The AP reports:
Malaysia gave a hero’s send-off Monday to Lucky and Flo, honoring the two DVD-sniffing dogs with medals as they ended a six-month assignment that netted 1.6 million illegal movie discs.
The two black Labradors looked puzzled when a multitude of press photographers’ flash bulbs went off as Malaysia’s deputy trade minister S. Veerasingham placed medals around their necks….
The world’s first dogs trained to identify optical discs by the scent of their chemicals, Lucky and Flo were loaned to the Malaysian government in March by the Motion Picture Association, a U.S.-based watchdog.
This also reminds me of a line attributed to Clarence Darrow:
A story often told about Darrow is his quip to a client, who, after winning a case, said, “How can I ever show my appreciation, Mr. Darrow?” Darrow replied, “Ever since the Phoenicians invented money, there has been only one answer to that question.”
Let’s just say that Lucky and Flo likely also think there’s only one answer, but a different one — which doesn’t involve either money or medals.