The Big Cats of Bakula: The Apple's Lesson

by PantheraMan

Chapter 4: City Protector

For this new destination, they weren't in a jungle or a grassland or anything like that, but in a city of all places.

"This is the city known as Mumbai in India, we are here because one hunter has the boldness to venture into this place at night." Said the lion

Out of a nearby alley, a feral dog came out, it had floppy ears, and light brown and white fur. However, it was foaming at the mouth, making it clear that this dog had rabies. But before it could do any harm to anyone, a male Indian Leopard charged from ambush, tackled the dog, and sank his fangs into the back of the dog's neck, after it killed the dog, it dragged it off to a safer place to eat it.

"How exactly does leopards hunting dogs help anything?" asked Applejack

"You see Applejack, dogs are the primary prey of leopards here in Mumbai, and when they control the feral dog population, they help humans, it's been estimated that these leopards kill 1,500 dogs every year, and that helps the government save about $18,000 a year in trying to control the dogs, and when the leopards kill dogs, they also help prevent 1,000 dog bites, and also 90 possible cases of rabies, and that's why the presence of the leopard here is important." Answered the lion.

"Wow, who knew cats chasing dogs would actually be beneficial?" asked Applejack

"Yeah, no kidding." Replied Big Mac

"I believe it's about time for you to return home." Said the lion

So the lion, using his magic, took the two back to their home at Sweet Apple Acres, where they said their goodbyes, and finally got a good nights sleep. In the morning, the two woke up and went down to the kitchen for breakfast where Applebloom and Granny Smith were eating pancakes.

"I can tell you've had a good sleep, have any sweet dreams?" asked Granny Smith

"Well lets just say we learned an important lesson last night." Answered Applejack

The spirit lion was watching this play out from the spirit realm, and smiled at the sight of his students telling them of their adventure, really showing that they had learned their lesson. Then a spirit cobra came up to him, due to being curious.

"Just what did you do last night?" asked the cobra

"I was a teacher last night, a teacher who taught the importance of the predators in the world." Answered the lion

"Good for you! but what made you do that with those two?" asked the cobra again

"Applejack has learned how rough life in the wild can be, and she learned the hard way, and she knows what it's like to be the one being the hunted rather than the hunter, and her brother did not understand the importance of predators, and neither did Applejack, so I showed them to make them understand why they're important, and to have them think twice before killing a coyote, after all, the predators are our brothers and sisters, and you must look after your brothers and sisters, wouldn't you agree?" asked the lion

"Agreed" answered the cobra

Comments

[Comickook]

Superb work on this final chapter. And, yeah, well thought out reason for the leopards hunting rapid dogs being beneficial.

[PantheraMan]

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Thanks my friend, still trying to come up with an idea for the next sequel.