Unlike wolves in the continental US, Alaska wolves are not protected by the Endangered Species Act. Some people hunt Alaska wolves solely to increase the number of prey species that can also be hunted, which helps tourism.

Alaska as a whole has voted twice to ban the mass-killing of wolves via aerial shooting, where hunters divebomb packs of wolves, chase them until they tire, and shoot them from the air. But last June the governor of Alaska signed a bill to allow it anyway. The practice is about to be expanded to cover a larger area, and may soon include bears as well.

You may visit this link to learn more about the degree to which politicians and hunters are playing god with the ecosystem of Alaska, and what can be done about it.

Trickster

Concerned over those damnable atheist kitties:

TAIPEI, Taiwan - A man leaped into a lion’s den at the Taipei Zoo on Wednesday to try to convert the king of beasts to Christianity, but was bitten in the leg for his efforts.

My buddy Puck notes that it wasn't even a Roman zoo. MSNBC has the full story, including photo.

Leana Beasley has faith that a dog is man's best friend.

Faith, a 4-year-old Rottweiler, phoned 911 when Beasley fell out of her wheelchair and barked urgently into the receiver until a dispatcher sent help. Then the service dog unlocked the front door for the police officer.

"I sensed there was a problem on the other end of the 911 call," said dispatcher Jenny Buchanan. "The dog was too persistent in barking directly into the phone receiver. I knew she was trying to tell me something."

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1. Artshow panels going fast
2. Hotel Deadlines for Fursuit, Party Floors and Parlor Suites
3. Con book Submissions
4. Travel Assistance
5. Furry Market Place spaces deadline
6. Masquerade
7. Furry Variety Show - 'Furry Night Live!'
8. Events Announcements
9. Pre-registration deadline is coming up
10. FCTV

Due for video release on February 1, 2005.

Voice Talents: Maurice Le Marche, Sean Astin, David Paymer, Kathy Najimy, Keith Carradine, Jean Smart

Synopsis: The mail in the north used to be delivered by dogsled, but the success of airplane delivery leaves Balto and the other sled dogs feeling neglected. However, when a delivery plane crashes on a mountain side, the sled dogs get the opportunity to show their worth. This story also prominently features Balto's son, Kodi, who was among the puppy litter that we met in Balto II: Wolf Quest.

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The results of the Sly Cooper Art Contest (sponsored by DC Comics) are in! Check to see if you won! Congrats to those that have been selected!

A California biotechnology company has started taking orders for a hypoallergenic cat for pet lovers prone to allergies.

The genetically engineered feline, which is expected to be available from 2007, is the first in a planned series of lifestyle pets, Los Angeles-based Allerca said in a press release.

Allerca hopes to attract customers among the millions of people worldwide who suffer from cat allergies.

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Please join us in welcoming Mr. Peter Laird, co-creator of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, who will be joining us as guest of honor at Anthrocon 2005.

Also, kindly visit the discussion forums at our web page and help us decide on a possible move to Pittsburgh in 2007. People have been poking at us to get a bigger hotel, and we think we have. We invite you to look over the proposal and then cast your vote on the discussion board.

The howling of wolves might be something residents of Tuakau, south of Auckland, will have to get used to.

Ten wolves have been brought in from Los Angeles for filming on The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.

The pack, which includes seven males and three females, is being housed at Mark Vette's Animal Rescue.

Two siblings, Ricky and Bob, will play the key characters Maugrim and Vardan.

Production of the film will move south from November 1, when Queenstown, Oamaru and Canterbury will feature.

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The Furtopia Arts for Kids Community Project has had it's first successful event and what a success!!! http://artsforkids.furtopia.org

On 10/20/2004 several Furtopian artists and a fursuiter went to the "Dayton Children's Medical Center" (this is a huge Children's hospital) to do art and perform for sick kids.

Further Confusion Bid Guidelines

As is our custom, Further Confusion's chairman will be stepping down after Further Confusion 2005. This custom keeps fresh ideas and fresh approaches coming into Further Confusion, gives more folks the opportunity to give their input and dedication toward its improvement, and lets people grow into more demanding roles.

That means we will need a new chairman. Toward that end, we are posting our annual invitation for bids to be submitted to AAE if you want to chair FC2006.

The new anthropomorphic sf/fantasy webzine Claw & Quill (previously reported here on Flayrah) is now online. We've opened with stories by Kris Schnee, Jefferson P. Swycaffer, and Michael H. Payne (author of The Blood Jaguar), poetry by Elizabeth Barrette, and reviews of new novels by Fred Patten. Illustrations are by Kenket, Conrad "Lynx" Wong, Cubist and Kim Liu. Ideally, Claw & Quill will be updated on a biweekly basis starting in November, and we'll continue to need both stories and artists willing to do story illustrations (and contribute frontispiece work, which we'd like to put in rotation).

Gérard Pirès’ Double Zéro is a new French spy parody that, while not exactly sweeping audiences off their feet, it does star a super-intelligent bunny trasnformed by a mad scientists evil experiments. Read article on the CG behind the rabbit on softimage.com and view the photo gallery. And a CG version of Flayrah's mascot?

Thanks to all the FurJournal members who donated a few months ago, this furry-based journal site finally received the adoption package after having adopted a snowleopard.

Unfortunately, the snow leopard itself didn't come in the box, but if you're interested to see what we did get you can see them all here

The Wyrmkeep Entertainment Co. Newsletter
September 2004
http://www.wyrmkeep.com

Items of Interest:

• New Release -- Inherit the Earth: Quest for the Orb for Linux
• New on our web site -- Forums
• Coming soon –- The Labyrinth of Time

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