Bellwether gives Judy and Nick access to the city's traffic camera system and they discover Manchas was captured by wolves, which Judy surmises are the "night howlers". They locate Otterton and the other missing predators in a lab where Mayor Lionheart, a lion, has been keeping them hidden and trying to determine the cause of their strange behavior. Lionheart is arrested, and Bellwether becomes the new mayor. Judy, praised for cracking the case, asks Nick to join the ZPD and become her partner, which he happily considers. However, Judy then speaks at a press conference and angers Nick by suggesting a biological cause for the recent predator behavior. Nick refuses her offer and angrily leaves, and a guilt-ridden Judy resigns amid a wave of fear and protests against predators, a minority group.