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Author: Insane Kangaroo

A long-standing issue regarding the potential legality of bestiality in Florida is expected to be put to ease soon with the governor’s signature.

Animal abuse cases have been known in Florida; many may have seen a story where a blind man named Alan Yoder, known as Jayren in the furry fandom, admitted performing sex acts with his guide dog — although in that case, the lack of a specific law did not prevent him being charged with felony animal cruelty.

Senate Bill 344 (full text), which makes acts of bestiality a first class misdemeanor, passed the House Wednesday at 115-0 and awaits Governor Rick Scott’s signature before becoming law. If signed, it becomes effective October 1. The Senate bill previously passed on a vote of 38-0.

Update (May 7): Noted the identity of the man sparking the case, provided by rodox_video.

31 U.S. states currently ban bestiality. It had been outlawed in Florida before, but in 1971 a Florida Supreme Court decision (Franklin v. State, 257 So.2d 21) struck down a 1868 law banning “unnatural” sexual acts using language such as “abominable and detestable”:

We do not, of course, here sanction historically forbidden sexual acts, homosexuality or bestiality. We only say that in this, as in any other conduct which is made a crime by statute, the forbidden conduct must be stated in terms which meet the constitutional test, i.e., that it is understood by the average man of common intelligence.

Last year the bestiality bill failed to pass, even though such a bill has been pushed for years in an attempt to stop animal abuse.

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Nichole Cushing, author of “How To Eat Fried Furries” – a twisted book about raising Furries as a food source – dark humor at it’s strangest – is planning on donating her royalties for all book sales in May to the Kurt Vonnegut Memorial Library. Vonnegut was a prolific horror writer who’s career spanned over 50 years. He passes away in 2007 after a fall at his New York Brownstone.

From Nicole’s blog:

So, I’m donating all of my royalties from May’s sales of How To Eat Fried Furries to the Kurt Vonnegut Memorial Library, in hopes that it will give it some well-deserved attention and maybe even make a meaningful dent in their electric bill.  Every little bit helps, you know.   My friend Steve Lowe (another Hoosier author of weird fiction) has also lent his support to this effort, and will be doing a similar fundraiser in May.

You can find Nichole’s site here, including her photos of the Vonnegut Library: Nichole Cushing

You can purchase “How to Eat Fried Furries” through Amazon

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Author: Higgs Raccoon

In Franz Kafka’s classic 1915 short story The Metamorphosis, travelling salesman Gregor Samsa awakes one morning to find he has turned into a giant insect. In furry fandom, the story is often considered a pivotal work by lovers of transformation fiction.

The story is now being given a fluffy makeover in Cook Coleridge’s The Meowmorphosis. Instead of an insect, Samsa finds himself turned into an adorable kitten.

Published by Quirk Classics (whose previous mashup novels include Pride and Prejudice and Zombies and Android Karenina), The Meowmorphosis will be available from May 10.

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Author: crossaffliction

Furry fandom has had more than its fair share of criticism, both from within and without. A Flayrah review of Shawn Keller’s “Horrifying Look at the Furries” (2001) notes that Mr. Keller “associated furry with bestiality and pedophilia.” A decade later, most of our critics do the same.

But the title was purposely provocative. This may come as a surprise, but I’m not talking about the furry fandom at all. Instead, I’m calling for more criticism of the furry genre.

This piece has three goals: to explain why criticism is needed, what kind of criticism, and finally to offer a few points of criticism as examples.

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The producer of the Rochester radio show The Breakfast Buzz contacted our office Wednesday, May 4th asking for information on the Furry Fandom. I had planned on just answering one or two questions, but the producer went ahead and put me on live with the shows morning hosts, Kimberly & Beck.

All of this was off the cuff and not rehearsed. I hope I didn’t embarrass the fandom.

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Author: Fred

Amazon.com lists an August publication date (but publisher Baen Books says June) for “Exiled: Clan of the Claw, Book One”, a book containing three connected novellas by Harry Turtledove, John Ringo & Jody Lynn Nye, and S. M. Stirling.

