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56 wolves in danger of euthanasia due to money dispute
I am posting in desperation, i am a member of the wildlife society at my school, every year we visit the dancing brook wolf lodge in NH and help take care of the 56 wolves living there for a week. this place is run by a husband and wife alone, they get no funding. everything they do is out of their pocket. they care for wolves that have been abused or injured. and now, the company that owns the land they lease has changed the price. to an insane 110 thousand dollars. an impossible amount for these two to pay since all the money they make from second and third jobs goes towards vet bills and food and shelter for these wolves. the couple lives on the mountain with the wolves in a shack smaller then my dorm room. because they put everything to the wolves. these creatures are their family and children. and now they have to either move them or kill them. and they have no where to move them to and not enough man power to move them in two week even if they did. we at the wildlife society are doing everything we can. a handful of us are heading to the lodge to help move as much to a temporary location as possible but even this will only save a couple of the 56 wolves that they care for. we are trying to contact Ellen DeGeneres in hopes she can help in some way. if anyone can help us get to her or know of an organization that can help. please. please respond.
http://i.imgur.com/1qwsQ.jpg - this is a picture of me first meeting one of the wolves, her name is TC. please if anyone can help. please respond. i cannot bear to let her or any of the other wolves die.
submitted by voone[link] [9 comments]
Things I should know before I get a ref sheet
I really want to get a ref sheet done so I can start getting buying commissions from artists, but I want to know, what I should know and be prepared for, before I go and get it done.
I'd also like to know if there's even any artists that do ref sheets and how much they charge.
submitted by lunagron[link] [9 comments]
Ferret rescue charity in Pittsburgh (http://hide-e-hole.com) may need help!
I just got word that the son of the owner of the http://hide-e-hole.com charity got into a serious accident, and was paralyzed. This is one of the charities being considered for AnthroCon to sponsor. Anyway, she is now "spread very thin" having to deal with her son, and taking care of the ferrets in her care. I know that furries are generous and are good with animals, so I hope some of you can spread this around, and help her out, either with donations, or better yet, if you're near Pittsburgh, by volunteering to help her out with the ferrets while she is busy with her son.
Please help spread this news around. Thanks.
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Knotty XXXmas
Daily Show: December 4, 2012 - Listen in as we struggle with our word of the day, and breeze through Midfur Con from Down Under. - Hosts: CrimsonX, Jwingy, Levi, Murphy, Wolfin Picture by: Darryl Smith
Listen in as we struggle with our word of the day, and breeze through Midfur Con from Down Under.
Hosts: CrimsonX, Jwingy, Levi, Murphy, Wolfin
Picture by: Darryl Smith
Fyodor Khitruk, 1917-2012
Fyodor Khitruk, 1917-2012
Fursuit, halp
So I have been a furry for a while now, and I was thinking.... Why not make a fursuit? So, how do I make a fursuit, do I like buy one, do I need certain materials, should I be a certain height to fit the fursuit, just tell me what to do, to make a fursuit.
submitted by BlueSkilly[link] [11 comments]
People Act Differently toward Her When She Is Out of Her Fursuit
I've been reading through some of these asks, and I've been having a few issues so I thought I'd try and ask you one, so here goes nothing!
So, Papabear, I am a young biologically female furry. Kind of odd, I'm around 14 or so and female which is... to say the least, rather uncommon in the furry fandom. My parents are very tolerant, and let me go to conventions and fursuit, and my sister does the same.
However, I've noticed that while not in fursuit people tend to be very awkward or shy around me. Is it because they don't know how to act around females or young people?? How can I present myself to show I'm not some immature child that doesn't know what she's doing?
Thanks Papabear!
Maddie
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Hi, Maddie,
Thank you for waiting for my reply. Papabear got behind on mail because of his recent move. Anyway, I’d first like to say that you should count yourself very lucky for having a family that loves you for you, furry or not, and lets you fursuit and do other fun furry stuff. You are a minority in that regard, moreso even than the fact that males outnumber females in the fandom.
As for furries acting differently around you when you are out of suit than when you are fursuiting, I believe that has more to do with interacting with your fursona vs. the real you than it does with your being a 14-year-old female. I’m a 47-year-old male, and furries act very differently around me when I am not in suit than they do when I am Grubbs. So, the reason doesn’t have to do with your age and gender.
What it has to do with is fantasy versus reality. Papabear strongly believes that many furries (not by any means a majority, but a lot) feel socially awkward in normal human-to-human relationships, and so a big reason why they adopt fursonas, especially those who wear fursuits, is to form a protective shield, if you will, that makes it easier to deal with the social world around them. Why? Because when in character it is not really “them” that is interacting with the world but another personality, and so if something bad happens, it happens to that other character, not really to them. Case in point: I am very different as Grubbs than I am in my human form. I could never get on stage and perform as Kevin, but I can do so as my bear self. I don’t feel shy or awkward anymore.
The same is kind of true in reverse. Many furries who are not wearing a fursuit find it easier to deal with a fursuiter than with a real person. When dealing with someone who looks like a husky or a horse or a lion or whatever, you aren’t dealing with a human, and so the normal human conventions that make one feel awkward disappear. Take off the head, and the social norms pop right back up, and you can actually see some furries shy away on the spot.
So, Maddie, Papabear doesn’t believe this has anything to do with anyone thinking you’re an “immature child.” I think you are imposing that interpretation upon the situation yourself. No, the real answer is the comparison of social interactions between those who are wearing masks and those who are not.
Hope that answers your question.
Bear hugs,
Papabear
Do not EVER search sly cooper or ratchet on FA.
KnotCast: Episode 202 – Fuzzy Navel
Tojo handles "critizism" of YCH auction
Seeking after my intrest was sparked.
Someone recently posted a pick of a species call the azu-nah and honestly I fell in love with the cute little deviles. I went onto felineflames deviant art profile to see if there was any stories involving the species but my phone will not let me send a note so I am turning to my fellow furry redditors to try and help me out. I would like some other form of contact with the artist or simply a story involving them since I want to learn more. If needed I cam provide one of my emails to give to the artist so I can speak one on one.
submitted by loki_the_sergal[link] [3 comments]
I am new to this, I need some help
I am thinking about becoming a part of the furry community, but I have no idea what I am suppose to do.
submitted by Natassjad[link] [13 comments]