Puppy Power

Bazuki Muhammad / Reuters

For their work discovering hidden stashes of discs, Lucky, right, and Flo were honored in Malaysia

On their recent trip to Malaysia, Lucky and Flo did what many visitors to Malaysia do. The Southeast Asian nation is one of the global centers for pirated DVDs, and tourists often load up on illegal copies of Hollywood blockbusters that are available for a tenth of what they cost in the West. Lucky and Flo, too, nosed their way to back-street shops that hawk bootleg films. But unlike the average Western tourist, this American duo was there to bust, not buy. The pair of black Labradors, who arrived in the Malaysian capital of Kuala Lumpur in March, are...

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