Fierce Creatures Page #3

and at my age, scrap heap.

Mr. Lee, there's a call

from Atlantis.

- Atlantis?

- Atlanta.

Hello. Lee here.

Rollo, Nev here.

Rod would like a word with you.

That's right.

The wife and kids settled in yet?

Yes. Everything's absolutely

terrified here, thanks.

Sir, how kind of you to ask.

Rollo, Rod here.

Got the wife and kids settled in?

Yes, yes, yes, sir.

Let me know what you're gonna do to push

earnings up to our favourite 20%, okay?

It's marvelous to have this opportunity

of explaining what I've got in mind.

- Hello, Rollo?

- Hello again, Mr. McCain.

It's Nev, mate. So the wife and kids

are settled in all right?

Look, I don't want to seem awkward...

but I'm not married

and I haven't got any children.

What happened to Rod?

He's been called away.

So let Rod know your plans, okay?

Zoos are not moneymakers, Willa.

Mr. McCain, with good marketing,

cash comes walking in the gate...

and with sponsorships, even more cash.

That was my idea, Dad.

I've got several lined up already.

Just think of it as a prototype

for a chain of cash cows.

Sort of a cash dairy, eh?

Sort of a cash dairy, eh?

This inclination towards absolutism

within the Austro-Hungarian empire.

C.B. Wedgewood in--

Yes? Come in.

Yes?

- Here are the animals, sir.

- What animals?

The first batch of animals

that are definitely not fierce, sir.

Ah, good.

Yes?

We tried to place them

with other zoos. No takers.

Do you mean of all the zoos in this

country, you can't find a single one--

Zoos are keeping

less and less species, sir.

Well, what about having people

take them as pets?

- Pets?

- Oh, come on, now.

They need expert attention.

Anyway, it's not allowed, sir.

Quarantine regulations.

Well, can we release them

back into the wild?

In the wild, there's no

safe habitat for this one.

What do you propose?

There's only one solution, Mr. Lee.

What the London Zoo proposed...

a few years ago when the government

wouldn't give any more funds.

- What was that?

- Shoot 'em.

Are you seriously telling me...

there's no other way of getting rid

of these animals?

Not...

unless you were to change

the Fierce Animal Policy.

Nope.

You sure about that

in the circumstances, sir?

Perfectly sure, thank you.

- They're very dear creatures.

- That's not in dispute.

But you would like them killed

in line with your policy?

If you really have explored

all the other avenues, yes.

I mean, if extermination

is the only choice, so be it.

I'm sorry, but I see no alternative.

The Fierce Animal Policy...

is absolutely essential...

for the continuing survival of--

- What are you doing?

- Well, it's just that...

we'd rather not shoot them

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