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Author: toonces

A journey into the unknown naturally raises questions, highlights doubts, stirs concerns, whatever. It’s not always the fear of what’s to be found on the other side that stresses you, but on what’s in between. Travel has long been a symbol of escape and freedom, but there’s something truly paralyzing about being in transit- away from one center, toward another, where provisions are rationed and shelters scarce. This story finds that particular horror in the trip from a home planet, to some distant unknown, that is interrupted so that our main character finds himself in a truly horrifying state of lifeless animation.

You may have already ready the text on our blog, but for our commuters out the here’s the audiobook version. Enjoy!

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

Author: Higgs Raccoon

For the past few weeks, deputies at the Oklahoma Sheriff’s Office have found their vehicles being vandalised, with tampering to the electrical wiring.

Closer examination revealed the wiring had been chewed through, with the culprit leaving a mass of tiny footprints in the engine compartment. Deputies have since observed a squirrel dropping down from under one of the vehicles, which showed signs of recent squirrel habitation, and have called in animal control. So far, attempts to trap the vandal squirrel have failed.

In a sign of the times, the Scofflaw Squirrel now has a Twitter account.

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

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Author: AshMCairo
"Sixteen years ago Tom Klein was staring at a Woody Woodpecker cartoon, "The Loose Nut," when he started seeing things.

Specifically, Mr. Klein watched that maniacal red-topped bird smash a steamroller through the door of a shed. The screen then exploded into images that looked less like the stuff of a Walter Lantz cartoon than like something Willem de Kooning might have hung on a wall."

Full article via New York Times

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After the DMCA take down notice on March 28, the video had been pulled from the service. As of this afternoon (April 11, 2011), the video is back up and accessible.

Congratulations goes out to Curt Pehrson for winning this battle against Vimeo and fraudulent DMCA take down notices. We’re looking forward to your next work.

Ke$ha, Katy Perry & More Rock ‘Spirit Hoods’ and get their Furry on. Spirit Hoods are the new fashion trend sweeping the west coast and rapidly moving east.

Gee guys…we in the Furry community have been ahead of the curve!

Spirit Hoods were inspired by people who were wearing ears, tails and other “faux fur” accessories at festivals like Burning Man and Cochella. Each of the designs represents a “spirit animal”. Each animal’s traits are listed, for example “Nasty Rabbit” is “Trickster » Articulate » Lucky” and “Wolf” is “Loyal » Social » Teacher” with a matching description.

It’s not just the new must have fashion accessory, it is actually helping a cause. they have partnered with some non-profits, where a portion of the profits from their “Product Blue” items goes toward saving an endangered animal.

The Spirit Hoods collection features a variety of animal styles, all of which craftily mimic the fur colors rather accurately.  They’ve got grizzlies, several varieties of wolves, lions, pandas and more — even a “nasty rabbit.”  All hoods come with ears, so it should make for some interesting silhouette while you strut about a dark club (or stumble home after a bender).

The standard design comes with paws that fall down to around the waist area, which you can use as a scarf or a place to wipe all that catsup in your hands after eating fries.  They also offer a “half” model for some of the designs, which cuts off the arms, leaving just the hood over your head.

We don’t know how a Spirit Hood will go with your regular dress style.  They look crazy good, though.  Prices start at $69 for the half models and $129 for the pawed designs.

 

 

There is even a kids line

The non-profits that benefit are as follows:

Product Blue

The Spirit Hoods Family is pro wildlife! We are a big supporter of all animals all over the world, and to concentrate our efforts and make sure your donated dollars go to the right place, we’ve created “Product Blue.” When you purchase a Spirit Hood that contains the logo below you are automatically donating a portion of proceeds to help fund a Non-Profit Organization dedicated to helping your particular animal.
Visit SpiritHoods Kids

Polar Bears International

Polar Bears International is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the worldwide conservation of the polar bear and its habitat. By promoting awareness through research, stewardship, and education they hope to help keep these animals on the planet.
www.polarbearsinternational.org

Snow Leopard Conservancy

The unintended activities of humans have increasingly threatened the survival of one of earths most elegant wild cats, the Snow Leopard. It’s now up to us to help support these majestic animals and their fight for survival.
www.snowleopardconservancy.org

Wolf Hollow

Wolves are still a very threatened species in North America and all over the world. A non-profit organization established in 1990, Wolf Hollow offers a unique opportunity to view gray wolves in as natural a setting as possible and teaches people about the importance of the wolf in the wild. www.wolfhollowipswich.org

Pandas International

The Giant Panda is such a delightful and captivating animal, it is also one of the most endangered. The best estimates place the number of wild pandas at approximately 1,600. Pandas International is exclusively devoted to the Giant Panda, and with your help are making an impact on their recovery!
www.pandasinternational.org

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You can find their site at Spirit Hoods

If you run a furry related website, some of your traffic may be vanishing thanks to a new type of Search Engine abuse.  We’re still looking for more detail on why this is happening but common search terms are now showing up like this:

We searched Google for “furmeet” – This was #18 on the list.  We’ve noticed this on other searches.

