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Werewolves are coming to the Alliance in World of Warcraft.

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The full 8-minute version of this dark, animated poem.

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Animal behaviorist Kevin Richardson studies lions on his South African reserve.

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Wolfire games has released a trailer for a 3D action-adventure game in development called Overgrowth, the successor to their earlier creation, Lugaru. "Overgrowth's gameplay can best be described in three words: Ninja - Rabbit - Combat."

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"'In 1959, Soviet scientist Dmitri Belyaev set out to breed a tamer fox that would be easier for their handlers in the Russian fur industry to work with. Much to the scientist's shock, changes no one had expected emerged after just 10 generations. The foxes began behaving playfully, were smaller in size, and even changed color - much like dogs.' Belyaev died in 1985, but the experiment continued in his absence, and to this day provides strong evidence to parts of evolutionary theory. The experiment eventually branched out to involve other species as well (rats)."

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Disney's A Goofy Movie, as if imagined by David Lynch. A mash-up by Cody Richeson.

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Although the production of a Thundercats movie is on hold, a fansite had gotten ahold of a script. Unknown if it's just an early draft, or from a later stage of planning.

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Warner Bros. is turning Kathryn Lasky's book series, Guardians of Ga'hoole, into an animated film, scheduled for release on Sept. 24. Directed by Zack Snyder (Watchmen, 300) and animated by the studio that made Happy Feet.

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The extremely popular BoingBoing blog has mentioned furry fandom numerous times - usually doing the typical jokes, but perpetuating the negative stereotypes nonetheless. Recently they've started to do special Feature Articles, and Lisa Katayama has written a pretty good one, "Fur Fun: The inner lives of furries", an interview with fan and fursuiter Josh Strom.

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A French figurine company called Papo recently came out with a number of anthro figures. No idea where to buy them - their web site lists international distributors, but not the stores that the distributors supply. (Check your local toy and hobby shops.) To browse to the toys from the main website, click on "La collection Papo", then on "Fantastiques". There are three pages of thumbnails; the second and third are the most interesting. Includes a centaur, a lion man, as well as an anthro rhino, tiger, crocodile, ram, and a bird man riding a griffin. Dragons, unicorns as well as regu

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A creative outfit known as Graffiti on the Sun sent us a press release: “Graffiti On The Sun returns with its long-awaited second issue of the comic book series Brer Warrior. Not only does the hopping hot comic series return after a hiatus, it returns at the low price of $1.99. In the second issue of Brer Warrior (the [black & white] comic series that’s loosely based on the folktale character Brer Rabbit with kung-fu packed, sci-fi seasoned, urban twist), Brer returns to his childhood home to restart his kung-fu training. But well his fellow student and former friend Ebunny let him, or will something from his past prevent her from doing so?

Brer Warrior issue 2 can be purchased at Indyplanet. For more info about Brer Warrior and Graffiti on the Sun, check out our main site.”

image c. 2011 Graffiti on the Sun

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This is reposted from his FA Journal:

Sporty Gives a Thumbs Up

Another update…. I’m gonna try my best to keep everyone updated as much as possible.

If you’re not really sure what’s going on you can read the articles about my health issue at:
www.FurryNewsNetwork.com
www.GeorgiaFurs.com

I really want to start off by thanking everyone once again, all of you have my eternal gratitude. How everyone has come together to help in so many ways is truly astounding. Once again, I couldn’t be more proud to be a furry.

I had to go see my doctor yesterday, and to be honest it wasn’t a good visit.  I was kinda hoping for some good news but didn’t get any. My heart is becoming weaker with overworking itself. Now I’m suppose to stay in bed until the surgery, and still no date for the surgery. Grrrrrrrrrr. Come on, my name is Sporty for a reason, I like to be active. Don’t worry though, I’m gonna listen to him and stay calm and relaxed as much as possible. I won’t lie to y’all though, I’m kinda worried, I can feel the difference, the strain, the fatigue. I still hold my head up high, and thanks to all of you my spirits are still at a all time high.  *hugs you all tight*

As for the donations update. We are currently up to $8311.72 to be exact, out of the $16,500 needed for the surgery. We still have roughly $8200 more to go. We are still excepting donations through paypal. Every penny adds up to make a huge difference, even if its just a dollar or two. If you would like to make a donation you can donate through paypal to driftinbears[at]hotmail.com

There are also still a couple auctions going on. You can view them at:
www.thedealersden.com

Also if you are a artist and would like to help out please contact  sinabu who is handling the artist auctions.

Thank you all for spreading the word so much, it really does mean a lot to me. And I urge you all to keep continuing to spread the word. It will help keep everyone updated and informed.

Also, I’m still really out of it, mentally and physically. If I haven’t responded yet to a note or comment that you might of sent me, please know that i’m not ignoring you, it’s just gonna take some time so please be patient with me. Some days are just bad and I don’t even get out of bed, but whenever I have good moments I hop right on here and try my best to reply to as many as I can.

Thank you all again for everyones help, love, compassion, and understanding.
*hugs you all tightly*

As we get updates on Sporty’s condition, we will continue to update everyone.

Donations to assist SportyPup

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"Yo, Furfolks! Our Fandom's own Bailey Mannix (AKA Pawnce Puma) is in the running for sexiest wrestler in the Midwest! But now there's a challenge from Brandon Aarons. And that kid's a homophobe. (Like, for serious.) So, let's show what the furry fandom can do and keep one of our own on top! Vote Bailey Mannix!"

