Contract out on Sniffer Dogs
The New Straits Times reports that a bounty has been put up in Malaysia on the lives of two dogs, Lucky and Flo, who are trained to sniff out optical discs by detecting the scent of polycarbonate, one of the main ingredients used in the manufacture of the discs. The dogs, who were brought to Malaysia with the help of the Motion Picture Association of Malaysia, were responsible for leading agents to a shopping center on Tuesday where they seized more than a million fake discs, 20 computers and 12 CD burners. The discs were reportedly intended for Singapore, Britain, Hong Kong and Japan. In response to the threats to their lives, the dogs have been moved to different safe houses.