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What Is Bara Furry Art?
- Introduction
- What Is Bara?
- Where Does The Word Bara Come From?
- So, What Is Bara Furry Art?
- How Is It Different To Yaoi?
- Where Can I Find Bara Furry Art?
- Where Can I Commission Bara Furry Art?
Introduction
Even if you are new to the furry fandom you are likely super aware of the number of LGBTQ+ members of the community there are. Part of what makes the furry community so appealing to LGBTQ+ people is how accepting and generally left-leaning they are. Irrespective of gender, race, sexuality, or neurodivergence, the furry fandom accepts everyone with open arms, just as they would like to be accepted. So with that, it’s not too surprising that there is a very large gay furry art sub-community that is constantly buzzing, considering how much furry art content is out there
What Is Bara?BARA was an image board specifically designed for users to post images of muscular men. So, as you can imagine, BARA furry art is pictures of muscular male fursonas and furry characters. The board was originally a small but active community with four different categories that users could post under: Real, Drawn, Furry, and Alternate. As well as this the board contained what is known as an Oekaki board which was essentially a place for users to chat. Most conversations revolved around gay culture, anime, video games, and other general non-porn interests.
Example of Normal Bara Art
Image via Bear World Magazine
Where Does The Word Come From?However, despite the word Bara being popularised by the image board, its use predates the site. The word bara became a colloquialism in Japan around the 1960s for a genre of Japanese art that depicted same-sex love. It would go on to become known in Japan as gay manga. It was made primarily by gay men for gay men. It would usually depict very big, masculine men as the protagonists of its stories, and while the subject material is more often than not pornographic there are romantic and autobiographical exceptions.
Despite all of this, the use of the word Bara (which directly translates to rose in Japanese) to describe all gay Japanese manga is something that was coined more by the Western world. In non-Japanese contexts, it’s used to describe any sort of Japanese media depicting homo-erotic relationships but Japanese gay manga artists would argue that bara is characterized by the masculinity of its characters as well as the nature of the art. The popularization of its use outside of Japan likely came from the image board of the same name that was created in the 90s.
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So What Is Bara Furry Art?
Those of you eagle-eyed readers may have noticed that we made no mention at all of furries at all in the etymology of the word bara so what gives? Well, this is because bara furry art, or gay furry art that depicts masculine characters, likely gained a lot of traction around the same time that the internet was picking up speed. So, the term actually pre-dates the internet era of the furry fandom by about 30 years. However, once the BARA image board was created the two worlds collided and almost became synonymous with each other ever since.
Example Of Bara Furry Art
Image via Twitter
How Is It Different To Yaoi?For those of you that are deep in the gay manga rabbit hole though, you might be wondering what the difference is between bara and yaoi as they seem to both be terms for gay manga. While the difference is a little subtle there is a difference. Bara is traditionally made by gay men for gay men, using the aforementioned masculine, muscular characters. Yaoi on the other hand was traditionally made for women, depicting more effeminate and skinny men. While it may not sound like a huge difference there are entire communities dedicated to each sub-genre respectively. Floating around in the same circle of Yaoi you will often hear terms like “femboy” or “twink” used to describe the character they portray which are typically more feminine presenting men. ts, and feelings of all those belonging to these communities, especially if you wish to find quality content.
Example Of Yaoi Art
Image via Reddit
Where Can I Find Bara Furry Art?There is no shortage of bara furry art in the Wild West that is the internet so we’ve compiled a list of a few of the best places you can find some of it.
Deviant Art: Like any sort of digital art, one of the best places you can find it out there is Deviant Art. This site is already home to thousands upon thousands of furry artists let alone the millions of artists outside of the furry fandom that upload to it. Artists like Smuggles and Muscular Fox Man seem to specialize in bara furry art, so you should have no trouble finding any of it here.
Pinterest: Pinterest is especially great when looking for art under a specific niche as people make random image boards all the time. Not to mention, when you select a specific image on Pinterest they are very good at showing you images similar to the one you selected so you can dive straight down the rabbit hole.
Furaffinity: If you are looking for any sort of furry art, checking furaffinity is a complete no-brainer. This site is home to pretty much all furry art and furry artists. As the name suggests, Fur Affinity is a site designed specifically for furry artists to upload their work, whether it just be to share or to promote a service. So, as you can imagine, with such a large bank of furry art, there is a great wealth of bara furry art that you can find here with little to no effort.
