The endless filibustering in our legislature has turned up snippets of fascinating information, like how "Long Hair" Leung Kwok-hung is putting our already overworked sniffer dogs at risk.
People Power's Raymond Chan Chi-chuen, himself one of the four filibustering lawmakers alongside Leung, sounded the alarm in the Legislative Council on Thursday night. So it must be true.
The four so-called radicals are upset there was no provision for universal pension in the latest government budget. To retaliate, Leung has proposed budget cuts to every government department, including customs and excise, which according to Chan, has 47 overworked sniffer dogs.
But Chan warned: "Leung's across-the-board cuts proposal will affect not only the public but animals too."
He said the dogs were being exploited already. They were imported after the September 11 terror attacks in the US. The K9 unit used to just have to sniff for drugs. Now they have to check for explosives at major transit ports.
Everyone seems to turn to those heroic canines when there is trouble.