The volcanic eruptions in the Congo are not only a threat to people, enviromentalists are worried that the two eruptions (with possibly more to come) may be the last blow to the wild population of moutain gorillas. Between refugee movement, lava flows and enviromental contamination, the mountain gorilla habitat might be damaged beyond the level needed to support the 650 or so remaining animals.

From cartoonresearch.com:
Yes, it's apparently true - Warner Bros. Animation is a producing a new BABY LOONEY TUNES show, possibly for Cartoon Network.
BABY LOONEY TUNES has been a successful licensing property for Warner Bros. for about ten years. You've seen the party favors, the baby bottles, teething rings and such staring at you from the shelves of the supermarket. I believe there are even childrens books with the characters. LITTLE GO BEEP, the most recent Looney Tune theatrical cartoon was based on the Baby Looney Tunes Coyote & Roadrunner.
Internet rumor says Granny will be the caretaker of the lot of baby Bugs, Daffy, Taz, Lola and so on (ala MUPPET BABIES).

Submitted by Tugrik (FC2002 Photographer and FurryMUCK Wiz):

For those interested, the pictures from the Further Confusion 2002 "Fursuit Photo Shoot" are being posted. The first 1/3rd of them are online, and more will be added over the space of this week. You can find them, and other Further Confusion photographs, at:

http://www.fbrtech.com/~dnew/images/Tugrik/FC2002

It's a new imageserver coded by Darren New, and this is its shakedown cruise. So far it's been holding up pretty well. Comments and criticisms are welcomed. The server has a 'comment' interface on each picture if you wish to use it; otherwise feel free to contact me directly at tugrik@technciorn.com.

--Tug

A British reporter despairs, as he discoveres mice are becoming trap and poisons wise all over the UK. After all, the smart ones keep escaping and breeding. Where 10 years ago a mouse would happly stroll into a bait box, now exterminators are having their work cut out for them.

Anthropomorphic Arts and Education, Inc. (AAE), the parent company for
Further Confusion, is proud to announce the executives for Further Confusion 2003:

A sad story now coming out of Afganistan, Marjan, the One Eyed Lion, has passed away.
the big news feeds are covering it, with links here:
http://abcnews.go.com/wire/World/ap20020126_862.html
http://www.cbsnews.com/now/story/0,1597,325720-412,00.shtml
http://www.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/asiapcf/central/01/26/afghan.lion.dies.ap/index.html
http://www.msnbc.com/news/694484.asp

After almost 3 weeks Furnation is almost back online. Files cannot be accessed, yet, but you can connect to it.

What an Austrian conservation group spent 3 years trying to get permission for, unsucessfully, a beaver created overnight.
The group was trying to get a dam to help divert water into a dried out tributary vital of the local river ecology, and the baver built his dam in just the right spot for that to happen. The human dam builders think the beaver did a spot on job, and hope his good work will land the little fellow a mate come spring.

A Japanese group has genertically altered pigs to include spinach genes. Akira Iritani, spokesman for the scientits, said their meat would be "more healthy'' than normal pork, although it was too early to say if it was as healthy as spinach. It is considered an academic victory, and I'm sure people everywhere will agree that one more reason to eat bacon instead of spinach is good.

Another furry comic hits the web. Sully & Minkle, by Scotty Arsenault, features roommates Sully, a red fox, and Minkle, a blue jay, who live somewhere in New England (disclaimer: not sure about the species). The strip appears three times weekly and has been running for a little over a month. Check it out.

We've added one more new category for articles submitted to Flayrah. 'Entertainment Media' is the category for news of interest to furs relating to television and movies, though the category could also be used for articles about theatre, music, or other media. I looked at the articles on Flayrah back to Jan. 1, 2002 and switched those for which this was the more appropriate category.

Researchers discovered a tomb in Nara Prefecture in Japan. They used a remote controlled camera to explore the tomb. Among their findings; A tiger headed human figure, animal guardian deities and paintings of the 12 animals of the Chinese zodiac.

Further Confusion is now only 48 hours away! Here are some last minute
updates and reminders:

The Further Confusion staff has been working all year to keep with and
surpass our tradition of bringing live animals to our convention. To this
end, we have been contacting many organizations throughout the year. In
fact, negotiations between the hotel, some of the groups and us have
continued up to last weekend.

Alfie may be handsome, but his pale coat of off-white quills was causing him to slowly freeze to death. A rare genetic varient on the normal brown hedgehog, the blonde hedgehog is vulnerable to attacks from predators due to their conspicuous colour. Alfie had beat those odds only to find that his light coat couldn't keep in the heat he needed to hibernate. The hedgehog is doing well after being found by a 12 year old girl, and will most likely retire to an animal sanctuary where he'll have a long, and warm, life.