ram who had shot Otterton, Manchas, and the other predators with the contagious serum and plagued them all.

Wilde: And we knew we had to act, but we had to do it the hard way because he had two ram accomplices that eventually came along. Trying to arrest them was useless because they were three tough rams against the two of us smaller mammals and they would put up a good fight. So we kicked them out of the carriage, locked the door and managed somehow get the old train moving. Judy's plan was to get all of the evidence to the ZPD, but it turned out to be an intense battle between the rams who caught up with us while we were conducting the train. We eventually managed to fight them off, but almost collided with another train before we switched onto a seperate track. But we were going too fast and consequently derailed the vehicle, which then slid fast into another closed station and crashed right after we managed to escape the eventual explosion by jumping out onto the platform, which unfortunately destroyed the evidence we needed. Save one.

Judy Hopps: Yep, with his quick and slick thinking, Nick grabbed the briefcase containing the gun and serum and held onto it as we jumped out. Things went well for us on two counts: One, we got sufficient evidence to prove; two, the breeding ground for the plague was destroyed, therefore lessening the chance of more predators being afflicted. However, if we did not get the evidence to the ZPD soon enough without getting caught, our efforts would have been wasted. So we raced up from the station through to the Natural History Museum, which was closed for renovations, and headed towards the exit, where the ZPD headquarters was on the other side.

Striperush: But just before they were about to make that break, they came across an unexpected surprise and discovered the mastermind behind the scandal. From there, despite odds stacked against them in the fight, what Hopps and Wilde did was nothing short of heroic.

Judy Hopps: Bellwether...I couldn't believe that it was her. She was in the Museum with two ram accomplices, and almost immediately I - well, both of us, actually, considering the telling signs - figured out that she was the one behind it all. How she knew where to find us was that Doug had called her and leaked the interference, including where we were heading to. I knew because the day we were in Bellwether's office when she was getting us into the traffic cam database to track down the missing mammals, there was a sticker on her desk with the name 'Doug' and a phone number. It then became obvious. Plus she had ram accomplices, so that said plenty. But we couldn't think any longer as a larger muscular ram was blocking our escape, so now it was time to run.

Wilde: We headed into a closed exhibit to hide and buy some time, but Judy cut her leg on a mammoth tusk and couldn't walk. With the enemies closing in fast, this was a bad sign. We were outnumbered and there was no way that we could handle them on our own. So Judy insisted that I take the case and get it to Chief Bogo, but I objected and instead we both came up with an idea: Since we could not escape or fight the rams, we would need to outsmart them. So, we disarmed the serum from the gun and replaced it with blueberries that Carrots had luckily brought back from her family's farm and gave to me. From there, we would allow ourselves to get caught and let Bellwether dart me so that it would look like I was going to go savage and kill Judy, only for no inflicting harm to be done. Then, just before I would 'attack', Judy would record Bellwether's confession on her recorder carrot pen about making Zootopia out to be divided by fear, thinking that she could reveal her secrets 'safely' just before the killing. Then we snapped out of our little game and came clean, revealing the sheep's recorded voice and creating the evidence to be heard by the arriving ZPD officers and getting her and the rams arrested.

ZNN Co-Anchor Fabienne Growley: Former mayor Dawn Bellwether is behind bars today, guilty of masterminding the savage attacks that have plagued Zootopia of late.

ZNN Co-Anchor Peter Moosebridge: Her predecessor, Leodore Lionheart, denies any knowledge of her plot, claiming he was just trying to protect the city.

Lionheart: Did I falsely imprison those animals? Well, yes. Yes I did. It was a classic 'doing the wrong thing for the right reason' kind of a deal.

Judy Hopps: Before we got her, Bellwether had said was how prey outnumber predators by 90 per cent in Zootopia and therefore would be unstoppable against a so-called 'common enemy'. Then just before Nick was about to 'go for the kill', she said that she would dart every predator in the city to use fear to further divide the city and stay in power. Complete and utter discrimination, needless to say.