Instagram: Believe it or not, the furry art community is actually thriving on Instagram if you just know where to look. Just look under hashtags that have anything to do with furry art or muscly furries and you’ll find exactly what you’re looking for. The only issue with Instagram is how quickly they will crack down on NSFW posts and how easily the line between NSFW and SFW art can be blurred.
Twitter/X: So, if you’re looking for a social media platform where the rules on what you can upload aren’t as strict then Twitter is probably the place for you. When it comes to pornographic content, Twitter is pretty lenient with what you can get away with, so there’s a whole world of bara furry content that you can find there.
Where Can I Commission Bara Furry Art?If you’re more interested in getting some bara furry art of your own made rather than just looking at other people’s work, there are plenty of places you can find it. Lucky for you, we’ve compiled yet another list of the best places to commission your very own bara furry art.
MyFurryArt: One of the safest and easiest places to commission any sort of furry art, MyFurryArt is a great option if you’re looking to commission bara furry art. For an additional cost, they offer lewd/NSFW artwork which is a service that a lot of furry artists aren’t comfortable offering.
Fursonafy: Yes we are resorting to the shameless self-plug but we also offer NSFW furry art if that is something that you’re looking for. For the most part, we make anything your brain can conjure up, even if that is bara furry art. So, if you’re struggling to find a place to get it affordably, for no additional cost look no further.
Social Media Commissions: A great place to find independent furry artists would be social media platforms like Instagram and Twitter/X. These platforms are amazing for both artists to share their portfolios and customers to browse them. Also, social media allows artists to bypass pesky listing or service fees that customers would otherwise have to pay as well as commissions taken by freelancing platforms like Fiverr or Upwork.
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Ruffled Feather Clean-Up On Aisle Four
Recently we stumbled across a trailer for this, and now here’s an exciting announcement from Animation Magazine: “Global anime destination Crunchyroll announced today that it has acquired the North American rights for the new animated feature film The Concierge. The film is set to be released by Aniplex in Japan on October 20 and expected to come to Crunchyroll and Sony Pictures territories in 2024. Adapted from Tsuchika Nishimura’s manga The Concierge at Hokkyoku Department Store, the film follows a trainee concierge at a very special store where the customers are all animals, and the most valued among them are extinct species.” The official synopsis goes like this: “Akino is a trainee concierge at the Hokkyoku Department Store, an unusual department store that caters exclusively to animals. Under the watchful eyes of the floor manager and senior concierges, Akino runs around to fulfill the wishes of customers with a myriad of needs and problems in her pursuit to become a full-fledged concierge.” This is the first feature film from director Yoshimi Itazu.
image c. 2023 Aniplex
Bearly Furcasting S4E23 - When All Seems Lost
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Moobarkfluff! When did video games consider work as a game? Are numbers lucky? We play a little this or that, tell some bad jokes, and get a lesson in numbers! Can raspberries have beans? Be sure to tune in to this weeks episode and have a furtacular time with the Bear, Pup and Raccoon! Moobarkfluff all you furs!
This podcast contains adult language and adult topics. It is rated M for Mature. Listener discretion is advised.
Thanks to all our listeners and to our staff: Bearly Normal, Rayne Raccoon, Taebyn, Cheetaro, TickTock, and Ziggy the Meme Weasel.
You can send us a message on Telegram at BFFT Chat, or via email at: bearlyfurcasting@gmail.com
Fresh Fur: New Game Releases for October 1-7, 2023
Welcome to "Fresh Fur!" Our weekly installment going over the newest game releases, and which ones you can expect to find anthros/furries in!
Check the list below for all the games we could find with animal/anthro influences and characters.
