[Inspired by real events ...]
Dozens of protesters lashed out at a plan to thin the human herd, causing the Grand High Council to curtail its activities for now.
Though the Council was not inclined to stop the move, it reconsidered after realizing the special timing of the hunt. Protesters were particularly upset the hunt took place during the animals' popular mating season, known to humans as "spring."
"This is not right. This was done behind closed doors," said local activist Betra-Gog Oonk. "We cannot hold ourselves up to superiority without having respect for all creatures on this planet."
The Council may have also been influenced by a highly-organized national protest that was in the works.
"Us suproids should not have the right to murder humans just because they are an inferior species," Oonk said. "It's in-suproidian."
But Council members were quick to point out that it was the local populace which first began clamoring for something to be done. Humans, they point out, have caused widespread damage in recent years, and the increasing population has led to food and water shortages throughout the globe.
"This is our attempt to solve the problem locally first," said Cruck-ilg Gyzx, high priest of Super-Bedminster. "We have allowed them to overpopulate, and they are a nuisance. And between their poor motor skills, inferior modes of transportation, road rage, and inebriated behavior, they cause dozens of accidents around here a day."
Others were not as diplomatic.
"Why is this an issue? They're only humans," said a resident who wished not to be named. "I'm supposed to risk my air being polluted just because of a few bleeding hearts?"
Though the issue is off the table for now, officials expect it to reappear annually until more long-term solutions are discovered.
"I don't know. Since they are the only animal specials to wage war against each other, maybe we should just let them go," said Krog-Der Vnok. "They'll just kill themselves off one of these days anyway."