Original URL: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/06/09/police_dog_death/
Police probe pirate-DVD detecting dog's demise
The dog it was that died
Posted in Hardware, 9th June 2008 10:13 GMT
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A dog trained to track down pirate DVDs has been found dead. The cause of death is not yet known.
Police named the disc-sniffing mutt as Manny, one of a pair donated to Malaysian anti-piracy authorities by the Motion Picture Association of America, the New Straits Times reported [1] yesterday.
Manny and companion Paddy arrived in Malaysia from Northern Ireland earlier this year, and began work in April. They joined co-workers Lucky and Flo, who made headlines last year when they uncovered 1.6m illicit CDs during a five-month investigation into Malaysian disc piracy.
Manny was found dead a week ago at an undisclosed location. Local police officials said their canine colleague's body had been sent for a post-mortem.
At this stage, police do not suspect foul play, but Manny's anti-piracy unit has been threatened by criminals on many occasions, they said.