New Releases for the week of October 1-7:- Dinky Guardians [PC] - October 2nd
- Battle Shapers [PC] – October 3
- Scorn [PS5] – October 3
- Silent Hope [PC, Switch] – October 3
- Station to Station [PC] – October 3
- The Fabulous Fear Machine [PC] – October 4
- Worldless [PC, PS5, XSX, PS4, XBO, Switch] – October 4
- Assassin's Creed Mirage [PC, PS5, XSX, PS4, XBO] – October 5 (Assassin's Creed Mirage pre-order)
- Asterix & Obelix: Heroes [PC, PS5, XSX, PS4, XBO, Switch] – October 5
- Bang-On Balls: Chronicles [PS4, XBO, Switch] – October 5
- The Bloodline [PC] – October 5
- Cricket 24 [PS5, XSX, PS4, XBO] – October 5
- The Dark Pictures Anthology: Little Hope [Switch] – October 5
- Folk Hero [PC] – October 5
- Hidden Through Time 2: Myths & Magic [PC] – October 5
- Knight vs Giant: The Broken Excalibur [PC, PS5, XSX, Switch] – October 5
- Stop Dead [PC] – October 5
- Sweet Dreams Alex [PC] – October 5
- Wargroove 2 [PC, Switch] – October 5
- Detective Pikachu Returns [Switch] – October 6
- Sword Art Online Last Recollection [PC, PS5, XSX, PS4, XBO] – October 6
- Disgaea 7: Vows of the Virtueless [PC, PS5, PS4, Switch]
- My Little Universe [PC]
- The Sisters 2: Road to Fame [PC, PS5, PS4, XSX, XBO, Switch)
*Highlighted games have furry/animal influences/characters
She’s Not From Kansas
Found this thanks to our friends at Animation World Network: “Jellyfish Pictures’ kids and family content division, Jellyfish Originals, has acquired rights to adapt Dermot O’Leary’s book series Toto the Ninja Cat into an animated series. The book series, illustrated by Nick East, is inspired by Dermot’s own cats. The show will be based on Toto, a partially sighted cat with razor-sharp senses, a nose for danger and a crime-busting spirit of adventure, incorporating themes of friendship, inclusivity, and winning in the face of adversity.” No word yet on when and where we’ll see it, as production has only just begun.
image c. 2023 Jellyfish Originals
Birth of LIFC Online w/Sca and Decro #shorts #snippets
Learn about the origins of LIFC Online with Decro. Catch the full episode here: https://youtu.be/NRUdmhkgvdQ ---- Social Media: Official FABP Twitter: https://twitter.com/foxandburger Michael: https://twitter.com/foxnakh https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCK9xoFQrxFTNPMjmXfUg2cg Burger: https://twitter.com/L1ghtningRunner ---- #foxandburger #shorts #snippet #furry
Anything Can Happen — and It Usually Does
Gustav and Henri is a new graphic novel series for younger readers, written by Andy Matthews and illustrated by Peader Thomas. The first paperback volume is called Space Time Cake! No really. “Gustav is a goofy, optimistic and naively enthusiastic pig. Henri is a grounded, pragmatic and quietly sceptical dog. They are as drawn to each other as they are to the weird and ridiculous. Which is a lot. Whether it’s venturing into space to find a lost shuttlecock, or shrinking to the size of microbes to fight a cold, Gustav and Henri are always up for a madcap adventure, so long as they have each other.” Check out their web site too.
image c. 2023 Red Comet Press
Episode 545 - Full Moons
Awooooo!
We're back, and old, and talking about things like Mortal Kombat 1 and Doctor Who, the State Fair of Texas, Bluesky, the worst people turning out to be the worst, and rats fleeing a sinking ship. Yeehaw~
LINKS
The podcast episodes we mentioned:
Stream Episode 248: From the Cavortex Into the BallardZone by QAnon Anonymous | Listen online for free on SoundCloud
Stream Episode 143: Jim Caviezel: Enter The Cavortex feat Dave Anthony by QAnon Anonymous | Listen online for free on SoundCloud
Sound of Freedom with Michael Hobbes AND Human Trafficking re-release (buzzsprout.com)
The Ultimate Guide to the 2023 State Fair of Texas - D Magazine
Telegram fan chat: https://t.me/+Ma4PTE0IsWVmMDQ5
FWG Monthly Newsletter October 2023
It’s that time of year! Furry Book Month is here, where we celebrate the wonderful skill and talent on show within the furry writing community. We have a few things planned that we hope will uplift furry writing and give new readers the chance to explore the wonderful worlds our writers have to share.
We encourage every writer – and reader – of furry fiction to share your experiences on social media with the #FurryBookMonth hashtag so we can get some visibility on the best of our community. Is there a book you read recently that you loved? A new release or an old favourite? Share it with everyone! Are you an author with something new and exciting, or a promotional sale? Share that too!
For this month, let’s get the conversations happening around furry fiction.
To help get things started, we have two book bundles this year for you to enjoy. Like last year, we have a general bundle with 9 books by our members, but this year we have also added an 18+ bundle with titles of a spicier persuasion. They are both available on Gumroad at a pay-what-you-want (minimum purchases US$10 and US$7 respectively), with all proceeds being split evenly with each contributing author and the FWG.
