Animal Planet video of CHAMPS mine detection dog Rosa

This is the Animal Planet video of Rosa who was a mine detection dog for the Marshall Legacy Institutes's CHAMPS program. She sadly died 3 minutes before the airing of this video. During her working life Rosa served in Bosnia, Croatia, Guantanamo Bay, Lebanon, Kosovo and Namibia. She had been taught to detect 11 different types of explosive odors. She searched for landmines for nearly eight years clearing an estimated two million square meters of land, and saved or directly improved the lives of tens of thousands of people. Rosa traveled all over the United States as the Canine Ambassador of the CHAMPS Team (CHildren Against Mines Program - started by MLI) doing simulated minefield demonstrations and meeting wonderful schoolchildren and caring, global citizens wherever she went. This incredible dog received the Hero Dog Award from the American Animal Hospital Association, the Paul Harris Fellowship from Rotary International, and even starred in her own Dogged Detective episode on Animal Planet. Sadly, just 3 minutes before that Animal Planet Episode was to air on May 31, 2006, Rosa died of cancer. The illness was sudden and she was surrounded by those who loved her right to the end. We at The Marshall Legacy Institute salute this precious canine heroine who gave everything she had to humanity, only asking for affection and care in return.

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