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This video is a celebration of the wonderful "magic" that happens when ordinary people put on animal costumes and bring happiness and joy to others, particularly children. Unlike (most) adults, kids still have the capacity to imagine that the fursuiter is not a hot, sweaty performer baking in a suit - but a cartoon character, or maybe their favorite stuffed animal, come to life.

All the quotes used in this video were obtained directly from the fursuiters themselves from our local group up here in the greater Seattle area.

Video by Kijani
Original footage shot mostly by Dolphin Echo
Still photos by Chaos Reign

Just today I was recommending the incomparably wonderful animated film A Town Called Panic to a friend, which it occurred to me to wonder: what progress has been made on the project the makers of that film (Stéphane Aubier and Vincent Patar) are cooking up now? They’re making a new film, Ernest and Celestine (co-directed by Benjamin Renner), and as it turns out there is actually a current article about it in Variety, based on the fact that yesterday saw the debut of footage at the Annecy festival in France.

So that crop above is probably your first look at Ernest and Celestine, which adapts the book series by Gabrielle Vincent. The full image is below, along with some more news on the film. It looks like quite a change of pace from A Town Called Panic…

Variety announces that Lambert Wilson (The Matrix Reloaded, Of Gods and Men) will voice Ernest, “a gruff bear who wants to be an artist, who befriends Celestine, an ingenious mouse.” Also in the cast are Anne-Marie Loop, voicing an aged lady mouse and Dominique Collignon, playing a dentist.

Acclaimed French writer Daniel Pennac penned the screenplay, based on the series of illustrated kids books by the late Gabrielle Vincent. Goran Bregovic, who has often worked with Emir Kusturica, is reportedly doing the film’s music. And Didier Brunner is producing; he was behind a couple films that people liked, such as The Triplets of Belleville and The Secret of Kells, so that is probably a good sign for this one.

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

Author: GreenReaper

Could furry be holding your love life back? Los Angeles television producers appear to think so, judging by a recent casting call for an unnamed dating show:

Looking for Vampires, Wolves, furries, adult babies, trekkies, comic book lovers, body builders, Wiccans, puppetears (sic.), roller chicks, chubby lovers, … Are you single and genuinely looking to find true love, but something is holding you back??

Researchers at the University of California, Davis might disagree; their 2007 furry survey found ‘about half’ the respondents were in a relationship – of those, 76% were with other furries.

[UPDATED by Markos]

Saralane Reality World is the production company behind this casting call.  Saralane Boasberg has been contacting furries through Facebook asking if they would be interested in participating.  She was the Production Associate for the Tyra Banks Show responsible for casting ChewFox and her mate.

Submitted by: Doug

Via TreeHugger
in January of 2011, a group of biologists and conservationists in Nepal moved a tiger from a rehabilitation facility in Chitwan National Park to a new reserve in Bardia National Park.

Fitted with a radio collar, the tiger—named Namo Buddha—represented a unique opportunity for researchers to closely follow the behavior of an introduced tiger. Unfortunately, this same technology led them to a grisly discovery a few short months later.

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

This article is enlarged from a chronology originally printed for an exhibition at L.A.con III, the fifty-fourth annual World Science Fiction Convention, 29 August-2 September 1996, at the Anaheim Convention Center, Anaheim, California.

There is no single specific date or event that can lay claim to being the birth of furry fandom. However, there is general agreement that it was around late 1983 or early 1984 that furry fans coalesced out of SF fandom and comics fandom and began an independent identity.

Due to the practice in the comic-book industry of dating one to three months in the future, the dates of the comic books listed here may be a month or two later than their actual appearances.

To indicate significant geographic centers of furry fandom, the home cities have been listed of active fans. Entries without cities indicate that the individuals named have not been active in furry fandom.

The goal of this chronology is to list the "first" and the "most influential" entries in the many aspects of furry interest. If there were more room, many other favorites could be added to each category: novels such as Brian Jacques' Redwall series, Paul Kidd's Mus of Kerbridge, Mark Rogers' Samurai Cat series, and Mary Stanton's The Heavenly Horse From the Outermost West; movies like Animalympics, The Great Mouse Detective, and Meet the Feebles; TV cartoons such as The Amazing 3, Animaniacs, Chip 'n' Dale Rescue Rangers, the animated Star Trek with Lieutenant M'Ress, SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron, TaleSpin, and Tiny Toon Adventures; comic books like The Chronicles of Panda Khan, Eb'nn, Red Shetland, Space Beaver, and Wild Life; fanzines like Hunca Munca! and Pawprints; MU*s like Animal Nation, FurryFaire, FurToonia, Redwall MUCK, and Tapestries. It was not our intention to slight anything, but space limitations precluded our including everything. Please consider this chronology in the nature of a brief encyclopedic summary. A detailed history of furry fandom is yet to be written.

