Killer Cats in San Francisco
by Lew Shields
Category: Fiction

For many years people enjoyed and feared the animals who shared this planet. In a concentrated effort they rid themselves of some predators. The time came, however, that some animals were missed, and people made laws to protect a few. The laws kept being enlarged, until the list began to include insignificant bugs and giant predators. Though none in the cities, those in the mountains where human inhabitants were finally considered expendable to keep the wild animal population protected. This story is a projection of today's trend. Placed in the future, the events in this story are fictitious, as are the people. The beginning, however, is based upon an actual happening-the bar scene in Haley's bar. A different bar, a different county and a different percentage of votes, but the ratio was the same and the anger generated was as real as it is in this story.