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For Immediate Release
For further info, contact Max West, i...@sunnyvillestories.com
SMALL PRESS COMIC WITH BIG EMOTION
Unparalleled creator continues comics series with jaw-dropping story
From the mind of artistic genius Max West comes the next installment
of his top-notch independent comics series, Sunnyville Stories.

We’re back from our little break, and we’ve got a great show for you today! Two on-topic e-mails and one update on a story arc that has spanned nearly the entire length of this podcast, plus more! Cookies, terrifying mothers, oranges, mind control, and a report from Istanbul about Anthrocon! Give this one a listen to hear Kyo finally lose it and squirm like a fish out of water!

Next week’s episode is about how you interact with the fandom. Are you a writer, an artist, a musician? Do you host websites, attend conventions, critique, or just bask in the glory that is the furry community as a whole and partake of its bounty? Write in, we want to hear from you!

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Episode 9 – The Foodening

Episode 9 – The Foodening - We’re back from our little break, and we’ve got a great show for you today! Two on-topic e-mails and one update on a story arc that has spanned nearly the entire length of this podcast, plus more! Cookies, terrify[...]

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http://www.gamespot.com/news/6321076/solatorobo-hunting-ds-this-fall

Anyone play Tail Concerto? This successor to the RPG is heading to the DS in September. Tail Concerto and Solatorobo: Red The Hunter are action games about anthropomorphic dogs/cats in mech robots.

(better main character image here: http://n2s.altervista.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/solatorobo__sorekara_coda_wall_2.jpg)

/r/furrygaming?''

edit: tons of concept art here: http://gigazine.net/news/20101009_solatorobo/

Looks a lot like a Miyazaki movie.

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To promote the hit series "My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic", the
Hub Network produced this video, "Equestria Girls".
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In what is being called the largest wildlife embezzlement scheme in more than 40 years, Department of Interior employee Stephen Kendrick, 48, was caught Monday diverting large sums of wolves from Yellowstone National Park into an offshore Cayman Islands reserve. "We initially became suspicious when we noticed an unusually large surplus of elk this year," said Jon Jarvis, director of the National Park Service. "After a closer look, it was clear someone was skimming wolves off the top. We should have known. On his salary there was no way he could have that many wolves." This is the largest wildlife misappropriation in the United States since 1968, when the FBI closed down several Chicago pet stores that had illegally obtained more than 300,000 cottontail rabbits in the nation's biggest-ever bunny laundering scam.

06/30/2011
By: Trashville

July 2011

Cooling things down in muggy July is The Karelia Fursuits all the way from Denmark. This builder is just starting out in the business and is on the way to creating a distinguished position in the Fandom. The Karelia is the likely to be one of the only Danish builders, and subsequently the country does not seem to have much of a furry scene. Eufuria, one of Denmark’s furry conventions (aside from Furstastic, debuting this year in Northern Denmark), has been cancelled until 2012, and The Karelia Fursuits is keeping the Danish branch of the Fandom alive. Scandinavian furs, listen up!

Briefly describe your history in the furry fandom.
I have for several years been a furry, and felt that I needed to go further with this passion for everything furry. It mostly started,
through my art (I have made art my entire life, and I´ve always prefered to draw animals/furries )
When I learned more about the entire furry-culture, I really knew that this was something for me. Fursuiting gives you so much,
(destressing, having fun, being social, etc) and that really gave me the motivation to go fursuit myself, and build fursuits
for others so they could enjoy as much as I do. In Denmark(where I live) fursuiting is still not well-known, and we aren´t many (yet).
It it my biggest dream, to help spread the love for furries/fursuiting in Denmark, and to help more and more become a part of this.

When did you build your first costume and what was it?
My first real fursuit was “Albastru the Blue Leopard”. It was my first time making a successful fursuit, that not only I enjoyed,
but others did too. And it´s now been sold to a friend of mine. ( http://www.furaffinity.net/view/5744640/ )
I built my first fursuit around 7-months ago. So I still have a LOT to learn

How many fursuits have you been paid to build?
1 so far. And I now have a commission on a partial suit, + paws for a panther suit. I am really greateful that others wants my work ^^

What is your construction method of choice (i.e heads)?
That depends on what it´s going to be. I prefer to make a base of foam, and build from that.

What is your average price range?
I try yo make is a cheap/reasonable as possible. I am not a pro, but by getting more and more commissions, I´ll learn more, and improve,
and hopefully become a well-known builder. My prices depends on the materials, and a small payment for my worktime. A partial suit
is around 400$ and up. (Depends on the materials of course! ^^)

Who was your favorite to build?
That´ll be either be my new character “Pochi” or “Tux the Dog” (which was made for my boyfriend)

http://www.furaffinity.net/view/5975284/

What makes you unique as a builder and why should people choose you?
Hmm, the unique thing is, that all my suits are very different from each other. I try to give each character a great personality,
and give it a very unique design. I don´t use the same base/design for the characters. That way, it´ll help me keep them different.
Why people should choose me? If they want to get a very personal suit, and help a new builder, then they should pick me All the support
I´ve gotten so far has been a great help, and the interest my works get, really helps me keep the motivation to work hard! It it my greatest
dream to see someone outside of Denmark use my suits. Knowing that others can enjoy what I´ve made, is really special!