You can pick up the General bundle here: https://furrywritersguild.gumroad.com/l/FurryBookMonthBundle
It features books from:
Tales of Feathers and Flame – John Bailey
The Fifth – Saylor Ferguson
A New Life – B. Kozer
Horizon: Salvaged Heroes – Joel Kreissman
Throwback – Frances Pauli
Aces High – J. Daniel Phillips
The Dragon’s Paladin – Justin Lee
Gryphon Insurrection Boxset 1 – K. Vale Nagle
Lost Inside the Blue Line – Herr Wozzeck
You can pick up the 18+ bundle here: https://furrywritersguild.gumroad.com/l/FurryBookMonthBundle18
It features books from:
Bringing Down Upworld – Kandrel
Harmony – Flash Kitterson
Edax Sapiens – Kadon L. Peterson
Gods For The Machines – Morpheuskibbe
Royal Red – K.C. Shaw
CCS – Tagenar
We hope you’ll check out these great bundles for a fantastic price. They will be available for the duration of Furry Book Month!
Oxurred Comma
Oxfurred Comma was created to fill the gap left behind by in-person conventions when the pandemic started to create lockdowns. When those conventions started to return, the consensus was to continue Oxfurred Comma – both to provide an outlet for those who felt unsafe returning to the physical conventions, but also to give furry writers a space of their own.
The last two years have definitely seen that interest remain in running this online convention. That interest appears to have dwindled for 2023.
The last opportunity to organise the Oxfurred Comma panels has now been and gone, and there simply have not been enough panel submissions to create any meaningful schedule.
As such, Oxfurred Comma will not take place this year.
I will discuss what has changed and what we can learn from this with the FWG staff, and we will then open things up to the membership base as a whole to determine whether we will make another attempt in 2024, or if we will consider the needs and desires for the convention to have faded.
Please not that, as it was always a part of the convention, the flash fiction contest will also not take place this year.
Thank you to those of you who did submit an entry to the flash fiction contest or a panel. With conversations to come over the next few months, we will share our plans for what role Oxfurred Comma may play in the future.
But Furry Book Month isn’t about dwelling on bad news! We have plenty of exciting things to come over the next month, and that includes anthology calls! There are a couple of new ones that have opened recently, so have a look through the list and see what options there may be for you.
Feisty Felines and Other Fantastical Familiars – Deadline October 15th 2023
Halloween Microfiction – Deadline October 16th 2023
Altered States: Draconic Desire – Deadline November 30th 2023
Get Wild – Deadline December 1st 2023
Sniff – Deadline December 1st 2023
Night of the Howling Dead – Deadline December 8th 2023
Indulge – Deadline January 31st 2024
Androids and Dragons – Deadline When Full
Indecent Exposure – Deadline When Full
This Is Halloween – Deadline When Full
Furry Femdom Erotica – Deadline When Full
F/F No Erotic Anthology – Deadline When Full
Isekai Me! – Deadline When Full
Children Of The Night – Deadline When Full
Furry/Lovecraftian/Erotic/University Themed Anthology – Deadline When Full
Beyond Their Pale – Deadline When Full
#ohmurr! – Deadline: Ongoing
Furry Book Month is also a great time to pick up a new read! Check out the latest and upcoming releases here.
Angel, by R.A. Meenan. Released September 20th 2023.
The Price of Thorns, by Tim Susman. Available for pre-order. Released November 14th 2023.
Commander Annie and Other Adventures, by Mary E. Lowd. Available for pre-order. Released November 14th 2023.
Peace And Love, by Huskyteer. Available for pre-order. Released December 1st 2023.
We hope you’ll join us in sharing the best of what furry writing has to offer. Share your thoughts about your favourite books – leave plenty of reviews and start up conversations about what furry writing means to you! We hope you’ll enjoy the book bundles.
Until next time.
Happy writing.
J.F.R. Coates
Fresh Fur: New Game Releases for Sept. 24-30, 2023
Welcome to "Fresh Fur!" Our weekly installment going over the newest game releases, and which ones you can expect to find anthros/furries in!
Check the list below for all the games we could find with animal/anthro influences and characters.