The book is set in a fantasy alternate universe without humans where:

… the Mrem Clan of the Claw and its sister warbands … face the Lishkash, masters of a cold-blooded empire of slave armies and magic.

Amazon.com says the book is edited by Bill Fawcett.

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Author: Fred

Amazon.com lists the price for a used copy of out-of-print short-story anthology “Best in Show: Fifteen Years of Outstanding Furry Fiction“ as $ 348.33.

“Best in Show” won two Ursa Major awards for 2003, for Best Anthropomorphic Other Literary Work and Best Anthropomorphic Published Illustration.

Ed: The anthology was reprinted without interior illustrations as “Furry!: The World’s Best Anthropomorphic Fiction“, currently available for a far more reasonable $ 11.08.

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Author: Rabbit Valley Comics

Tonight we say “farewell” to contributor K as he heads to a new live in Oklahoma. There’s drinking, embarrassing stories, booze, swearing, alcohol, and did we mention liquor?

Find the full article here: Live from the Hop Inn

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EDITORIAL
It is rare that I find a video that I feel needs to be shared whether is is news or not.  In this case, I came across this video today, and feel the content is something many in the Furry fandom can benefit from.

The video is written, and produced by PyroFox (PyroFox04 on YouTube).  While the tone is loud and gruff, the message is clear. [Warning - Strong language]

PLEASE HELP BY SHARING THE LINK!

You know, I’ve tried to hit on this furry angle before, when my rants sucked more (Most of them have since been deleted in favor of better ones).

And I came to the terms, with the assistance of a few good friends, that it’s simply wrong for me to try to approach it in the manner I have in the past — namely, trying to push the term “furry” further and further into the abyss of negativity, while distancing people like myself, who enjoy the milder forms of the fandom, from that negativity with terms like “anthro” or whatnot.

If that’s still your bag, and you feel like that’s how you have to deal with the obvious stereotyping problem that goes on among furries, more power to you — but I’m gonna reword myself with this rant, and try to say what’s really on my mind about the subject, and furthermore do my part to dispel stereotypes rather than hide from them…even though it’s going to be like pissing in a sea of piss, and won’t change much.

Here’s my wager — you are either going to really like this rant, or really hate it.

Either way, you’re gonna…really.

You can post responses to Pyro on his YouTube page here

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Zombie Carter has posted his latest strip…  Seems zombies might not be the nemesis furries should fear…

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Be sure to check out the comic.  Pretty funny stuff!

The Zombie Nation by Carter Reid

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Author: Higgs Raccoon

The 2010 Los Angeles Times Book Prizes were awarded on Friday (April 29, 2011), in a ceremony at the Chandler Auditorium of the Los Angeles Times in California, USA. Amongst the winners, the award for graphic novels went to Adam Hines for the anthropomorphic tale Duncan the Wonder Dog: Show One.

Duncan tells the story of an animal uprising in a world where talking animals chafe under the cruel hand of human dominion. Judges praised the story as a “powerful, prodigious work about the question of who the world belongs to, with an incredibly strong, original visual and narrative aesthetic”.

Upon receiving the award, Hines, 27, said “I started working on this book back in 2002 when I was 18, and only just finished last March, and that’s a long time to work on something that you don’t know will be of any good use to anyone”. He also stated that he is already working on the second book in what he plans to be a nine-volume epic: “I’ll be working on these books until I’m 70″.

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Author: toonces

We’ve got a pair of surreal stories to discuss, today. Sedric’s “Chitchester Gap” presents a fantasy scenario, a public seduction by a doppelganger minus the goatee. And “Vignette from the Highway” by Lycanthromancer presents a symbolic, even cryptic fragment for the reader to digest and interpret. And also Toonces asks Skip if he can slob his own knob. Tune in for that, too.

We hope you enjoy the show!

Find the full article here: The Bad Dog Book Club » Podcast

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Richard Kretovic aka Formic Hivemind

Author: Higgs Raccoon

Formic Hivemind, charged in April with sexually abusing a boy he met over the internet, has been indicted on nineteen charges by a Monroe County grand jury.

