Anthrocon has a contract with the Wyndham Franklin Plaza in downtown Philadelphia for the same weekend, July 7-10, 2005.

Doodles sends in this month's listing from Previews. Click below!

I found the following article by the ASPCA this weekend stating that there is increasing evidence that grapes and raisins are toxic to dogs. Of 140 cases of ingestion noted during a one year span from April '03 to April '04, 50 dogs developed complications ranging from vomiting to kidney failure. Seven dogs died.

As the specifics of the toxicity are not yet known, they cannot say whether the ill effects are only seen following a volume dose. There may be a cumulative component in reaching an individual dog's level of tolerance for whatever the toxin is.

The full article is here: http://www.aspca.org/site/News2?page=NewsArticle&id=16645&news_iv_ctrl=-1

Apparently there are even still a lot of vets who do not know about this potential toxicity, so spread the word to anyone you know who has a dog. I know I've given grapes and raisins to Rio at times in the past...

Morphicon 2005 "Growing Pains": May 6-8, 2005
Radisson Columbus-Worthington, OH
http://www.morphicon.org/

Notice: Morphicon is coming up earlier this year than last, so register now; the deadline for early registration (and for the free Patron Membership contest) is March 1st, 2004, less than 12 weeks away!

In this issue:

* Morphicon 2005 Deadlines Set
* Sponsors and Patrons Get More!
* Looking to Get Involved at the Con?

(read on for more...)

*****

Sam Conway on the anthrocon website notified members that the Adams Mark hotel In Philadelphia will be closing within 60 days. Anthrocon staff members are currently looking into options for alternative hotel sites in Philadelphia for Anthrocon 2005.

1. Pre-Registration Cut-Off Date
2. Fursuit & Party Rooms are still open
3. Suites are still available
4. Artshow space running out
5. Anubis Awards
6. 2: The Ranting Gryphon and Tim Albee's 'Bits and Giggles'
7. Live Animal Events
8. Masquerade News
9. Con Book Submissions
10. Charity Auction

NBC officially gives the show the axe. The remaining six episodes will air after November sweeps.
More InfoA petition has been started to presuade NBC to renew "Father of the Pride." Click the link to show your support!
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News taken directly from this site

Scientists debate whether or not we should turn animals into people. (Furries, on the other paw, think the time for debate is over.)

Click here for the full story, courtesy MSNBC.

Unfortunately, scientists are not yet debating whether we should turn people into animals. One step at a time, I suppose...

Trickster

As the new year approaches, Fauxpaw Publications is preparing it's new issues, and the final deadline for submissions is fast approaching.

Fur Visions #33 will have a theme of 'Eqyptian Dieties' and will carry the Mature Audiences rating. Furry art and stories are still desired in ratings from G to very soft R.

Fur Plus #23, the ADULT fanzine of Furs with a Difference, is also searching for more art and stories. The theme of this fanzine is that of 'taurs and other less-common' fur folk (from dragons to hermaphrodites to crazy over-endowed squirrels, to combinations of all of the above). All ratings of material from G to XXX is welcome, with a preference for quaility adult material.

Final deadline for both publictions is December 1st, 2004!

Both of the above publications will be released at Further Confusion 2005 in January 2005.

For more detailed information and submission guidelines, head on over to the Fauxpaw Publications website at www.fauxpaw.com

Karl Maurer
Publisher/Editor-in-chief

SOUTHERN TAILS
The official newsletter of Furry Weekend Atlanta (February 11-13, 2005)
October 2004

In this issue...
1. Furry Weekend Atlanta Art Contest Deadline Extended
2. FWA Convention Book Seeking Submissions
3. Hotel Update
4. Dealer's Den Update
5. More Programming!
6. Programming Spotlight: Computer Graphics
7. Programming Spotlight: Kaze Ghost Warrior
8. Registration Notice!
9. Volunteers Needed!

This is your last chance to pre-register for Midwest FurFest 2004! Online registration closes at 11:59 PM on Sunday, November 13, 2004. Why have all the hassle of filling out forms when you can take care of it now and shorten your wait at Registration even more! Just point your web browser to:
http://www.furfest.org/

You'll find all the information you need about registering online and about Midwest FurFest there. PLUS: You can now pre-order a Midwest FurFest 2004 T-Shirt for either pick-up at the convention or home delivery! Check out our fantastic T-shirt artwork for this year, a joint work by Ursula Vernon, David Gilbert, and ScribbleFox.

See you in less than a week!

From Doodles and Treesong, this month's comics listings!

Up till now the only two distributors offering the FurNation Anthology Issue #6 were Rabbit Valley and United Publications. I decided this weekend after getting three emails in a row to go ahead and offer Issue #6 through FurPlanet.com also.

We have a stockpile ready to go and we are going to start offering same day shipping beginning this week.

Here is a direct link to the magazine:

http://furplanet.com/shop/item.asp?itemid=45

We also have several other great furry content creations on sale at FurPlanet. Please look around and see if something else catches your eye:

http://FurPlanet.com

Sincerely,

Nexxus

A dog named Faith saved her owner's life by speed-dialing 911 with her nose when her owner suffered a seizure. Faith is actually trained to use the phone to call for help.

Click here for the full story, from CNN.

Trickster

Unlike wolves in the continental US, Alaska wolves are not protected by the Endangered Species Act. Some people hunt Alaska wolves solely to increase the number of prey species that can also be hunted, which helps tourism.

Alaska as a whole has voted twice to ban the mass-killing of wolves via aerial shooting, where hunters divebomb packs of wolves, chase them until they tire, and shoot them from the air. But last June the governor of Alaska signed a bill to allow it anyway. The practice is about to be expanded to cover a larger area, and may soon include bears as well.

You may visit this link to learn more about the degree to which politicians and hunters are playing god with the ecosystem of Alaska, and what can be done about it.

Trickster