Welcome to the open beta of Fur Paws!
We would love to hear your feedback about what you see. If you have any questions or concerns, feel free to post them here. If you find any bugs, please use our help desk to let us know so we can fix them!

GamingFurEver.com is a new social site targeting Furry gamers. We asked what the site is all about:

Our mission is to become the central online community for furries who are also gamers. We just launched on June 10th, and currently offer a database of video games with anthropomorphic characters, message boards, high score recording arcade games, daily gaming news, personal blogs, and a dense community system that integrates everything together seamlessly. Every gamer needs a place where they can discuss the latest happenings in the industry with fellow gamers. What makes this site special is its catering to the furry crowd and focus on keeping content aimed at all things gaming. Groups of people can come from anywhere in the world and plan gaming nights over the internet, talk about new and old furry gaming experiences, and find others who share the same love for this growing hobby.

Gaming Furever wants to represent the furry gaming community and news network at E3 2012, and the creator of the site has actually been to two previous E3′s in ’09 and ’10. We hope to achieve a user base composed of members who want healthy competition and banter. We want to be the source for information about game releases that feature anthro characters, and provide an archive of previous releases for future furry gamers who want to go back and play the classics. Almost every furry is a gamer, and we believe every furry gamer can find a reason to visit GamingFurever.com

GamingFurever currently offers:

• Database of Games
• Reviews
• Arcade area
• News
• Forums
• Blog

Check the site out at: GamingFurever

Author: Doug
This article is enlarged from a chronology originally printed for an exhibition at L.A.con III, the fifty-fourth annual World Science Fiction Convention, 29 August-2 September 1996, at the Anaheim Convention Center, Anaheim, California.

There is no single specific date or event that can lay claim to being the birth of furry fandom. However, there is general agreement that it was around late 1983 or early 1984 that furry fans coalesced out of SF fandom and comics fandom and began an independent identity.

Due to the practice in the comic-book industry of dating one to three months in the future, the dates of the comic books listed here may be a month or two later than their actual appearances.

To indicate significant geographic centers of furry fandom, the home cities have been listed of active fans. Entries without cities indicate that the individuals named have not been active in furry fandom.

The goal of this chronology is to list the “first” and the “most influential” entries in the many aspects of furry interest. If there were more room, many other favorites could be added to each category: novels such as Brian Jacques’ Redwall series, Paul Kidd’s Mus of Kerbridge, Mark Rogers’ Samurai Cat series, and Mary Stanton’s The Heavenly Horse From the Outermost West; movies like Animalympics, The Great Mouse Detective, and Meet the Feebles; TV cartoons such as The Amazing 3, Animaniacs, Chip ‘n’ Dale Rescue Rangers, the animated Star Trek with Lieutenant M’Ress, SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron, TaleSpin, and Tiny Toon Adventures; comic books like The Chronicles of Panda Khan, Eb’nn, Red Shetland, Space Beaver, and Wild Life; fanzines like Hunca Munca! and Pawprints; MU*s like Animal Nation, FurryFaire, FurToonia, Redwall MUCK, and Tapestries. It was not our intention to slight anything, but space limitations precluded our including everything. Please consider this chronology in the nature of a brief encyclopedic summary. A detailed history of furry fandom is yet to be written.

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

HEATHER KENNETT 2011
Heather Kennett has refused to resign as journalist from the Eastern
Courier Messenger. No wonder, the lawyers (Kelly & Co Lawyers) are
being hired to make "Chilling Effects Clearinghouse" with thousands of
takedown notices to web sites, which although censored in Australia
aren't abroad. This commentary is based on material accessible in

Author: Istanbul

This week, we explore our first episode with a topic! We handle two e-mails this time around, one of them from someone telling us all about his crazy family, and the other a follow-up e-mail from a previous week about stalker behavior and what’s being done about it!

Next week’s topic is the workplace. What’s your job like? Do you enjoy it, do you hate it, do you need one, what’s the story there? Write in with any questions or comments you may have, whether topical or otherwise, and we’ll read them on the air! Write in before Thursday to have your e-mail read on Episode 8 – Salt Mines!

Per usual, e-mails go to E-Mail Hidden, our FA account is fuzzylogicpodcast, and our Twitter account is fuzzylogiccast – give us a listen, and write in!

