cracking of the case was about to sprout big protest amongst the citizens of the city.

Judy Hopps: I could not give a definite answer to the reason why these predators were going savage and how numbers of such cases were increasing, but the press just kept pushing me for answers because I think they were scared and desperate to know. So I came up with a theory that predators were reverting back to their primitive savage ways - linking back to the Stone Age - as it was in their biology. That was only a guess and I didn't want anyone to think that it was certain, but then prey species took it as gospel and began holding a grudge against predators. The latter took the labelling very personally and felt the wrath of unfair discrimination. Even Nick [Wilde] was upset and consequently walked out on me.

Wilde: I will admit that I was seething after Judy made that presumption, and I felt betrayed after everything that we had been through together. So I stormed out of the Town Hall. The truth is, I got discriminated against by prey as a child, and since then I wasn't sure who would be able to trust a fox like me. Now this daunting memory was being relived, and when I was beginning to think that someone was believing in me, she makes this biased label against predators and throws it all away.

Judy Hopps: I honestly never meant to hurt anyone, but since everyone was so desperate for an answer to what was happening, I was pressured into coming up with something. It didn't come out well and it created fear in the city, which then sparked a civil war. What was once a peaceful and harmonious city had turned into a state of racial discrimination.

Bogo: What had made the situation worse was that the savage attacks kept on occurring after Hopps' announcement, thus supposedly proving her theory and increasing the fierce tension between the two races.

ZNN Co-Anchor Fabienne Growley [Snow Leopard]: More bad news in this city gripped by fear: A caribou is in critical condition, the victim of a mauling by a savage polar bear. This, the twenty-seventh savage attack, comes just one week after ZPD Officer Judy Hopps connected the violence to traditionally predatory animals.

ZNN Co-Anchor Peter Moosebridge [Moose]: Meanwhile, a peace rally organised by pop star Gazelle was marred by protest.

Male pig: Go back to the forest, predator!

Female leopard: I'm from the savannah!

Gazelle, pop star: Zootopia is a unique place. It's a crazy, beautiful diverse city where we celebrate our differences. This is not the Zootopia I know. The Zootopia I know is better than this. We don't just blindly assign blame. We don't know why these attacks keep happening, but it is irresponsible to label all predators as savages. We cannot let fear divide us. Please give me back the Zootopia I love.

Bogo: The tension in the city had never become so severe in its entire existence. Our officers were forced to work overtime to control the protests and riots, including the savage animals. There was not a single day that went by after that fateful press conference when both were not happening, either separately or simultaneously. That is why the new Mayor Bellwether suggested that we needed someone at the helm of the ZPD, and as our highest class officer and hero to the city, Hopps was the only one we could call upon.

Judy Hopps: I was extremely upset and overwhelmed about everything that was happening in the city. I felt that I held the sole responsibility for the city being divided, and I had never felt so guilty. I was especially guilty for what I had done to Nick [Wilde] after the close partnership we were building, and there was not a single thing I wouldn't have given to tell him how badly sorry I was. Despite everything, though, Mayor Bellwether wanted me to be the face of the ZPD as the citizens needed someone to look up to as a potential saviour to the crisis. To be totally honest, I really didn't want to hold that burden as I felt that I was more of a destroyer than a hero, and I thought that it was best if I wasn't apart of this anymore. So, out of regret, I quit.

Bogo: I understood how bad she was feeling, but the last thing we needed was for an officer of her class and skill to quit when we needed that expertise more than ever to help solve this massive crisis. When she removed her badge, I just felt that things were only going to get worse.

Striperush: And get worse they did, with the number of attacks increasing and more citizens being sent to hospital, often in intensive care with critical injuries. And instead of being sent to jail, the predators that went savage were put in the isolation ward on the other side of the hospital. The doctors tried all they could to get an accurate diagnosis, but unfortunately to no avail as this was a case not seen by anyone before...not in Zootopia at least. Until, conveniently enough, Hopps returned home and discovered the missing piece of the puzzle. We were able to speak to her parents, Stuart and Bonnie, the owners and founders of Hopps Family Farm.