It is alleged that Formic Hivemind (the online alias of 19-year-old Richard J. Kretovic) abused the 12-year-old boy after meeting him through Xbox Live. The indictments handed down by the grand jury are for nine counts each of the felonies of first-degree criminal sexual acts and second-degree sexual abuse, and one count of endangering the welfare of a child.

Kretovic is currently free on $ 50,000 bail. A date for his appearance in Monroe County Court or the state Supreme Court has yet to be set.

[Updated 5/4/2011 - 5:00pm]

From WHEC News:

Kretovic’s lawyer talked about him today.

“Richard is a young man with a long history of intellectual and emotional disabilities and we’re exploring what role that may have played in bringing him before the court today,” Steve Leonardo said.

Leonardo says that might be a factor in the defense for his client. The case was waived to a grand jury.

 

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[Tip: @Talliy]Via Associated Press:

WASHINGTON (AP) — An Illinois company is recalling pet chews made of pig’s ears because they could be contaminated with salmonella.

One illness, to a dog in Missouri, has been linked to the chews, called Pig Ears for Pet Treats. The product is being recalled by the Keys Manufacturing Co. Inc. of Paris, Ill.

Salmonella can affect animals, and there is risk to people from handling contaminated pet products.

The bacteria can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, elderly people and those with weakened immune systems. Symptoms include fever, diarrhea, nausea, vomiting and abdominal pain. Pets with salmonella may be lethargic and have diarrhea or bloody diarrhea fever and vomiting.

The pet treats were distributed in Arkansas, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas and Virginia.

Consumers can return the pet treats to the place of purchase for a full refund.

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Online:

Company website:http://www.keysmanufacturing.com

 

 

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05/02/2011
By: CraftyAndy

It’s a poor man’s Shrek. Rent it at the most, watch it with friend preferably make a drinking game out of it. Thankfully you can’t do it involving puns but could get a buzz off of pop culture references. It wasn’t nearly as bad as the trailer made it look. Some jokes were reworked for the better or removed entirely.
The Movie Duneon: Last Airbender Review is up: http://bit.ly/mud5Qr

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Indyfurcon 2011

About the Convention INDYFURCON 

IndyFurCon is Indiana’s first convention for fans of anthropomorphic creatures and art. iFC is to be held in the state capital, Indianapolis. Held in the late summer, it gives midwestern furries an event filled weekend to get together with friends and have fun in the middle of the 5 month period that separates Anthrocon and Midwest FurFest.

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• WHOOZFUR INC WEBSITE
• SENIOR STAFF

WHOOZFUR INC 

Whoozfur is derived from the word Hoosier which is the nickname of Indiana natives. years ago, Whoozfur became the unofficial name given to furries in Indiana in 1998 when the internet based social group was created, and still is to this day. We thought it only fitting for the parent company to run IndyFurCon to be named Whoozfur Inc. Founded in 2009, Whoozfur Inc is a non profit 501(c)7 corporation. It’s soul purpose is to organize and produce a convention annualy to showcase anthropomorphic art, creatures, and education. THE MASCOTS 

This convention celebrates Indiana. The cardinal is Indiana’s state bird. Our buffalo is from the state seal. Basketball is a long time heritage to many hoosiers. The Indianapolis Colts recently were Super Bowl champions, which is the reason for the football the buffalo holds. The colors of their jerseys are the official state colors from the flag and are also the colors of the Indiana Pacers.

 

Guest of Honor

The guest of honor for iFC 2011 has been announced:

Tincrash

Noel “Tincrash” Melendez is a furry and transformation artist who works primarily with color or monochrome pencils and inks. He’s been drawing since grade school when he would trace artwork out of comic books where he focused on characters like Optimus Prime and the horse alien from Power Pack. From there he grew to freehand drawing his favorite comic book characters, which started to shift to more anthropomorphic characters in the mid 80′s. By the early 90′s his comic interests, and thus his art, had focused primarily on anthro characters and their stories, which tended to be more light-hearted than the super hero comics of the time. By then he was drawing wholly original characters, such as his fursnona, Tincrash the raccoon.

