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Why does 'Furry Fandom' hate the press? Are all journalists out to get us? Can there ever be a good opinion of a 'Fur Con' published in a magazine? Why do hotdog buns come in eights, but hot dog sausages in tens?

Ahh, how archaeology has fallen. At one time, to discover history ment you had to get out into the outdoors to dig it up. Now you just have to look through hundreds of thousands of early eighties computer messages. Discovered by a Microsoft researcher, no less, the definative message is apparently from the Carnegie Mellon University BBS on September 19th, 1982 and reads: "I propose that the following character sequence for markers :-)." If so, someone's 20th birthday is coming up.
;-)

Though early homonids were adept tool makers, the concept of recycling the tools for multiple uses seemed to not hit them yet. A quarry in central India is surrounded by discarded Homo erectus stone tools, suggesting that the tools were used nearby and discarded after use. Though this stage of homonids were very humanlike in an ability to design and make tools, they were quite chimplike in a lack of ability to plan ahead. Chimps and other tool making animals also discard tools as an 'as needed' item.

Siberian and Amur tigers have never had it easy, but with the fall of communism and a lack of government interest in their protection, the numbers are dropping off fast. With few jobs available in the far east of Russia, hunting and poaching are a new way of life. Locals are baffled at Western conservationists interest in an animal so threatening to them, and the few nature reserves are stops for them to take caviar, deer and even tigers. Though education is continuing, especially for the young, to encourage them to have pride in the big cats of Russia's taiga, the future range of the Amur and Siberian tigers might end up behind zoo bars.

The Countryside Alliance, an advocacy group protesting recent moves to end the fox hunt in Britain, staged a mounted demonstration along Canal Street in Manchester's gay village Thursday. Forty protestors on horseback rode down the street, notable for its appearance in the original British production of "Queer as Folk", accompanied by a pack of dogs and a falcon. A spokesman said that the location was chosen to emphasize hunters' "battle against bigotry and intolerance".

http://365gay.com/newscontent/091302manchesterHunt.htm

Preregistrations for Conifur Northwest must be postmarked by September 20th, about a week and a half from now. It's still just $30 to preregister as opposed to $40 at the door, and it's not too late to sponsor, either! Check out out nifty sponsor benefits.

To preregister, we need your name, alias (if you want one on your badge), address, and email. Please make checks or money orders out to Conifur Northwest and mail them to 1911 SW Campus Drive, PMB 380, Federal Way, WA 98023. We also accept VISA, Mastercard, American Express, and Discover! You can fax your information (including card number and expiration date) to us at 253-815-7769 or call us at 253-815-0962. We cannot accept credit card information via email, sorry.

A fox caused some problems on a recent golf tourny by nabbing the balls off the fairway and causing the golfer to take a stroke penalty.

Article Here

Furnation will go offline again tonight because they exceeded the 100 GB transfer limit. The message was posted in the FurNation message forum and was posted by the Administrator. FurNation will be back up when they find a new service provider who can allocate more bandwidth.

It's bad enough when you're an English badger who's now flat at the side of a road. But when the construction crew paints the road line right over you, well, that's just sad. Brought to the attention of the local council by pictures in the newspaper, they're 'investigating' and say that the road work was done by contractors.

Had a little accident with the WayBack machine. (Stupid dog!)
Anyways, here's a little anniversary approaching that I bet
none of us have thought about - it has been 10 years now since
the Sci-Fi Channel began broadcasting!

My, how the dream has changed since then...

Allen Kitchen (shockwave)

The FurNet IRC Network
(which replaced YiffNet when it ceased to exist some time ago)
has been working to improve user services over the past few months.
Nickname registration for all users will become available
Thursday, the 12'th of September.

Being a student at Purdue University, it hurts me to know that a University with such high recognition would actually support such cruelty. The article that is posted by 'The Exponent' (a campus newspaper) can be found here.

Caught tooling along a British street, a hamster driving a tiny modified sports car is in custody pending further investigation. Police are hoping that the hamster's owner will come forward to claim the animal, who is currently being held in an animal shelter.

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