DVD-sniffing dogs awarded medals, returning to NYC

Lucky and Flo, the two danger-loving police dogs whose exploits as international crime fighters are well know to readers of this site, have just become the first non-humans to be awarded Malaysia's outstanding service award for their tireless work in trotting around and sitting down at the first whiff of plastic. Following several raids that led to 26 arrests and $6 million in seized counterfeit DVDs during their five month tour of duty -- as well as a contract on their young lives -- these real-life Underdogs will be returning home to a hero's welcome in New York later this week, although there will be no ticker tape parade for the courageous canines. Rather, they'll be put right back to work in the hopes that they "take a bite out of movie piracy in the Big Apple," according to the Motion Picture Association's Edward Neurbronner -- that is, when they're not busy putting on little, um, dog-and-pony shows at local events. Well we certainly wish you guys luck as you begin your new career battling piracy stateside (and later on in Canada, apparently another hotbed of IP theft), although we're still not sure why the cops need trained dogs to help them track down all those nefarious pirates hiding in plain sight on almost every avenue in Manhattan.

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[Ty @ Aug 20th 2007 1:41PM]

I don't know what it is, but that picture is utterly terrifying to me.

[Homeboy @ Aug 20th 2007 1:25PM]

Will..................the dogs blend?

[tehpwnmstr @ Aug 20th 2007 1:29PM]

Canine Smoke. Don't breathe this!

[tehpwnmstr @ Aug 20th 2007 1:27PM]

I'm sure they could just hire a bunch of ninjas to find those pirates out. But they would probably ask for health and dental.

[Ig @ Aug 20th 2007 1:34PM]

No real surprise that "there will be no ticker tape parade for the courageous canines." When was the last time that anyone received an authentic ticker tape parade? When did stock tickers cease being a common method of relaying information about the stock market?

[Magallanes @ Aug 20th 2007 1:42PM]

Heroic :To bring down pirates, to fight a pointless war.
No Heroic :To save a life (for example from a earthquake), to fight again drugs and pollution.

[sergio @ Aug 20th 2007 2:12PM]

cough cough canal street cough cough

[shaun @ Aug 20th 2007 2:15PM]

I hope they find all those pirates! I bought War Of The Worlds from one of them and it was totally unwatchable! I was shocked

[Andrew Camacho @ Aug 20th 2007 7:28PM]

HAHAHAHAHA, wow that was a great comment. Still laughing.

[abawol @ Aug 20th 2007 2:30PM]

How are the seized DVDs valued at $6m? Is that the "Lost Revenue" figure that the RIAA provides when quoting the impacy of piracy? If it's the MSRP (at c.$25 per DVD) then that is less impressive than if it were the street cost of $2-$5 per dvd.

Just curious, I suppose.

[jptech @ Aug 20th 2007 2:48PM]

the claims of $6 million in fake DVDs is bogus. That's $6 million in real product at the retail prices.

Lucky and Flo have really only caused the seizure of about $700,000 in fake DVDs

[CaptSaltyJack @ Aug 20th 2007 3:21PM]

Best photo ever.

[3rdsun @ Aug 20th 2007 4:07PM]

Its strange those dogs have human bodies.

[Pal @ Aug 20th 2007 5:54PM]

A medal? I think they'd rather have a bone or a Scooby Snack...

[o0adam0o @ Aug 21st 2007 3:00PM]

Give them the medals and train them to look for something more important like those "WMDs"

[brad @ Aug 21st 2007 5:44AM]

Don't these parade organizers know you can't put heros in open-air cars these days?!? Next thing you know a crazed, jealous cat opens fire and our canine heros go down as deceased legends... A lot of good that'll do towards the war on pirates...yarrrrrrrrrrrr.

[OnimushaSoki @ Aug 21st 2007 6:28AM]

The felines are too busy fighting in the Cat/Bun wars.