Each year, Taipei finds about 300 to 400 trees infected with the deadly brown root rot disease and around 30 per cent are detected by sniffer dogs. TAIPEI: Since she was just a year old, Lucy the beagle has been roaming around Taipei every day to sniff out trees that need help. She specialises in detecting the deadly brown root rot disease that attacks roots and cuts off the water and nutrient supply to a tree’s branches and leaves. The fungal infection that has been plaguing Taipei’s urban