Stuart "Stu" Hopps [Rabbit], Co-Owner of Hopps Family Farm: Our daughter was always one to do anything to fulfil her dreams of becoming a top class police officer. I will admit that we initially discouraged her due to the fact that traditional cops have always been larger and fiercer animals, therefore it would be too much for a small bunny to handle.

Bonnie "Bon" Hopps [Rabbit], Co-Owner of Hopps Family Farm: That is right. We worried about her, as parents do, and we just wanted what we thought was best for her. But she was always a dreamer, and we know that she believed in them enough to make it true. So she worked harder than any rabbit before, using her speed and intellect - with a little few slick tricks on the side - and achieved her goal like it was too easy. She defied our expectations, and for that I can only bow down to her. Truthfully, we couldn't be more proud of her.

Stu Hopps: But, above all, we are most proud of her for who she is. As tough and sometimes intimidating as she can be at times - as you have to be when you are an authority figure - she is one of the most caring, loyal, helpful, and sweet little bunnies who knows her morals and who would never mean to hurt anyone. Especially when it comes to dealing with a very difficult situation in fixing a divided city.

Bon Hopps: Then when she came home, she was completely broken. As much as we were happy to have her back, we were also even more worried about her than before she left for Zootopia the first time. We had never seen her so down. She barely spoke at all and often distanced herself from pretty much everyone. Even when she was helping to sell our produce at our stalls, her voice was always very flat, and even our customers noticed. Most of the town of Bunnyburrow knows us as our business is a household name, and we kept getting concerned voices telling us that she needed serious help, so we finally spoke up.

Stu Hopps: We told her that she could not hide it from us as we could read others and that she needed to tell us her problem. Besides, the most obvious emotional sign for a bunny is when their ears go droopy. So she told us that all the effort that she put in only made life worse for innocent predators, and that she didn't deserve to become an officer in the first place.

Bon Hopps: But it was her broken emotional state that hindered her from looking deeper. Then her brain snapped back into gear when we mentioned something that she had heard once before during her investigation that had been misinterpreted.

Judy Hopps: I was feeling too distraught to know any better, but it all went away when mom and dad told me about the flowers they planted on their crops to protect the produce from pests - the extent of them, that is. I already knew about them as I had grown up farming with my family, but I never discovered their common name as opposed to their scientific name, Midnicampum holicithias. As soon as I heard it, I found what I was missing and the pieces came together. The word "Night Howler" was mentioned by Emmitt Otterton through Mr. Manchas' mouth during mine's and Nick Wilde's investigation, and later on in the investigation, we guessed that the wolf guards used by Lionheart to capture and imprison the savage animals were the Night Howlers. I realised my misinterpretation when mom and dad explained a similar savage incident with my Uncle Terry when they were kids. 

Bon Hopps: My brother Terry ate one by mistake when we were young and went vicious. So much to the point where he bit me on the arm and left me to get stitches. The resulting scar is still visible to this day. So that is when we knew about how dangerous the side effects of Night Howlers can be.

Striperush: That was the only savage case from Night Howlers ever reported outside of Zootopia until the plague. However, there was a florist in Zootopia who discovered and researched the toxic flower, and who was about to send a warning to his business partner in the cold district of Tundratown. That was right before he was one of the first predators targeted and inflicted by a secret source, who, needless to say, got the impression that this predator knew too much to be spared. Coincidently, he was the very missing predator who Officer Hopps was assigned to find: Emmitt Otterton.

Emmitt Otterton [Otter], Florist: I have been in the floral industry for about 12 years now. In my time, there have been many flowers that I have researched and arranged for a diverse range of clients, both private and public. I also know that most toxic flowers, if ingested, cause many common problems such as nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea, increased heartbeat, stomach ache, liver failure and even, in some rare cases, fatality. But until recently, I have never discovered flowers that cause psychiatric effects, not