Pirates put a hit on DVD-sniffing dogs?

I thought studios had been equipping theaters with night-vision goggles for years, but apparently it's the new hot thing in Malaysia, that hotbed of DVD piracy.

The Motion Picture Association, which is training Malaysian ushers to catch the pirates, said cinemas had caught 17 people in the past two months . . . .

Malaysia is on the U.S. watch list for movie and software piracy, but local authorities have launched a major crackdown on producers and retailers of illegal DVDs since the country began free-trade talks with the United States a year ago.

OK, so I guess that's news. But why did they bury this little tidbit at the end of the story?

The [Motion Picture Association], which represents the big Hollywood studios, recently brought to Malaysia two dogs trained to sniff out DVDs--with stunning results. The two labradors, Lucky and Flo, have sniffed out more than a million DVDs and have broken a fake DVD ring.

They have been so successful that authorities believe that Malaysian pirates have put a bounty on the dogs' heads.

Somebody should make a movie outta that.