Answers posted with the permission of The Karelia Fursuits

http://www.furaffinity.net/user/thekareliafursuits/

http://www.thekarelia.deviantart.com/

http://eufuria.org/

http://www.furtastic.dk/

Author: Wired Magazine
It’s a question that tends to arise when a neighborhood mutt sees a cat at 3 a.m., or if you live in an apartment above someone who leaves their small, yapping dog alone all day: Why do dogs bark so much?

Perhaps because humans designed them that way.

Find the full article here: furryne.ws | Published News

i made an entry for "zenwolf" on the wikifur thingy!
yay! i think its fairly neutral...just the facts.
<nods>

*against* the furry lifestyle? what a load of shit. first; *is* there a
"furry" lifestyle. thats as lame as saying theres a "gay" lifestyle.
by lumping people into groups one creates a false dichotomy. its a sign
of lazy mindedness. really, prove that i am in fact "against" this
alleged "lifestyle".

Here’s a useful link we stumbled across: Lindsay Cibos (one of the creators of the Ursa Major Award winning book Draw Furries, along with Jared Hodges) has put together a list of  36 “Graphic Novels with Animal Protagonists” using Amazon.com’s “Listmania” service. Some of the items she listed are well-known already of course — Mice Templar, Blacksad, Gon, Mouse Guard, and so forth, but she also listed several that we haven’t heard of around here before, like Chi’s Sweet Home, My Cat Loki, and Seekers: Toklo’s Story. You can check out the list here, or visit Lindsay and Jared’s web site here. Here’s your homework assignment: What other cool furry-themed graphic novels can you think of?

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Want to talk a bit about furries and help science at the same time?

You are invited to participate in an anonymous online survey about furries and the furry fandom being conducted by social scientists at the University of Waterloo (Waterloo, ON, Canada) and Niagara County Community College (Sanborn, NY, USA)!

There are two parts to the survey. Part one asks a few questions to determine eligibility for the survey including  information such as  age and country of residence. This portion of the study will take no more than two minutes. If it is determined that you are not eligible your responses will be destroyed.

If you are eligible, you will be asked to continue with part two of the survey which asks questions about a variety of different aspects of furry culture, sexual orientation, and your attitudes about furries and the furry community.  To keep the length of the survey manageable, 4 different versions have been created which, while mostly identical, do contain several sets of different questions. You will be randomly assigned to complete 1 of the 4 versions of the survey.

Part two of the survey will take about 30-45 minutes of your time.  In appreciation, you will be invited take part in a draw for a $50 Amazon.ca gift certificate.  If it is determined you are not eligible for the second part of the survey, you will be invited to take part in a draw for a $10 Amazon.ca gift certificate.

The survey uses Survey Monkey(TM) whose computer servers are located in the USA. Consequently, USA authorities under provisions of the Patriot Act may access this survey data. All responses will be downloaded from SurveyMonkey and saved on a password protected computer located on the University of Waterloo campus, to which only a few authorized investigators will have access. If you prefer not to submit your data through Survey Monkey(TM), please contact one of the researchers so you can participate using an alternative method (such as through an email or paper-based questionnaire). The alternate method may decrease anonymity but confidentiality will be maintained. Information and the anonymous data provided by participants will remain confidential and will be stored indefinitely on a secure, password protected computer in a secure area at the University of Waterloo and at the Niagara County Community College, to which only authorized researchers have access.  This anonymous data may be shared with other researchers interested in this research.

This study has been reviewed by and received ethics clearance through the Office of Research Ethics at the University of Waterloo, Canada.  However, the final decision about participation is yours.

If you have any questions about the study details please contact the researchers using the email addresses listed below:

Courtney Plante, B.Sc (Honors), Graduate Student, University of Waterloo: cpla...@uwaterloo.ca

Dr. Kathy Gerbasi, Professor, Niagara County Community College:  kger...@niagaracc.suny.edu

Dr. Steven Mock, Assistant Professor, University of Waterloo: smo...@uwaterloo.ca

Link to the Survey https://artsweb.uwaterloo.ca/cgi-bin/cgiwrap/cplante/2ndIARP

Furries AND non-furries can take this survey, and it is a new one, different from the last one we did back in February / March (though, if people did the one at Anthrocon this year, they are discouraged from doing this one, since it’s the same one).

Finally, below is the website where all of our past research findings are available, as well as the researchers’ contact information.  It’s a great place for furries to find out what we’ve learned about the community so far and what we hope to learn in the future (it’s also where these findings will be posted in the future!)

Winter Survey Results: https://sites.google.com/site/anthropomorphicresearch/

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