psychiatric effects, not that I even knew that they existed. The truth is, I have lived in a city my whole life, and because of that, I have mostly studied common suburban flora and insufficiently on rural flora. I did discover one at a vital time, until I became victimised of it before I had a chance to warn anyone.

Striperush: The otter was also able to give us an accurate description of the toxic flower.

Otterton: The Night Howler, Midnicampum holicithias, is a dangerous annual flower that is native to temperate rural districts and one that cannot photosynthesise properly in areas of excessive rainfall, such as the tropics, or in deserts or tundra due to intolerance of extreme hot or cold temperatures. Once planted in early Spring, they will fully bloom within 3 months and, with the sufficient temperate zone warmth in its given time period, tend to last until late Fall, so long as they receive around 30 minutes of water twice a week and sufficient sunlight for at least half a week. It is actually useful in keeping invasive bugs off farming crops, as the toxic fragrance that the flowers emit repels them like bug spray. But they produce excessively aggressive side-effects to anyone who consumes at least 100 millilitres of the flower, because the toxin found in the flower petals contains above-normal levels of amphetamine, which, when entered into the system, increases the level of serotonin in the brain to the point where aggression cannot be controlled, therefore causing a deadly savage rage.

Striperush: Shortly after the the scandal ended and the afflicted predators were cured with the Night Howler antitoxin, several samples of the toxic flowers were donated to the Faculty of Biological Science at the University of Zootopia, where Professor Albert Cantery thoroughly analysed the chemistry of the serum and its effects on the Central Nervous System.

Professor Albert Cantery [Horse], Faculty of Biological Science, University of Zootopia: After analysing the toxin, we discovered several chemicals that you would find in the drug ice or methamphetamine, and steroids combined into one. We found a mix of excess amphetamine, testosterone, cortisol, and adrenaline. That is a very dangerous mix of chemicals that increases the serotonin levels in the brain, and it was proved after testing on volunteering rodents in the laboratory, who were we able to revive with the appropriate Night Howler antidote, of course. How it works is that the thin liquid that the flowers produce sinks easily into the skin like water through large pore spaces in a sandy soil and spreads fast into the Central Nervous System, which then transmits the fluid directly into the sensory neurones and then to the medulla oblongata - the section of the brain that controls aggressive behaviour. The medulla is then enlarged with increased serotonin and abnormally increases aggression beyond the brain's control, which then enforces killing instincts. It is not yet proven, but there is a possibility of long-term brain damage or even shortened life expectancy if the victims have been inflicted for long enough. The antivenin used to counter the toxin, a physiological antidote containing atropine and oxime, is supposed to eliminate aggression altogether in the short term, but whether it eliminates all long-term effects on the brain remains to be seen.

Striperush: Professor Cantery also stated that no living species today - not even honey badgers - are immune to the side-effects from Night Howlers, and to therefore recommend that everyone must remain extra vigilant when it comes to foreign living organisms relocating to where they should not be.

Cantery: Exotic species that get spread or misplaced to elsewhere creates reproductive offspring or sprouting of new growth and therefore a potentially deadly strain by spreading and dominating an entire ecosystem for the worst. That is the exact case here with the Night Howler crisis. Flowers like this are supposed to be confined to their own rural climate, and introducing them into the city like an exotic virus and manipulating it created a plague that could have destroyed everyone. Think of it like a horror movie where most of animalkind has become lethally infected to form zombies, or wiped out because of one small deadly virus. That is how serious this case could have been.

Striperush: So now that Officer Hopps understood, she returned to the plagued city to hunt down the culprits. But she needed Nick Wilde's help once again. Although Nick was still hurting from the bigotry, he eventually agreed to partner up again.

(Striperush speaking to both Wilde and Judy Hopps in the same meeting room)

Wilde: I understood when she told me the new angle to the savage attacks, but I wasn't going to let her forget what she did to me.