Science Fiction and Fantasy have always been large influences in his life, and he has been attending Sci-Fi conventions since he was in high school. He has yet to miss a Midwest Furfest, and has attended several other furry conventions where he can often be found in their artist alleys if he’s not in the dealer’s rooms selling commissions for badges, sketchbook, or lose bristol board drawings. Collecting art from his favorite artists, both at conventions and online, has also become one of his driving passions.

Transformation has also been an ongoing fascination and inspiration for Noel. He loves to investigate, through his drawings, the process of a person’s form changing from whatever they were to whatever they might become; but he also enjoys seeing how the person might adapt or deal with being something they weren’t. Constantly drawing transformations has imbued his art with tight, but easy anatomy and fluid poses for an overall cartoony style. However, contrary to most transformation work, his subjects almost universally enjoy, even relish, their transformations unless his commissioners prefer the subject to experience some other emotions.

Courtesy of Shannon “Leasara” Robertson

Tincrash’s FA Account

 

Charity

For 2010, iFC chose the Exotic Feline Rescue Center, for which we raised over $1000.

To read the letter we received from the Exotic Feline Rescue Center, click here!

For 2011, we have selected another excellent Indianapolis-based charity to support:

The mission of Southside Animal Shelter is to rescue healthy and treatable dogs and cats at risk of euthanasia, nurture and restore them to happy healthy lives in loving homes, and reserve euthanasia for those animals, in a veterinarian’s professional opinion, who are in a state of terminal suffering or have been determined aggressive. Southside Animal Shelter is a private, nonprofit 501(c)3 organization which receives no government funding from the City of Indianapolis, Marion County, or the State of Indiana.

For more information about Southside Animal Shelter, please visit their website. We also encourage anyone that is able to help them out, whether volunteering (if you’re local), donating (even if you aren’t coming to the con), or even giving a loving home to one of their cats or dogs.

 

Registration Options Attending 

$40 Save $10 – Discounted for pre-registration! Only $30!

Register Now! The basic option! This level includes: 

• Access to all general admission areas of the convention Friday, Saturday, and Sunday

Sponsor 

$70 Save $10 – Discounted for pre-registration! Only $60!

Register Now! Everything that Attending offers, and a whole lot more! This level includes: 

• Access to all general admission areas of the convention Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
• iFC 2011 T-Shirt
• Special GOH Print
• Access to the sponsor hospitality suite for snacks and beverages
• Priority event seating

Super Sponsor 

$130 Save $10 – Discounted for pre-registration! Only $120!

Register Now! For the ultimate iFC fan, the only choice is Super Sponsor. This level includes: 

• Access to all general admission areas of the convention Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
• iFC 2011 T-Shirt
• Special GOH Print
• Access to the sponsor hospitality suite for snacks and beverages
• Priority event seating
• Suprise Special Gift
• Meal Ticket good for one meal provided by iFC

One-Day Passes 

$15 for Friday and Sunday; $25 for Saturday Available at the door only 

Can’t make it for the whole convention? We’d still love to see you for one or two days! Drop by our registration table at the convention to pick up your one-day passes. PRE-REGISTER WITH CONFIDENCE! 

All levels are upgradable to higher levels at any time. Feel confidence in registering now, knowing that should you want to upgrade at a later point, you simply have to pay the current difference and you’re upgraded, even at the door!

 

 

 

 

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Via Fox News

A new book, which analyzes a billion web searches from around the world, highlights the way in which the Internet apparently revolutionized sexual desires, making tastes once regarded as deviant more widespread.

“A Billion Wicked Thoughts,” by Ogi Ogas and Sai Gaddam, is billed as the first massive research in the field of collective sexual identity since the Kinsey Reports in the mid-20th century, the New York Post reported.

According to the authors’ research, straight men enjoy a wider variety of erotica than previously thought, including sites devoted to elderly women and transsexuals.

