Crime-fighting dog found dead in Malaysia
- June 10th, 2008
- 6 Comments
Sad news, folks. Manny, a dog trained to sniff out pirated DVDs, has died in Malaysia. The AP is reporting that the dog “died of an unknown cause” and that Malaysian authorities don’t suspect foul play, but then added that two other dogs that helped uncover 1.6 million pirated DVDs last year “reportedly caused movie pirates to place a bounty on their heads.” I’m no cop but there’s your suspicion of foul play, officers.
Apparently the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) owns a few of these dogs and lends them out to various governments to help crack down on piracy. Although the dogs “cannot distinguish between real and pirated DVDs,” they’re able to help officers find counterfeit discs hidden in areas suspected to contain such items.
DigitalAngel (Who am I?)
2 months ago
That’s sad, even if these dogs were trained to do something dumb.
thebonafortuna (Who am I?)
2 months ago
Anyone who harms an animal, when not in self defense, should be put down themselves. It’s not like a DVD pirate is answering a higher calling. Unless I missed something in the article, they’ve never been attacked by the dogs.
Is this story for real? What kind of person puts a bounty on a dogs head?
Paul G (Who am I?)
2 months ago
At least he was not eaten ;P
Zach (Who am I?)
2 months ago
Very sad! No one likes to see animals hurt. But, how the hell do dogs figure out the difference between pirated DVDs and say a Strawberries.
babygirl (Who am I?)
2 months ago
people that do stuff like that r evil they dont understand the meaning of life.they dont know what its like to be forced to fight and if they were they would hate it so why do they do it its sick and is a waste of life!!and those who do it are cruel and need to get what they deserve!!!!!which is if you aks me the death chair!!!!!!!
babygirl (Who am I?)
2 months ago
people that do stuff like that to hepless animals are heartless and dont deserve life they need to understand all animals have feelings so why would they hurt them!!it is cruel and rude!!if they ruin a dogs life some one should ruin thires!!