Snagglepuss finds a missing baby and goes to the address where the baby lives to collect the reward. But it is the lion-hating Major Minor's baby and the Major gets out his hunting rifle to reward Snagglepuss with a bullet. Snagglepuss has difficulty trying to avoid the Major because the baby knows all Snag's hiding places and leads the Major to them.

After enduring various indignities by the human population in town, including getting beaten up by the fish market owner and forced to eat hot mustard by a customer in a restaurant, Felix finally breaks when he hears the mayor give a speech vowing to drive all cats out of town.