Now dogs to sniff out pirated movies...

Yes, your faithful friend might be a member of the
anti-piracy squad of the film industry !

Capacity of dogs to sniff is proverbial. Their high olfactory
skill is used in various situations like sniffing narcotics,
explosives, locate human beings buried in natural
calamities like earth quakes and so on. Now a novel use is
identified for the dogs using their olfactory skill.

Sniffer dogs are the latest weapon in Hollywood, using in
war against movie piracy. British authorities have also
deployed Labrador Retrievers to sniff out counterfeit
DVDs, industry officials said. A confidential report recently
leaked revealed that industry lost 6.1 billion dollars to
piracy last year.

Hollywood's main trade group said that the two black labs
have been trained by the British customs to track down
hidden DVDs. The Motion Picture Association of America
(MPAA) said the dogs, named lucky and Ro, had been put
to work at courier service Federal Express's British hub
at Stansted airport, near London.

"This is the first time dogs have been used anywhere in
the world to search for counterfeit DVDs and the results
were amazing," said Director General of the Federation
Against Copyright Theft, which has partnered with Fedex
and British customs to fight movie piracy.

Now, think twice before you watch movies with your pet !
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