The findings also indicated that straight men prefer heavy women to thin ones and that straight women enjoy reading about and watching romances between two men. Gay men were found to enjoy straight porn in large numbers.

“Sex therapists haven’t known which interests are common and which are rare,” co-author Ogas said. “We probably now know more than ever before … we just let the data tell us where to go.”
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Author: AppleCider

Dear Princess Celestia,

Today we learned that friendship needs a little bit of tolerance. You may not agree with somepony but that doesn’t mean its okay to exclude them. Also, we found that our community is filled with very warm and caring individuals willing to reach out in their time of need. And finally, we realized that there are no Big Lots in all of Texas selling the little ponies and we should just stop trying.

Sincerely,
Bronyville.

PS – Show notes can be found on the following Google Doc
https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=1B0YwiMNgRad_AFmdp7N85iyRJ89oV-wVSCrNYC40YbQ

Intro by ChainAlgorithm on Youtube – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2V59MgGRHvo

Outro by Hey Ocean! On Youtube – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dz73dsMAkE

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Consider for a moment just how unbelievably strange everything about “The Beaver” is. Its lead character can only communicate through a furry puppet he finds in a Dumpster. When the puppet speaks for him, it does so with a bad Cockney accent.

But perhaps the most head-scratching thing about “The Beaver,” opening Friday, is the Oscar-winning talent behind it. Mel Gibson stars alongside Jodie Foster, who also directed. So you have a girl-power icon, famous for films about women taking revenge on the men who’ve wronged them, teamed with a notorious lout who once called a female cop “sugar t – - s.”

If it weren’t reality, it’d make one helluva terrible sitcom.

The long-delayed movie — which backers reportedly ponied up $20 million to make — was mostly complete in 2009. By last summer, principal photography had wrapped and Foster was moving on to reshoots when secretly recorded phone calls of Gibson berating Oksana Grigorieva leaked. In them, Gibson screamed until he was gasping for breath, dropped some choice racist nuggets, called Grigorieva a phonebook-long catalog of names and — well, you’ve heard the tapes.

Anyone who heard those calls imagined Gibson’s career grinding to a halt as every last member of Hollywood society abandoned him. And most did. Except for Foster.

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Man With A Mission

Rock band Man With A Mission (MWAM) is a very unique band with a mysterious past.

The faces of the band are of wolves instead of humans for example. And in the tradition of bands like Gorillaz, they perform in those personas; however, one thing is certain, they have an amazing sound and lyrics (English & Japaneese) with a message.

They are currently performing around Japan and in the Tokyo area and they have made appreances in Los Angeles, California.  Their new mini album “Welcome To The New World” is on sale now via iTunes, amazon and more!

 

Their story:

Age 19XX, the darkest era of all.

The universe was in the middle of worldwide warfare.

All living beings on earth were losing their faith, losing their future –  just for an egoistic game of which the rulers kept on playing with no end.

At the edge of the world, the genius of all time Professor J. Hendrix(which was pretty good in playing the guitar) was about to complete his masterpiece which he has been working for his life.

The Ultimate Android, MAN WITH A MISSION

Is it a wolf?  Is it a man?

With all the intelligence and super-powers, they were used to accomplish the impossible, and nothing could ever stop them.

Unfortunately, they were born in the wrong era.

The rulers of the world used them to handle the secret maneuvers, asassination, every dark deed that they could think of.

Professor J.  finally noticed what he had made, the sin that he commited to this world.
As a penance to the world, he finally decided to ice them in the Antarctic as they could never awake again.  He also burned that guitar he used so long.

Years passed. Today the world is still not an easy place to be. Global warming, Echonomic crises, Conflicts all over the world, the world was once again facing a crisis.

But who could have imagined? The global warming melted the ice of the Antarctic of which the MAN WITH A MISSION was trapped in.

After their long hybernation, they once again returned to the world.

Are they the good to the world today? Or are they bad news to us again.

We shall know as they have already started their new mission,which nobody could clarify.

MAN WITH A MISSION once again strikes the world.

 

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