 Why shouldn't Anne feed the neutroids?
Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.] They were such cute synthetic creatures, it was impossible not to love them. His wife was in a hurt mood, and he could neither endure the hurt nor remove it. "A small child is an imbecile. But think—we get this house rent-free; I've got my own district with no bosses around; I make my own hours; you'll meet lots of people that stop in at the pound. They looked over my aptitude tests and sent me to Bio-Administration. If I don't want to follow my aptitudes, the only choice is common labor. "They assigned me to it because I liked babies. And because I have a B.S. in biology and an aptitude for dealing with people. Destroying unclaimed units is the smallest part of it. Honey, before the evolvotron, before Anthropos went into the mutant-animal business, people used to elect dogcatchers. He ripped the splinter loose when it became obvious that she didn't want to be kissed. The suburban street wound among the pastel plasticoid cottages that were set approximately two to an acre on the lightly wooded land. With its population legally fixed at three hundred million, most of the country had become one big suburb, dotted with community centers and lined with narrow belts of industrial development. The cat-Q-5 stared at him impassively for a moment, let out a stuttering high-pitched wail, then: "Kiyi Rorry." The cat-Q-5 took its time about answering. A class-C couple, allowed no children of their own, could get quite attached to a cat-Q-5. The felines were emotionally safer than the quasi-human chimp-K series called "neutroids." When a pet neutroid died, a family was broken with grief; but most couples could endure the death of a cat-Q or a dog-F. Class-C couples were allowed two lesser units or one neutroid. Attention All District Inspectors: Subject: Deviant Neutroid. Seize all animals in this category, impound, and run proper sections of normalcy tests. He disclaims memory of deviant's serial number. This could be a ruse to bring a stop to investigations when one animal is found. If allowed to reach age-set or adulthood, such a deviant could be dangerous to its owner or to others. Its replacement-quota of new neutroids was around three hundred animals a month. He tried to estimate how many of July's influx had been K-99s from Bermuda Factory.
 Neutroids can only form attachments with a limited number of people. The neutroids at the kennel belong to other people.
 Neutroids can only form attachments with a limited number of people. The neutroids at the kennel belong to other people.  Neutroids are supposed to eat a nutritional paste from a mechanical feeder.  Neutroids have a special diet to limit their physical and mental development.  Neutroids could become excitable and bite someone who is not their owner.