New Releases for the week of September 24-30:- Project Planet - Earth Vs Humanity [PC] – September 25
- Relic Hunters Legend [PC] – September 25
- These Doomed Isles [PC] – September 25
- Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty expansion [PC, PS5, XSX] – September 26
- Mineko's Night Market [PC, Switch] – September 26
- My Time At Sandrock [PS5, XSX, Switch] – September 26
- Paleo Pines [PC, PS5, XSX, PS4, XBO, Switch] – September 26
- Truck Driver: The American Dream [PS5, XSX] – September 26
- Harvest Moon: The Winds of Anthos [Switch, PS4,PS5, XSX, XBO, PC] - September 26
- Astronimo [PC] – September 27
- Chipmonk! [PS5, XSX, PS4, XBO, Switch] – September 28
- CounterAttack: Uprising [Switch] – September 28
- Crowns And Pawns: Kingdom of Deceit [Switch] – September 28
- Disney Speedstorm [Switch, PS4,PS5, XSX, XBO, PC] - September 28
- Diluvian Ultra [PC] – September 28
- Forgive Me Father [PS4, XBO, Switch] – September 28
- My Hero Ultra Rumble [PC, PS4, XBO, Switch] – September 28
- Overpass 2 [PC, PS5, XSX] – September 28
- Firefighting Simulator – The Squad [Switch] – September 28
- Gothic Classic [Switch] – September 28
- Infinity Strash: Dragon Quest The Adventure of Dai [PC, PS5, PS4, Switch] – September 28
- Islanders VR Edition [PC VR] – September 28
- Vampire: The Masquerade - Swansong [Switch] – September 28
- Wildmender [PC, PS5, XSX] – September 28
- Cocoon [PC, PS5, XSX, PS4, XBO, Switch] – September 29
- EA Sports FC 24 [PC, PS5, XSX, PS4, XBO, Switch] – September 29
- Park Beyond: Beyond Extreme DLC [PC, PS5, XSX] – September 29
- PAW Patrol World [PC, PS5, XSX, PS4, XBO, Switch] – September 29
*Highlighted games have furry/animal influences/characters
Digging Up Positivity – September 2023
Digging Up Positivity covers positive news and worldwide charities within the Furry Fandom. Various events raised significant funds for numerous causes, surpassing the one million dollar mark.
Bearly Furcasting S4E22-Fall Has Arriven
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Things have gone terribly wrong! Bearly is missing in action and Rayne and Taebyn are left to their own devices. We take a trip to the Transfurmation Station, talk of the Past Today, hear some Stupid News, catch up with the Media that we've been consuming, learn about some Furries in the News, Rayne reads the story of Little Ty Cooney and the Big Yosemite Race (yes as a matter of fact Rayne can read), play some Trivia, and generally get lost in a sea of bad jokes.
This podcast contains adult language and adult topics. It is rated M for Mature. Listener discretion is advised.
Thanks to all our listeners and to our staff: Bearly Normal, Rayne Raccoon, Taebyn, Cheetaro, TickTock, and Ziggy the Meme Weasel.
You can send us a message on Telegram at BFFT Chat, or via email at: bearlyfurcasting@gmail.com
A Prehistoric Classic Returns
That title could be taken several ways, actually! Nervous Rex, written and illustrated by William Van Horn, first hit the stands more than 37 years ago. Van Horn would go on to work for Disney as an animator, but what really put them on the map was taking over the Donald Duck and Uncle Scrooge comic book lines. Now, It’s Alive Comics have reprinted the original Nervous Rex collection with Van Horn’s original cover. “Mild-mannered tyrannosaur Rexford doesn’t really fit in with the Jurassic age, as he’d rather just eat oatmeal and hang out with his friends. His wife Dearie is always after him to be a more aggressive meat-eater and add to the fossil record.” Take a look at Previews.
image c. 2023 It’s Alive Comics
Welcome to Gaming Furever! Again!
Some of you may remember GF! We first launched in 2011 as a place where furries and anthro video game enthusiasts could come together to discuss current happenings, get the latest gaming news for games featuring furries of all sorts, and to host a database of every type of game featuring animal anthros (or games where you play as an animal.) We grew over the next 10 years to host an incredibly talented group of volunteer staff and writers who streamed a bevy of games, published quality editorials and reviews only found on GF, and facilitated many new friendships for visitors to the site and community.
In the late 2010s, life for me, as the head of the site, was in flux and busier than ever. It became hard to put as much of a focus on GF as it truly deserved, and maintaining the website in a secure manner became too much of a responsibility to keep it going. To top it off, 2020 was what it was for everyone, and it felt like a good time to go on a bit of a hiatus. Important word: hiatus!
Turning the page to 2022, and things started to steady out, in a good way for me IRL. I got a job that has me traveling a lot, but also kept sparking those treasured gaming memories from the times spent with GF members and staff. My wife and I moved to Texas and settled down, and we really bonded over the ability to play games together while apart, and enjoyed discussing and playing those games over voice with friends new and old. Something about those shared experiences over the past two years drove me to start developing Gaming Furever anew.
