Animal control officer

The Animal Control Officer is a man that lives in Ba Sing Se. He travels around the Lower Ring picking up and imprisoning as many stray animals as he can find. They are sold to a butcher and killed. He's fond of saying, "Animals are like people − and I don't like them either." Animals impounded by him never seem to find their way home, or were never seen again, for that matter. He kidnapped Momo and three Pygmy Panthers and was seen trying to sell them to a butcher for food. However, before this deal was finalized, Momo escaped from the cage and set the Pygmy Panthers free.