New dogs needed to sniff out landmines in Cambodia

A dog is sniffing for landmines.Wed, Oct 29, 2008PHNOM PENH - IN A land where there are still between four million and six million unexploded landmines, one of its greatest groups of heroes are its mine-sniffing dogs.Cambodia's 102 landmine-detection dogs were rigorously chosen and trained.Now the dogs need replacing. However, the programme, which began in 1996, is desperately short of funds,