Hi furfolk! The FurBuy system at
http://www.furbuy.com is now open for business once again - this time under
new management. This is the place to post new auctions, place bids, and use the message boards. As always FurBuy is 100%
free and loaded with great features, and more features are being developed all
the time. Any questions and comments are welcome, but please address them to
the message boards or in e-mail to furbuy-admin@furbuy.com

Hope to see you there!

==Teeka Fox/DJ Vix-N, Admin and PR of FurBuy

Chilean scientists were baffled on Tuesday by a huge, gelatinous sea creature found washed up on the southern Pacific coast and were seeking international help identifying the mystery specimen. Click here for the article on CNN News

What is it about the furry fandom that attracts us in the first place? For some it may be the love of role-playing, or of anthropomorphic art, or writing. For others it may be nothing more than finding friends around the neighbourhood, around the country, and around the world who share and understand their interests. Whatever the reason may be, at the very bottom there is a togetherness, a sense of belonging and of camaraderie that is hard to find in the mundane world.

For many, attending furry conventions is a wonderful way to personally meet new friends, or to renew acquaintances with old ones usually seen only through the cold glare of a computer text display. In either case, conventions can be moments of magic that are over far too soon.

Those who founded Feral! always noticed that, as fun and exhilarating as hotel cons are, there was still always something missing.

The missing piece of the puzzle was the very same thing that ancient man knew best. Sometimes to really discover and experience the most important parts of yourself, you have to be in contact with Nature. To walk under dark night skies, where the only lights are the moon and stars that you gaze at in timeless wonder and awe. To hear only the sounds of birds, animals, and the wind. To huddle around the warming fire, sharing music, song, and closeness, like tribal man once again.

To be feral of the spirit, and to live by talon, tooth and claw.

To register for Feral! 2003, and to learn more about the Feral! experience, please visit http://www.campferal.org

The Columbus Pride Parade last weekend was a great success. Many Ohio furs participated in conjunction with the local Anglican church. Here's a link to over 130 pictures of fursuits, floats, and crowds at the parade:

http://trickster.wereanimal.net/cpp03/

Also, check out http://trickster.wereanimal.net/omcp03/ for new pictures by Senajit of the Ohio Morphicon Picnic of the previous week, which I've hosted on my site at his request.

Trickster

Among the newly revealed images are fantastic images of half human/half animal creatures, a rare rendering of a wombat and numerous birds, lizards and marsupials. The find also includes stenciled images of arms and boomerangs. Full article is here.