Episode 7 – Family Ties

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Fans of the Twilight series and fans of animal transformation would do well to check out the novels of Colleen Houck. Her first book, Tiger’s Curse, introduces us to a teenage girl named Kelsey. She’s been given a very unusual assignment: Accompany a rare white tiger as he is shipped back to his native India. As soon as she lands though, things begin to get strange right away. Turns out that Ren, the former circus superstar, is not actually a tiger at all: He’s an Indian prince trapped under a bizarre magical curse which only allows him to assume his human form for 24 minutes a day. What’s more, Kelsey has been chosen by a powerful Indian goddess to be the girl who is destined to help Ren defeat the curse. Some assignment! Splinter released Tiger’s Curse in hardcover last January, and recently they released Tiger’s Quest, the second book in the series. In it, Kelsey must return to India to assist Ren’s less-than-savory brother Kishan, who has also fallen prey to the tiger’s curse. You can find out about these books and more in the series at Colleen Houck’s web site.

Author: GreenReaper

Furry artistic social community Fur Paws is now in open beta.

Created by Fur Affinity founder Alkora, the site was launched June 2, but went down for two days after a security issue was raised, allegedly involving the naming of uploaded files.

Fur Paws features multi-picture character profiles, folders and a safe-for-work login option. Currently only images and stories are supported; music uploads are planned. Initially known as Art Paws, the site was renamed over trademark issues. It has adopted an ‘honest’ privacy policy.

 

This flash piece blends a tale of folklore and magic. Pretty White Snake, once a powerful luck charm, is now shunned by the people who fear him and his power, leaving him forced to travel the dream-paths searching for one who is not afraid of him. Will Pretty White Snake succeed, or will he continue to languish, powerless and despised?

"Pretty, White Snake" by Cathy Smith

Read by Adam Fullerton (Pegasus316)

Music cues by Infinity Squared

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Author: E-Mail Hidden (..::XANA::.. Creations)

A slow start, and a lot of Fayroe and Paradox headbutting, but a decent outcome. Another great interview, and definitely some good emails.  Enjoy.

News:

• Group Plans to Get Westboro Baptist Church to Protest Furry Conventions

• Human & Bovine Genes Spliced – Brave Moo World

• 2 people die as bear flies through SUV

• Dogs Likely Born with ‘Canine Telepathy’

• Last U.K. Teddy Bear Factory Celebrates 80 Years

• A Defense of Teddy Bears

• Anthrocon featured as Hip, Gay, Fetish party in Mate Magazine

 

Annoucement:

• FurFusion Radio Promotion

Emails:

• Dox – “Howdy FurCast”
• Raxtus Pain – “Friend Problems”
• Shadow – “Dear Furcast”

Interviewee:

• Markos – Furry News Network . com

Topic of the Week:

• Furry online communities

Find the full article here: FurCast

The contents of this Podcast may have adult language and adult themes. The content is not produced by Furry News Network, but is posted for your convenience.

Author: GreenReaper

For many furs, Anthrocon is approaching – but roughly 50 Finns are looking forward to the first FinnFur Summer Camp (website), held 1-3 July at Röskö in the forests of North Karelia. Planned activities include BBQ, lake swimming, rowing, motor-boating and dances, plus indoor games.

All cabin spaces have sold out (at 30-40€ + 10€ for sponsors); campers can still attend for 35€.

The event is led by SlvWolf, founder of Finnish-language Furboard and TurriWiki, and was mentioned in a letter to Knotcast #141 (AAC/MP3 – 10:43).

Find the full article here: flayrah – furry food for thought

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Folks who have been following on-line comics for a while, especially anthro comics, might recall a particular one called Buster Wilde: Weerwolf.  As written and drawn by Scott Zellman, it tells of the trials and tribulations of an ordinary heterosexual human guy who, once bitten, keeps transforming into Buster — a decidedly queer werewolf with a party-all-night attitude! No it’s not pornographic and yes, it’s very much for adults only. Originally available exclusively on the Buster site at Furnation.com, FurPlanet and Bad Dog Books have announced that it will now be released as a black & white trade paperback later this June. Mr. Zellman has also been re-printing the original Buster strips in a larger format up on BadDog’s site.

 

This week, we explore our first episode with a topic! We handle two e-mails this time around, one of them from someone telling us all about his crazy family, and the other a follow-up e-mail from a previous week about stalker behavior and what’s being done about it!

Next week’s topic is the workplace. What’s your job like? Do you enjoy it, do you hate it, do you need one, what’s the story there? Write in with any questions or comments you may have, whether topical or otherwise, and we’ll read them on the air! Write in before Thursday to have your e-mail read on Episode 8 – Salt Mines!

Per usual, e-mails go to fuzzy.logic.podcast@gmail.com, our FA account is fuzzylogicpodcast, and our Twitter account is fuzzylogiccast – give us a listen, and write in!

Episode 7 – Family Ties

Episode 7 – Family Ties - This week, we explore our first episode with a topic! We handle two e-mails this time around, one of them from someone telling us all about his crazy family, and the other a follow-up e-mail from a previous week about stalker[...]