Now, we’ve arrived here, at a brand new, yet familiar place. We’ve slimmed down what GF was to these four focuses: Furry Game News, Furry Game Archive, Community, and Streaming. We want to be able to stick to weekly schedules that you can come to expect quality content from, while adding in an extra helping of fun on top of a welcoming atmosphere. Additionally, we want to be a site with a heart that beats to video gaming and all of its aspects that is accessible to those who consider themselves fully “furry” or those who just want to know what “we” think of games that feature our favorite anthros and animals. We hope to review, stream, and discuss all kinds of games that allow us to discover new ways of portraying furries and anthros and everything in-between! It’s an exciting prospect that we loved delivering on for all those years and can’t wait to do so again.
So! We hope you’ll join us here by registering for an account and getting involved, following us on our social media channels (links at the top and bottom of all pages), and by following our three stream team members for Uncivil Gamers. We will post all of our news articles, weekly furry game archive additions, and upcoming giveaways through streams on our Twitter/X and Facebook pages. If you find a bug or have a concern, please email us at gamingfurever(at)gmail.com
Happy Gaming, and welcome back to Gaming Furever, “A Different Breed of Gamers!”
~Daxel
Stream Replay: A Short Hike (Daxel The Deer)
There's nothing like "A Short Hike!" This could be said about the act and of the game. With a wonderfully vibin' soundtrack and a perfectly compact slice of gaming, A Short Hike was a joy to play through. Take in the entirety of the game with DaxelTheDeer's stream replay, and be sure to follow on Twitch to watch these type of games live!
Uncivil Gamers - The Official Stream Team of GF
This will be the calling card for all things GF Streaming! Featuring a team of streamers who get together often to play games, have a good time, and interact with the GF community. They'll be hosting giveaways, events, and more throughout the year. We have lots of big things planned for the future, including 24-hour streams, charity events, podcasts, and new furry-centric game release parties. If you're interested in participating in some of our streams, be sure to join the Uncivil Gamers Discord by clicking here!
The Team:DaxelTheDeer - Streams primarily party games, Rocket League, single player adventure games, and other furry games.
The_Valraven - Streams mainly cooperative horror, survival, and first-person shooters.
MentrumGaming - Streams mostly first-person shooters and driving/automotive games.
Also join us over on Twitch.tv/GamingFurever to follow/subscribe to the madness!
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Zoologist Adam Britton convicted for dog torture crimes that connect to furry fandom.
Content warning for discussing animal and child abuse.
Adam Britton was once an internationally respected animal expert, a go-to guy for crocodile research. He worked for Charles Darwin University in Australia, National Geographic, and the BBC with famed nature documentarian David Attenborough. Then in 2022, Britton was caught for secret crime. Due to high profile, the legal process kept him anonymous to avoid undermining his trial until he pled guilty this week.
Australian news led the coverage. This is disturbing to read, and doesn’t even tell the graphic details.
Beginning in 2014, Britton became a sadistic rapist and killer of more than 42 dogs. He made videos of their torture to secretly share with an underground of fellow consumers on the internet. He also traded child abuse media, raising the level of his charges and showing the severity of animal exploitation.
“Prosecutors told the court Britton owned a shipping container on his property equipped with filming equipment and used the space “to torture, sexually exploit and kill dogs”.
Last year, police seized 44 items including computers, mobile telephones, cameras, external hard drives, tools, weapons, dog paraphernalia and sex toys.
Mr Aust [prosecutor] told the court that Britton operated a Telegram account which was used for the sole purpose of engaging in conversations with “like-minded people”, and that he used another account to upload and disseminate images and recordings of his crimes.
“Using these applications, the offender discussed his ‘kill count’ … and described the shipping container on his property as his ‘torture room’,” Mr Aust said.”
- More news: The Guardian, CBS, The BBC, The Mirror
Sentencing is scheduled for December for 56 charges related to animal sex abuse (zoosadism), each with a maximum penalty of 3 years of jail. There were also 4 charges for accessing and sharing child abuse media. A close professional source told Dogpatch Press “it’s likely he’ll get the max sentence because of the egregious nature of his crimes.”
The crimes were calculated. Britton conned people who placed online ads hoping to find good homes for dogs they couldn’t keep, and led them to believe their dogs were getting good care after he killed them. He told an associate: “I can’t stop. I don’t want to” while feeding the demand of his audience.
Connection to furry fandom.
Before Britton’s trial, there was public news about the crimes that didn’t name him. The news circulated quietly among investigators and media professionals who had known him. People in both groups contacted Dogpatch Press. This led to a furry news article that connects some of this information, and adds parts only reported here so far.
