The owners of two dogs in California were found guilty of various charges, including one count of 2nd degree murder, because their Presa Cararios mauled and killed a neighbor.

http://www.cnn.com/2002/LAW/03/21/dog.mauling.trial/index.html

After a long delay, Warner Bros/Cartoon Network finally published their classy memorial to Chuck Jones in The Hollywood Reporter and Variety. Containing scenes from many of Mr. Jones' most memorable cartoons, it was worth the wait.

http://www.animationblast.com/chucktributebig.jpg

It seems word is spreading over the newsgroups that Ross "Sibe" Reddick, wanted by quite a few artists and network admins for numerous counts of copyright violation, distribution of artwork, DoS attacks, and general script kiddie annoyances, has apparently landed himself in jail.

Now I must note that this claim has not been substantiated, and should be treated as rumor until someone can prove that the poster does in fact speak the truth..

Proving their creative bankruptcy further, Disney's sequel-machine has apparently shown signs of running dry. So, instead of writing an original script, what do we get instead? Amusement park ride-themed movies!

Aside from The Country Bears due this summer 2002, Eddie Murphy is negotiating to star in "Haunted Mansion."

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=579&u=/nm/20020319/en_nm/film_murphy_dc_2

Conspiracies are being flung around concerning the firing of New York Post entertainment reporter Nikki Finke after her scathing story concerning document shredding by Disney to dodge a Winnie the Pooh ownership lawsuit. Foremost is the theory that Disney pressured the Post management to sack the bearer of bad news.

http://www.villagevoice.com/issues/0212/cotts.php

Sure, Ice Age is just a silly, furry, animated flick full of jokes, but some scientists feel the need to tell you the real thing wasn't all tae kwon dodos and sabretoothed squirrels.
As if we didn't know.

BBC's new series, Weird Nature has been three years in production, and in that time producer John Downer has seen some odd creatures. But he's convinced for all the hallucinogenic mushroom eating reindeer and slime covered hagfish he's seen, humans are still the strangest beasts on the planet.

The co-star of "Romeo Must Die" was found guilty of 13 counts of animal cruelty, as well as several other unpleasant charges. You can read read up on it in this somewhat brief article over at CNN.com.

theonion.com, a popular news parody site, has posted a very funny story about "sexism among animals in nature." There is heavy anthropomorphication (if that's a word) of natural animal behavior on the part of some "scientists" conducting thier "research."

Not strictly furry, but VERY funny and apropos for those interested in behavioral aspects of anthropomorphics.

Cartoon Network, which holds the exclusive rights to broadcast any and all Looney Tunes cartoons, has decided to cease broadcasting any and all Speedy Gonzales cartoons.

http://www.hispaniconline.com/a&e/people/speedy.html

From Jeff Novotny on alt.fan.furry: "We are now only a little over five months away from CACE, so it's a good time to start with our monthly progress reports. You can look to these progress reports (a tradition we've borrowed from SF conventions) to find out what's new in the last while as well as receive reminders about important dates and information. Remember that our web site is located at http://www.c-ace.org if you need more detailed information about anything mentioned here."

The long awaited Circles #2 is finally out and available from Rabbit Valley Comics. See the cover and order a copy at the store.

This year's winner of the Iditarod dogsled race is Martin Buser. Buser set a new Iditarod record of 8 days, 22 hours, and 46 minutes, once again continuing the trend of breaking the previous year's finishing record. This is Buser's 4th Iditarod victory.

Read this book several years ago, but just recently obtained a copy of it and its sequel, Piper at the Gate. Unfortunately, both are out of print, but if you see a copy of either, I recommend picking it up, especially this one.

Posted by Darrel Exline to alt.fan.furry: "The pre-registration deadline [for Confurence] is fast-approaching and this is also the deadline for voting on the Ursa Major awards."