The RSPCA is advocating for wider recognition and appreciation of rats and hopes the day will encourage people to find out how smart and sensitive rats truly are.

Ronin, an African giant pouched rat, has entered the Guinness World Records for detecting over 100 landmines in Cambodia.

But despite the bad press they sometimes receive, the RSPCA is highlighting how rats are friendly, intelligent and playful animals and can make excellent companions. A spokesperson for the charity ...