A group calling itself the Fairy Troop has been supporting a strip club by dressing up as stuffed animals.

The winners of the first annual Ursa Major Awards (formally the Anthropomorphic Literature & Arts of the Year Awards), for the Best in anthropomorphic/"funny animal" literature and art first published during the calendar year 2001, were announced at a presentation ceremony on Friday, April 26 at ConFurence 2002, the 14th annual International Anthropomorphic Convention held at the Hilton Burbank Airport and Convention Center in Burbank, California on April 26 - 28, 2002.

From the International Wolf Center (www.wolf.org), which I was so fortunate to visit last weekend...

Check out wolves, the International Wolf Center and Minnesota on the ABC program, Good Morning America, Tuesday, April 30! The program will be broadcast live from Stillwater, Minnesota with Dave Mech hosting a pre-filmed wolf segment in Ely.

Tsavo, Kenya has been known for a few things. First is the 1898 maneating frenzy by two lions (made infamous in the movie "The Ghost and the Darkness") and second are the maneless lions.
Unlike the beasts acting in the movie, the killing pair were maneless lions themselves, and originally scientists assumed they were unique outcasts, kept from prides and unable to find mates because of this emasculating lack of mane.
But new research into the Tsavo region shows that, far from being either uncommon or unsucessful, maneless males both seem to thrive and get the girls, garnering bigger prides of ladies than their maned Serengeti, and kept them alone.
Maneless males also tended to band together into larger fraternal groups or all male bands, sometimes numbering four, five animals or more animals.
Scientists are unsure of the reasons for these social differences in the Tsavo lions, and whether or not the lack of mane contributes, but maneless seems to be the more sucessful type of lion in this region.

Chimpanzees are intellegent and very similar to humans genetically, and the American AR group Chimpanzee Collaboratory says they deserve the right to... lawyers.
In a country known for its interest in legal representation and process, this could be a ground breaking case if won, but critics point out that this could be seen as the start of banning any animals for use, with the personable and likeable apes the foot in the door.

Further details are provided on recent developments with the C.A.R.E Foundation's pending eviction. They have acquired an extension, but still need help and a new site. CARE's director has asked for assistance from the furries and identified some ways in which you can help.

Space travelling mice, 'mice-stronauts' could pave the way for humans to travel to Mars in spaceflights like this one in an article on CNN. A family of mice would live and breed over several months in a space vessel with an environment that simulates what life might be like on the surface of Mars.

I'm experimenting with a new logo variant, and driving the artist nuts by being overly particular. Comments on whatever iteration is currently up are welcome. Also, I'm contemplating updating the PostNuke code to the current version, which is .713. We're currently running .703, and there are some minor but useful feature changes/additions, as well as a bunch of security patches in the new code. This may occur over the weekend; there will be minimal or no downtime involved.

Also, let me make note of the Reviews section. The old reviews page was evidently lost in the migration from PHPNuke to PostNuke, something I only recently noticed. I may have a backup; I'll be going spelunking in the pre-upgrade .tar file I have this weekend. Until I do, the reviews section is woefully underpopulated with material....review something today!

Comments and suggestions on the site are always welcome. Here's your opportunity to sound off.

An Arizona purebred wolf pack of 14 has lived most of their entire lives in a 24'x12' pen - barely two feet per animal. NAWA has taken legal custody of the pack, but urgently needs financial help to complete the rescue.

The Animal Defense Militia is an underground movement of covert operatives committed to preserving the autonomy and merriment of non-human vertebrates through any means necessary.

Okay, okay... it's really a very funny parody of PETA. Be sure to check the list of directors

The Schedule of events at ConFurence 2002 is now online in Adobe PDF Format.

You can download, view, and/or print the CF2002 schedule grid at confurence.net/cf2002/ProgramGrid.pdf if you have the free Adobe Acrobat reader installed on your system.

ASIFA-Hollywood has formed the Cartoon Hall of Fame and is taking votes for who should be inducted. Participate via the following URL:

http://www.cartoonhalloffame.org/

ToonZone has a short interview with Disney's Country Bears movie director Peter Hastings. There's also a link to the movie's trailer on the website.

Click here for story

Greetings from Midwest FurFest!

Remember us? We remember you! And we hope you'll keep November 22-24 free on your calendar. It may be a long way off, but we're already working on what we think will be a most excellent third edition of MFF.

Monster's Inc has become the 2nd highest grossing animated film of all time, just barely behind The Lion King. In the same article, Pixar announces its next three films.

http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/020421/nysu020_1.html

You can also view a still from Pixar's next film, Finding Nemo, here:

http://www.animationblast.com/