Striperush: This created a true evil label for a supposed sweet and innocent-looking sheep who turned out to be psychologically traumatised due to oppression during childhood. It only worsened after she became tired of playing second fiddle to Leodore Lionheart as assistant mayor of Zootopia. The reinstated head mayor even described his relationship with Bellwether as 'colonel over sergeant' authority with little consideration for lack of recognition.

Lionheart: I treated her as more of a secretary than as a partner, and she just did as she was told and supposedly sucked it up rather than complain or attempt any such form of compromise. I had no idea of her hidden intentions to steal power out of spite just because she was tired of being used and abused and not getting her share of the pie. Look, maybe I was being a bit too authoritative - being sort of a 'colonel over sergeant' method, if you will - but in no way was I trying to be discriminative. The thing is, being in a partnership is not a perfect democracy. It is more like a sports team: Nobody can do anything without support from the others, but not everybody gets to touch the ball all the time. If Bellwether really thought about it, it was that she wanted to get equal in planning and decision-making as a business partner, when it all comes down to who is the slightly higher block on the work hierarchy. 

Striperush: Even though the criminal mastermind was in custody, the other suspect responsible for literally pulling the trigger was just as guilty and therefore had to be looked up. The ZPD found the file of ram Doug S. Haddock and discovered some surprising facts.

Judy Hopps: Haddock had never had a previous criminal conviction. He was a distinction student who specialised in chemistry from the School of Physics at the University of Zootopia last year, and had graduated right before he was secretly hired by Bellwether to manipulate Night Howlers with his chemistry expertise and target innocent predators. Apparently, he was another who suffered from oppression by predators when he was growing up, and he felt the urge to get revenge because he was too weak to know better. I am sure Bellwether recognised this as well. So it was because of that that he was more than happy to join her plot. We also found out from insider sources that he had been trained in shooting by extra police officers hired by Bellwether. 

Striperush: Those extra officers had turned out to be the very rams that accompanied Bellwether when attempting to capture Hopps and Wilde. For legal reasons, we were unable to give their names. They had been assisting both Bellwether and Haddock even before the former attained the top job. But how the chemistry graduate first got his hands on Night Howler bulbs without suspicion was the big question. Otterton and Stu Hopps were able to give us some detail.

Otterton: Well, as of now, Night Howler bulbs are available in florist shops, but, by law, they are only for sale for specific and legitimate purposes. Anybody who is not licensed is prohibited from attaining them. One would include farming purposes to protect produce from pests, as I said earlier, but nothing further than that, as far as I know. Spreading them around for domestic purposes creates a health and safety risk, especially to children who will swallow anything, and can trigger a dangerous strain. 

Stu Hopps: I had to obtain a working licence from the local council many years ago when we first set up our Family Farm here in Bunnyburrow, with refresher courses running every two years. This licence allowed us to legally use certain poisonous chemicals and particular crops and plants. Midnicampum holicithias was included, and we currently attain them from our local florist who is contracted to supply certain flowers to us when we need them. But they are not allowed to be sold other than for legitimate farming purposes.

Striperush: Greatly concerned for such a compromise, the mayor decided to take an extra step to ensure further outbreaks are controlled to the maximum so that the city is safe from large-scale quarantine.

Lionheart: I have now introduced physicals and tougher borderline security to everyone who comes or returns to Zootopia to ensure that they are not carrying biological or any illicit and illegal substances on them. I am not taking any more chances of an introduced item or species causing deadly strains and putting the health and welfare of the city at risk.

Judy Hopps: As far as attaining the Night Howlers, Doug Haddock might have gotten a permit or fake licence from Bellwether to convince a florist to hand them over. But since it would be suspicious, being in a city and not rural, to keep coming back for them and run the risk of getting caught sooner or later, Doug probably would have required backup to complete his dirty work for him, and that is why he hired Duke Weaselton to steal them. But since I caught him out, they must have let him go, on the condition that he keep his mouth shut for