Origin of Hewan

So, instead of Europe focusing on colonizing everything, they focused more on advancing their technology. America was discovered way later on, and the technology they used to get to America was boats, except the ones they used were quite a bit faster. Due to this, America has a monarchy.

Reason for Existing
In the W.E, humans were constantly at war with one another. Scientists in America were desperate to come up with a way to help out. Technology had advanced quickly, and human/animal hybrids had been in the works. Many of them were what we call Feral, but some of them could speak English and operate on their own. Dog Hewan were the first to be created, loyal, intelligent and best for the genetic splicing. Man's best friend became America's best friend in the war. Soon, other Hewan were made. Cat Hewan, avian Hewan, even aquatic and insect Hewan were created! Russia and Korea were crushed due to the naturally superior abilities of these animals, and soon gave in to the power of America.

Other countries followed America, creating these human/animal hybrids. Soon, they were a regular thing. However, the Hewan began to get discriminated against. They were insulted, abused and overall mistreated.

T.E. (Technology Era)
Racism and Hate Crimes

Eventually, due to hate crimes and bullying in schools, Hewan had to have separate schools built for them. No humans are allowed in, and vice versa for human schools.