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Tanzania: Hero Rats

Crosscut | Seattle

Jul 30, 2026

Bart Weetjens founded a unique lab in Tanzania dedicated to training rats to sniff out deadly unexploded land mines --- the legacy of countless bloody conflicts. Although dogs had…

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Tanzania: Hero Rats

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