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Posted by Smarty on 05/05/07 15:06
These are apparently very trainable dogs, so maybe they might be able to
return the overdue disks to Blockbuster on their way to fetching your
newspaper.....
"nappy" <spam@spam.com> wrote in message
news:syO_h.6957$2v1.5628@newssvr14.news.prodigy.net...
> Shit Howdy. I could USE a dog like that. I am ALWAYS pulling old DVDs out
> of the couch and searching for those Blockbuster Returns..
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> "Smarty" <nobody@nobody.com> wrote in message
> news:hb-dnQIFNfATAqbbnZ2dnUVZ_qOpnZ2d@adelphia.com...
>> Hong Kong - Lucky and Flo, the Motion Picture Association's DVD-sniffing
>> black
>> Labrador retrievers, today dealt another blow to Malaysian movie pirates,
>> leading
>> investigators to secret storage compartments containing nearly 150,000
>> pirated
>> movie DVDs.
>>
>> In a search of two retail outlets suspected of selling pirated movie DVDs
>> in the
>> Petaling Jaya district of Kuala Lumpur, 17 officers from Malaysia's
>> Ministry of
>> Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs (MDTCA) were unable to discover any
>> contraband until Lucky and Flo detected hidden compartments packed with
>> pirated DVDs ready for wholesale distribution. The MDTCA officers
>> arrested two
>> men and seized nearly 150,000 seized discs with an estimated street value
>> of
>> US$430,000.
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>> On March 20, Lucky and Flo led a raid in Johor Bahru that yielded six
>> arrests and
>> the seizure around one million pirated optical discs with a street value
>> of around
>> US$2.86 million.
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>> "Today's raid, during which Lucky and Flo uncovered secret compartments
>> that
>> human investigators had missed, reconfirmed that DVD-sniffing dogs can
>> provide
>> tremendous support to law enforcement authorities," said Mike Ellis,
>> Senior Vice
>> President and Regional Director, Asia-Pacific for the Motion Picture
>> Association.
>>
>> Lucky and Flo, the world's first dogs trained to find optical discs in
>> packages and
>> containers used by pirate syndicates for smuggling stolen movies around
>> the
>> world, are in Malaysia spearheading "Operation Double Trouble", launched
>> last
>> week in Kuala Lumpur.
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>> During the month-long operation, the dogs are working alongside
>> enforcement
>> officers in Kuala Lumpur, Johor Baru and Penang, as well as at border
>> crossings,
>> sniffing out DVDs hidden at storage centers as well as in packages bound
>> for
>> export. The operation is in part aimed at permitting the officers to
>> thoroughly
>> evaluate the effectiveness of canine anti-piracy investigators as the
>> MDTCA
>> considers the feasibility of establishing a dog unit within its
>> Enforcement Division.
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>> In 2004, the MPA undertook a feasibility study to determine whether dogs
>> could
>> be trained to detect polycarbonate and other chemicals used in optical
>> discs. A
>> trainer in Northern Ireland known for training dogs to locate and
>> identify bombs
>> trained Lucky and Flo to find optical discs in large and small packages
>> and
>> containers.
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>> After eight months of training, Lucky and Flo undertook their first major
>> live test,
>> working with H.M. Revenue and Customs and FedEx at Stansted Airport in
>> the
>> United Kingdom. They were immediately successful in identifying packages
>> containing DVDs and detecting even the smallest amount of product in very
>> large
>> containers.
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>> http://www.mpaa.org/press_releases/malaysiadogsapril2rel.pdf
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