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August 2012 Newsbytes archive

Edited by GreenReaper as of Sun 2 Sep 2012 - 00:28
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This month’s contributors include crossaffliction, dronon, earthfurst, Fred, GreenReaper, Higgs Raccoon, Patch Packrat, Rakuen Growlithe, RingtailedFox and Sonious.

crossaffliction: Cracked.com kind of went furry last month: One columnist is apparently a furry in denial while another incidentally explains how furries and bronies are the last true nerds.

Patch Packrat: BroNYcon.

Sonious: Bottlenose dolphins form cliques based upon skills.

GreenReaper: John Groat (Hakeber and Jim's son) has been admitted to hospital with a broken collarbone, cracked rib and suspected collapsed lung after being hit by a car. [tip: AshMCairo]

GreenReaper: Stockholm furs plot Nordic Fuzz Con.

Fred: Cheetah at the Cincinnati Zoo sets new land speed record.

RingtailedFox: Raccoons take over Toronto City Hall! Maybe they'll do a better job than Mayor Ford... (our plan is working perfectly.... first Detroit, now Toronto... *evil laugh*)

Higgs Raccoon: @RingtailedFox: "Raccoon invasion - Germany overrun by hordes of masked omnivores". Tomorrow, ze vurld!

GreenReaper: Trio of beaver kits spotted in Scottish reintroduction trial.

Fred: Tens of millions of stray dogs, and who knows how many of them are rabid?

Patch Packrat: Bay Area reporter spots furries at street fair.

crossaffliction: For those of you who missed it, the last Annie Awards are now available to watch online at Cartoon Brew. Spoiler alert: Rango wins.

GreenReaper: Indy Star covers IndyFurCon 2012.

Higgs Raccoon: The NewsMail in Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia, covers a local furmeet happening on Sunday.

Fred: The European Dog Frisbee Championships, held this weekend in Poznan, Poland, have over 200 teams entered .

RingtailedFox: First a TV station, then a mall in Pittsburgh, now bears have invaded a Norwegian hotel and drank over 100 beers! I for one welcome our new ursine overlords!

Higgs Raccoon: He's not really an anthropomorphic animal, but Sony Pictures has acquired the rights to use 80s TV character "ALF" in a live-action/CGI film.

crossaffliction: Ponies feature in the background of a Bollywood comedy’s trailer for no apparent reason. [Sethisto/Equestria Daily]

crossaffliction:The new Scooby Doo reboot has Jerry Beck excited. Also, I thought I was the only one who liked A Pup Named Scooby Doo.

dronon: Pre-release reviews for the long-awaited XBLA game Dust: An Elysian Tail are very positive!

dronon: Mulberry Fashions posts an odd, Where-the-Wild-Things-Are-esque photo montage.

RingtailedFox: One kangaroo is still at large in Germany, after a wild fox and wild boar team up to free three kangaroos from their enclosure at a wildlife park.

GreenReaper: Norway: Miss a moose, hit a bear.

dronon: Emo minotaur music video.

dronon: Top ten panics caused by stuffed animals.

crossaffliction: Seriously, that pony “plot” thing is the worst butt based viral image macro since … oh, you have got to be kidding me.

GreenReaper: Furries? Guild Wars 2? Yesthere's a group for that. Six days to launch!

Fred: The mystery peacock of Kew Gardens Hills.

Fred: The mystery monkey of Tampa Bay.

Higgs Raccoon: San Francisco Bay Guardian: Director Princess Donna creates pornographic film with men in panda costumes. (NSFW)

Fred: It's Cobra-Strength Honey Badger Habañero BBQ Sauce.

Fred: All that you wanted to know (well, more than most people wanted to know) about Northern hairy ants.

Fred: A video game for fish joins video games for cockroaches and for cats.

GreenReaper: Unsporting zoo director shoots marauding tiger through skylight before it can eat visitors. Meanwhile, a man dies in California after being stabbed by a cock.

earthfurst: Kitty Loves Monster has moved out of basement and into 2000+ square feet of warehouse space.

GreenReaper: Brighten up your Monday morning with some adorable fox cubs.

crossaffliction: Yeah, well, it was still less racist than Avatar.

crossaffliction: Previously reported on foreign furry fare Ernest and Celestine is coming to America in 2013.

GreenReaper: S'A'Alis (Jeff 'JT' Vogt), former host of FurryMUCK and founder of the Avatar Archive, says he has less than two weeks to live after a two-year battle with liver cancer. [tip: Rebekah]

GreenReaper: Flooded-out koala hitches ride on Australian canoe.

Higgs Raccoon: Elephant rocks the harmonica.

GreenReaper: Photographers capture beauty, brutality of nature.

crossaffliction: Cracked columnist asks where animal stars of yesteryear are, finds answer depressing.

Rakuen Growlithe: Classic Disney characters receive make-over for fashion show.

RingtailedFox: Animal sanctuary takes in baby animals orphaned by Hurricane Isaac. (Courtesy: WPBF-TV ABC 25)

RingtailedFox: Black bears invade Newfoundland town!

Sonious: Taylor Swift's "Never Ever Getting Back Together" music video featuring random use of animal costumers in chorus lines.

Fred: The cat cafés of Tokyo.

RingtailedFox: Neighbour of "America's unluckiest woman" saves doe from Hurricane Isaac floodwaters in Braithwaite, Louisiana.

RingtailedFox: Ohio State Government wants to spend 3.5 million on new temporary exotic animal shelter. (Courtesy: WTOL-TV CBS 11 Toledo)

GreenReaper: Fox freed from flooring.

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More newsbytes than stories! I guess not much happened in August - everyone on summer break?

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No, we were all just too busy arguing about the quality of ... certain articles to worry about, you know, posting our own.

OH, SNAP!

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I've done very little this year since I resumed my studies and I've also been writing more for my personal blog as those have both been taking up a fair amount of time. Also I haven't seen too much furry news going on lately and at I've let at least one story go by. I'm expecting something sometime in the future but I can't be sure when exactly.

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crossaffliction (Brendan Kachel)read storiescontact (login required)

a reporter and Red Fox from Hooker, Oklahoma, interested in movies, horror, stand up comedy

Formerly Wichita's only furry comic.