During the investigation of Britton, Australian authorities tipped American law enforcement that one of his fellow traders was creating similar zoosadist videos. Ohio and Michigan resident Lucas Vanwoert faces charges on 4 counts.
Lucas Vanwoert’s connection to Britton was reported by mainstream news, but they didn’t report that Vanwoert was active in furry fandom as “Graves.” Thanks to @keroarchive for reading legal documents and making this clear.
Vanwoert’s photo from court documents and his tweet
Vanwoert exchanged over 700 files of animal abuse with Britton, and also killed dogs and traded child abuse files. The high amount of files indicates that these people were part of an underground trading network that intersects with furry fandom. Vanwoert hid in furry groups and made connections to like-minded people until his crimes became known.
Heather Vanwoert, his wife, was also charged for 12 counts of crime to animals. This reporter hasn’t learned if she was active in furry fandom with him.
These weren’t lone actors. They were feeding demand of a sub-subculture of zoophiles. Vanwoert’s X/Twitter profile is still active (NSFW content). You can see furry zoophiles following his account. It shows zero follows by him, because he deleted them around when he was arrested. But he was too slow. This reporter was tipped fast enough to view Vanwoert’s pre-established, mutual zoophile connections that he wanted to hide.
They included familiar long-time members of furry groups who use fandom to secretly meet each other, and even openly argue that animals can consent and animal abusers deserve acceptance. These zoophiles use the zeta (ζ) symbol and hashtags like #zoopride to engage with their network.
It's sad that this crime came into furry fandom, and can not be ignored, because Vanwoert wasn't alone. He wasn't just networking with Adam Britton, but also with a sub-subculture of zoophiles. Vanwoert's profile is still active and you can see some following him. pic.twitter.com/Gnqq18LlFl
— Dogpatch Press (@DogpatchPress) September 26, 2023
Three problems of zoophile infiltration.
All communities have some crime and abuse. The important part is how to respond. A substantial response starts with naming problems and saying what the community is for, not hiding things with denial about what it isn’t. Many furries are there for art, and say animals can’t consent and they don’t tolerate zoophiles. But that alone doesn’t stop zoophiles from riding their (coat) tails and reaching for acceptance.
This leads to…
PROBLEM 1: Size and network effect. This zoophile furry group on Telegram has 1000+ members, and they have had a group that large since at least 2017. It justifies itself by claiming to oppose abuse, while splitting hairs about different kinds of abuse and redefining some as consent. Arguing that animals can consent inherently enables abuse, when there are no zoophile networks that don’t make demand for it between members.
Nuance: The size is significant, but this isn’t ammunition against furries itself, because it doesn’t prove there is higher frequency of this in fandom compared to the population outside. Reliable data must be hard to get, but it could be equal to latent frequency anywhere. Look at the classic 1948 book by Alfred Kinsey, Wardell Pomeroy and Clyde Martin, Sexual Behavior in the Human Male. Research found that between 8-50 percent of all American men in their sample groups claimed to have crossed the species line at some point (depending on farm proximity). Of course, latency is not openly organized with network effect.
If a 1000+ member “zoofur” group doesn’t prove frequency, and furry fans can deny guilt by association — what does the size show?
Opportunity. Try to name another group that 1000+ zoophiles use as cover to organize inside for acceptance, whether the cover group approves or not.
https://t.co/uoTmGzC1A0 has survey data from conventions, i would venture to say it must be hard to measure objectively but there may not be incidence different from the general pop. Maybe the issue isn't frequency but ability to organize by internet, using shelter of subculture.
— Dogpatch Press (@DogpatchPress) September 27, 2023
PROBLEM 2: Corruption. Abuse scandals, like in the Catholic Church or Boy Scouts, happen when abusers bounce from place to place and keep abusing. Close watchers inside furry fandom can see problem people bounce from group to group with little organized opposition.
That isn’t just enabled by internet platforms and weak security when it also has permission from high places:
- Whistleblowers who chaired the Further Confusion furry convention faced staff threats to walk out if zoophiles were banned.
- This corroborated a 2019 Dogpatch Press story where the same staffers acted to cover up zoophile friends.
How high does corruption go? Look no higher than the longest existing furry convention, Eurofurence in Germany, and its single chairman since 1997. This person of social influence uses it to defend zoophilia by attacking “bigots” with whataboutism rhetoric — as if a vegan diet is required to oppose animal sex abuse — or as if they are a vegan convention with purity and superiority to backlash at concerns about abuse. Meanwhile…
- The chair of Eurofurence shared group modding with, and defended zoophilia to a zoosadist (the same zoosadist that con staff acted to cover up in 2019.)
