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A group that trains giant rats for useful jobs is sending some to zoos as ambassadors. Not everyone agrees that rats are good, especially in New York City.

As an ambassador for rats, its never easy to win over the public. But Runa at the San Diego Zoo has been charged with teaching people the virtues of rats.

'Hero Rats' are using their noses to spot illegally trafficked wildlife at ports of entry and landmines on the battlefield.

SAN DIEGO (AP) — As an ambassador for rats, it’s never easy to win over the public. There’s that hairless tail after all.

 As an ambassador for rats, it’s never easy to win over the public. There’s that hairless tail after all.But Runa at the San Diego Zoo is doing her best to counter the bad press. She is one of a handful of such so-called ambassadors showing off the virtue

Six African rats completed their first trial working in the field in March, spending a month at a port in Tanzania where they were tasked with detecting smuggled goods.

As an ambassador for rats, it's never easy to win over the public

SAN DIEGO (AP) — As an ambassador for rats, it’s never easy to win over the public. There’s that hairless tail after all. But Runa at the San Diego Zoo is doing her best to counter the bad press. She is one of a handful of such so-called ambassadors showing off the virtues of rats […]

SAN DIEGO (AP) — As an ambassador for rats, it’s never easy to win over the public. There’s that hairless tail after all. But Runa at the San Diego Zoo is doing her best to counter the bad press. She is one of a handful of such so-called ambassadors showing off the virtues of rats […]

SAN DIEGO (AP) — As an ambassador for rats, it’s never easy to win over the public. There’s that hairless tail after all.