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Furries are a greatly misunderstood subculture. To better help understand the "Furry Fandom" - the mindsets of the participants, and how we compare to and differ from other fandoms (i.e. sci-fi and fantasy based fandoms), the University of Waterloo in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada and Niagara County Community College in Sanborn, New York, are conducting an international online survey of the Furry Fandom. Conducting the study is Courtney "Nuka" Plante, a furry social psychology graduate student at the University of Waterlo and Dr. Kathy Gerbasi, a social psychologist at the Niagara Count

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I'm married, quite happily in fact. The sex is so so, though. It's not my husband's fault. But I recently realized that I have never really enjoyed sex, even with guys I am really attracted to. I just numb it out, and usually want to get it over with as quick as possible. I don't deeply enjoy the contact, I guess, except on very few occasions I can name. I generally prefer sex from behind for this purpose.

I have always felt very strong sexual attraction for cartoon characters. I attribute this to have been sexually abused and humiliated as a child, and cartoon were the only consistent thing in my life, so I latched onto them.

I have been fantasizing about cartoon characters since I was six or seven. I write lots of erotic fanfic around this purpose. I sometimes have to fantasize about whatever character I am obsessed with at the time to get aroused. I also get way more aroused watching animals have sex than watching people have sex.

Maybe I am wrong for labeling this a problem - I know there are a lot of zoos on here, and truth me told I am not terribly against zoophilia as long as the animals show consent (which I do believe they are capable of doing.) However this is a problem for me, as 1) as nice a watching animals mate is, i don't want to actually mate with one, and 2) I'm married, and I REALLY don't think my husband will get it. He knows I have furry leanings but not the degree of it.

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02/02/2011
By: Lucky Wolf

One of our own greatly really needs our help. SportyPup, who is a local Georgia fur needs to have surgery due to a bad valve in his heart. This particular condition is called Valvular Heart Disease, and if not treated will cause heart failure. The surgery will take $40,000 total, but needs $16,500 up front, just to be able to have the surgery. The remaining $24,000 will be billed later, so he needs to get this money soon. The longer Sporty has to wait for the surgery, the greater the risk is of heart failure. The hope is to have enough to be able to have the surgery later this month in Asheville, NC., but only if the doctor see’s that the amount needed will come in quickly after.

Sporty, is currently 30 years old, but will be 31 in March. Besides being a furry and occasional fursuiter, he is also a father of a 3 1/2 year old boy, named Koda. Sporty currently lives in Macon, Georgia.

Sporty and friends are now asking for donations towards the surgery through paypal. Even if you’re only able to donate a couple dollars anything helps, so they ask everyone who reads this to please donate something. Friend’s are even putting items up on thedealersden.com to help raise money. Sporty is a really awesome guy, and really needs our help to make this happen. You can make a donation too, through the paypal link below.

Even with all the drama that goes on in this fandom, I have also seen this fandom do a lot of good, and really come together when one of our own needs help, and I would hope this no exception.

FNN Editor’s note: I do not know SportyPup personally. The details of his current situation have been verified through several well respected community members.

Charity Auction Commissions from 11 Furry Artists
Charity Auction for German Shepherd Full Fursuit by Roofur.com
Charity Auction at The Dealers Den
Charity Auction for Dragon Fursuit head and Fur
SportyPup’s FA Page
Sinabu’s LJ Posts about Sporty’s condition

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Furries are a greatly misunderstood subculture.  To better help understand the “Furry Fandom” – the mindsets of the participants, and how we compare to and differ from other fandoms (i.e. sci-fi and fantasy based fandoms),  the University of Waterloo in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada and Niagara County Community College in Sanborn, New York, are conducting an international online survey of the Furry Fandom.

Conducting the study is Courtney “Nuka” Plante, a furry social psychology graduate student at the University of Waterloo and Dr. Kathy Gerbasi, a social psychologist at the Niagara County Community College in Sanborn, New York.

Dr. Gerbasi and Courtney (Nuka)  have been studying furries through the use of rigorous scientific methodology in the hopes of understanding furries and their fandom. There is a lot of bad media and misinformation about furries, and they hope that by scientifically studying the furry fandom they can do away with misconceptions regarding the furry fandom.

Dr. Gerbasi has conducted a survey at Anthrocon for the last 5 years now, and while the results have certainly been informative, it is felt that a great many furries are left out of the research. As such, this will be a large-scale online international furry survey d in the hopes of getting as many furries to complete the survey as possible.

There will be draws for prizes as an incentive for people to participate, and they are hoping that furries will be interested to participate in actual scientifically valid research that’s being conducted by furries and fur-friendly researchers.

This is the study website’s url:
https://artsweb.uwaterloo.ca/cgi-bin/cgiwrap/cplante/Furry2011

Dr. Samuel “Uncle Kage” Conway was contacted as a reference.  He had very positive things to say about the survey and those conducting it.

Dr. Gerbasi has been the very essense of professionalism in her study. She sought my input on drafting the proposal and delivered a copy of the university’s IRB approval. Anthrocon has fully supported her research and has never had a complaint as to her methods. Mr. Plante has worked closely with her and has shown a similar level of professionalism and to the scientific integrity of the study.

FNN has further verified the validity of the survey through the University of Waterloo’s Research Ethics office, as well as reviewed the survey in it’s entirety.  All details check out and the survey its self does not have a negative or positive bias.

If you are interested in participating in the survey, we strongly encourage it.  A study of this nature may make a difference in how we are seen and treated as a subculture in the future.

Positive or negative, Furry News Network will follow the outcome of this and report back any findings once the research project is concluded and the results published.

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"A 'golden jackal' living in north Africa is really a grey wolf, scientists have discovered. The animal's true identity was revealed when researchers compared its DNA with samples in GenBank, a genetic database. Until now, the Egyptian jackal - Canis aureus lupaster - had been considered a rare sub-species of the golden jackal. The new evidence shows it is not a jackal at all, but a type of grey wolf."

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