The main story that was originally developed for the film was that Zootopia's predator population would be subjected to wearing mandatory shock collars, which would go off when the wearers got emotionally excited and presumably keep them from becoming aggressive with the various prey species. Furthermore, the story would have centered on Nick Wilde enduring this requirement as just the most obvious of the injustices in the city even as he sought a way for his people to escape them at least temporarily. However, various test audiences, such as the staff from Pixar, complained that this plot made the story too depressing with an intolerable setting of an unjust city that mistreats people so terribly out of blind prejudice and fear. Instead, it was suggested that the theme of prejudice and stereotypes be made more subtle and expressed more in social attitudes in the population that would lead to social policies and political conflicts that could be resolved to a degree in the end to allow for more hope for change. The producers decided to follow that advice and reworked the story along those thematic lines in addition to refocusing the plot on Judy Hopps and her own struggles with her prejudices.

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