- The whataboutism defense either echoes or derives from zoophile political lobbying. Germany has one of the world’s only zoophile political lobby groups.
- German law bans nazi propaganda. The chair of Eurofurence followed this commendable policy by officially approving “nazi furs fuck off” messages one year; but zoophiles are welcome, and this is the hypocrisy and insanity at the highest level.
- The head of security for Eurofurence labeled himself with a zoophile Zeta (ζ) and calls it a “sexual preference“.
Eurofurence chair’s belief since at least 2003: “many zoos are furries… I don’t find zoophilia reprehensible at all.”
Tweet from Eurofurence head of security in 2012. Note tiger userpic and a community habit of using separate “after dark” and main accounts.
PROBLEM 3: Limited power and consequences. Convictions of offenders as extreme as Britton and Vanwoert are rare. For animal crimes, victims can’t tell, human ones get priority, and local police are too busy or can’t go out of jurisdiction for internet crime. Charges are commonly dropped. State laws are “often poorly equipped to accomplish meaningful convictions” according to The Animal Legal Defense Fund, while for federal authorities, it’s often beneath their radar and left to states. This is slowly changing but it’s a big loophole where animal abuse networks stay outside justice.
As a result, saying “call the police” can be no better than punting the ball to nowhere. Sometimes it’s deliberate. “We can’t judge before a conviction” — gets flipped after a conviction to — “we can’t judge someone who paid the price”, meaning organizers are sitting on their hands. Even if the price paid was a tiny slap on the wrist for a repeat offender who did far more crime and the issue isn’t about banning but about extending privileges.
Nuance: Legal liability limits how conventions can ban people, because it sets a precedent that can get them sued for not banning someone else they aren’t aware of. Read that again until it makes sense. General screening or banning by conventions is not the point.
The points are:
- Zoophile network members are all complicit with raising demand for abuse.
- This abuse is unlikely to get solved by police, or it will just get weak consequences on single members.
- The issue isn’t about catching single members, but undoing networks.
But:
- We don’t own most internet platforms that let abusers bounce from group to group.
- That’s not just a problem for one weekend conventions, but for 365 days a year.
- Even with these limits, police don’t run groups, YOU run them and can do something inside.
It can come down to choices of who and how you pay, trust, support, or make people aware. That can mean choosing who gets privileges of being a con dealer, guest of honor, accepted on staff, or simply who is welcome to be friends. None of those are asking cons to ban people. Opposing abuser networks can start personally and locally, and the next Britton and Vanwoert can have one less place to meet.
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Young Furry Wants to Be a Light in the Fandom
I am a bit new to the fandom (I joined the fandom two years ago but not until recently have I gotten into the community) and I was wondering how I can make a positive impact within the furry community. The fandom is often looked down upon and I want to do something to showcase the friendliness and helpful side that brought me into it. Your articles remind me of this and shed a good light on the community, so do you have any advice on how to highlight the fandom on a community level?
Sol the Naga (age 18, Texas)
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Dear Sol the Naga,
Welcome to the fandom :3 It's nice to see a young furry with a good, positive attitude, and thank you for your question!
The ABSOLUTE NUMBER ONE THING YOU CAN DO to shed a positive light on the fandom is to be a good example to other furries. Don't be a troll. Don't be a drama queen. Definitely do not join the Furry Raiders LOL. Just be a good furry. A great way to do this is to volunteer at furcons. You're in Texas, so perhaps you could attend Texas Furry Fiesta in Dallas next March or Furry Siesta in August and help out. Or, in Houston, there's StratosFur, and in San Antonio, there is the Alamo City Furry Invasion. The people who run cons are just amazing givers of their time and hard work and they are always in need of more paws behind the scenes.
You can also volunteer at charities. Many furries support wildlife and pet charities, for example, as well as other worthy causes such as raising money for ALS research through the Walk to Defeat ALS that many furries have participated in after the death of Tony "Dogbomb" Barrett from this tragic disease. The local chapter for you can be found here (https://alstexas.org/walk-to-defeat-als/). I can ask my friend Joe Bear if there is a furry contact in Texas.
If you haven't already done so, see if you can get involved in your local furry community. There are groups on social media you can join, such as https://discord.me/txfurs on Discord. Start a chat there and find out what Texas furs are up to and raise your paw to help out.
The more you get involved in your local community of furs doing positive things for people--furry or not--the more light you will shed onto the fandom. Be a good furry, think globally, and act locally, and you will be accomplishing a lot toward your praiseworthy goal.
Bear Hugs,
Papabear