Matt soon falls in love with Susan Morgan, the elephant keeper who is in charge of the mammoth project, who works in the same warehouse.
Two religious zealots and an animal rights activist launch an attack against the mammoth cloners, but accidentally find themselves in Wright's section of the warehouse.
They appear in the middle of Los Angeles, where all but two of the mammoths are slaughtered by police and a high-power laser Christian has in his tower.
When Howard and his movie star girlfriend Andrea go to retrieve the mammoth, they are sent back to the ice age, where they attempt to introduce more advanced (but still primitive) technology to the locals, and Little Fuzzy is allowed to go free.
Publisher's Weekly wrote, "Varley's sparkling wit pulls one surprise after another out of this unconventional blend of science and social commentary with real people convincingly doing unreal things.