maze at a police school in Sibate, Colombia May
3, 2006. Lola is at the top of her class of risk-running rodents being trained
to sniff out landmines in Colombia, home to the world's highest number of
mine-related deaths and injuries last year. Police animal trainers, tired of
seeing their explosive-sniffing dogs blown up by stepping on mines, hope the
white-furred, pink-eyed creature will lead her classmates through upcoming open
field tests and then into the Andean country's live mine fields before the end
of the year. Picture taken May 3, 2006. To match feature Colombia-Rats.
[Reuters]
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