Judy Hopps: And who could blame you after I made such a biased theory against all predators. It was never going to come out well and it is not just you, Nick, who I needed to apologise to. But in this fox's particular case, there was more to his story.

Wilde: That is right. This was not the first time I felt the wrath of discrimination. It happened when I was just a kit trying to join prey animals in the junior ranger scouts as the only predator. I wanted to learn to be loyal and trustworthy so that I could fit in, when it turned out that the prey animals had set me up. They muzzled and bullied me, saying that I could not be trusted as a fox. That really hurt, and since that day I wasn't sure who I could trust to look at the bigger picture...until Judy came along. She began believing in me after we got to know each other deep down throughout our mission, but I just felt like she had thrown it away after what you might call 'biologygate'. That fateful memory got to me again and I felt completely broken-hearted.

Judy Hopps: You were not the only one, Nick. And I admit that I felt his pain, being a victim of bigotry and pessimism as a child myself. So I did apologise for being so small-minded and made a deal with him if he would help me solve this terrible scandal. We got back on the same page well and focused on our job at hand. Our first task was to find a connection to the Night Howlers.

Striperush: The first lead they chased was a criminal who Judy had come across once before and arrested for stealing Night Howler bulbs from a florist. He was one of the few criminals involved in the scandal that we were able to get an interview with, and he held some valuable insider information.

Duke Weaselton [Weasel], Convict and Street DVD Salesanimal: It is true that I have been convicted several times for unarmed robbery, and that is because I have been desperate for supplies over the years due to a poor lifestyle. I was lucky to be let off all those times with minor charges in fines, due to never using dangerous weapons. Then one day I was approached by a ram named Doug who had taken notice in my slick thieving ability. Seeing that he could trust me, he made me a generous offering of money if I would pull a job to attain Night Howler bulbs for him to plant and nurture in his hidden laboratory, which was located in an old train carriage near an abandoned underground railway station. He showed it to me before sending me off to carry out the job, and said that it was top secret and blackmailed me with murder if I leaked it to the outside world. Naturally, I obliged and then left to do what I was told.

Judy Hopps: I caught him stealing the Night Howlers after a chase in my second day on the force. I will admit that he was pretty slick in the way he went about his business and was therefore not easy to catch, so I could see why he was chosen to pull the job. But then he was acquitted after I brought him in because of how ridiculous it seemed for him to steal what looked like mouldy onions, and because it seemed like a waste of time, the case was dismissed. The ZPD was also too focused on the missing mammal cases to worry about this. Who would have thought that there would have been a connection in the end? So anyway, Nick helped me to find him again and, with persuasion, we made a deal to spare him - either his life or time behind bars - in exchange for his insider knowledge.

Wilde: That is when he told us about the ram's secret 'drop spot' in the abandoned Banyan Street Station, which was supposed to be permanently closed. Perfect idea for the last place anyone would expect to go. We were also notified to play it cool as Doug was the 'tough and rough' type not to be messed with. But both Judy and I knew that we could handle him, as long as we remained composed and stayed focused. So, anyway, we found the station and snuck in quietly. When we found the old carriage, still on tracks, the inside of it had been transformed into a laboratory with large garden plots filled with rows of blooming Night Howlers and artificial lighting above them, allowing the flowers to photosynthesise. There was also a chamber with a pipe connecting to a chemistry set, where the blue liquid from the flower petals was being made into something. We figured out what that was after Doug himself walked into the lab - without catching us out as we were hiding well enough not to be seen - and emptied Night Howler petals into his chamber, pumped more liquid into the chemistry set, and made it into a pellet. He then loaded it into a dart gun and put it in a case, ready to hunt his next target. 

Judy Hopps: At the same time, he spoke on his mobile phone to an accomplice who was giving him instructions on which animal to target. Further pieces of the puzzle were filled when we spotted a map of Zootopia on the wall with pictures of the very predators that went savage pinned at each location of attack. He even said to his anonymous colleague on the other end about how he hit an otter through the window of a moving car. It then became clear that it was this ram who