Mephit Furmeet
Sharingmephit furmeet head count art community Pictures of themephit furmeet, a furry convention in olive branch Videos , photobucket picture, …
eaglefirstrealty.com/docs/mephit-furmeet

Clicking on the title link launched http://kingsoft-antispyware.co.cc/fast-scan/ – a program we have never heard of before.

Right clicking and opening either the title link or the bottom link in a new tab brought us to “Eagle First Realty” with no sign of anything having to do with MFM.

If you find a link like this in your browsing, Google has a new feature that allows you to block this from your searches.  Make sure you are signed in with your Google account and click “Block all eaglefirstrealty.com results” – A different block link will show up for each bad result.

This has other potential issues.  Whoever is doing this is also gathering large amounts of Furry art and embedding it in the bait pages.  The sites we have seen before have well known pieces from across the fandom.  This is a snapshot from Google’s site preview for the link we showed above.

It is unlikely that the web site owner in question – in this case Eagle First Realty, is even aware of what is going on. It is more than likely a marketer that has promised them massive amounts of “high quality” traffic. They build hundreds of link pages with embedded images and search terms that Google and other search engines then index. The marketer then goes back in and does a “301 redirect” to the real website.

Please watch what links you click on. If you find something fishy like this, block the link and report it to Google. Help drive crap like this off the internet.

Here’s another site that we just got a link to: http://jeffvenableproductions.com/thuja-macro-furries-girls/

Update: This tip just in from Rydel

I work IT at a large Software company and our security group did find information on this issue (it affects non-furry sites too and posed a security risk), but all of this information is available to the public.

A group of hackers found a way to get a massive push of false certificates for several major sites: login.live.com, www.google.com,mail.google.com, login.yahoo.com, login.skype.com, addons.mozilla.com, and “Global Trustee”.

Many Web browser creators have released updates so that their web browsers will reject these modified certificates. Any user affected by this should take the following steps to protect their system, based on their web browser:

Internet Explorer: Install Microsoft Update KB2524375 at http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2524375

Firefox: Update to Firefox 3.6.16, 3.5.18, or 4.0

Chrome: Update to latest version (I don’t have the version number with me, but can get it when I check my work email tomorrow)

Opera and Safari do not have a fix at this time. I don’t have information on any other browsers, but if their creators have released an update in the past few days, updating to that is strongly recommended.

Rydel – Thank you for the tip!!

Cracked.Com recently published a piece about how some comics have predicted the future. They cite eight examples over the past 40 years. Some have been quite uncanny in their accuracy. Even the British sketch comedy troop Monthy Python seems to have made a somewhat accurate prediction – about the then unnamed Furry Fandom.

Cracked features this as #2 in their top eight list.

From Cracked.com:

 

We’re hoping we don’t have to explain who Monty Python are, but suspect that we probably do for some of you. They were simply the most well-known and respected comedy troupe in the world back in their day.

 

Their sketches and movies were a unique combination of topical and absurd. So much so that this surreal style is now referred to as “Pythonesque.” But not even they could outdo real life. The second episode of Monty Python’s Flying Circus, way back in 1969, featured one such “Pythonesque” sketch entitled “The Mouse Problem.”

OK, maybe that one time we got hammered at Disney World. But that hardly counts. And we were way more into Goofy.

 

Intended as a satirical view of homosexuality and the controversy surrounding it, the sketch takes the form of a news report, investigating a growing social issue of men dressing up as mice as a sexual fetish. These “mice” go to parties, eat cheese and squeak, and these behaviours have resulted in a public outcry against the lifestyle. The newsreader is joined by two guests: an anonymous “mouse” insider, and a psychologist who poses the question: “Who here can say that they have never been sexually attracted to a mouse?”

This sketch fails to remain “Pythonesque” in the age of the Internet, thanks to “furry fandom,” a phenomenon so popular that we’re assuming more of you have heard of it than have heard of Monty Python — 2008 played host to nearly 40 conventions for furries. And a recent survey [NOTE: Not the survey conducted by University of Waterloo & Niagra County Community College] shows that while most furries consider themselves entirely human, nearly half admire qualities of other animals, and 3.5 percent truly think of themselves as animals.

Only 1.4 percent of those animals bear any resemblance to a living creature.

 

And as for the sexual fetish aspect of it, well, that’s something you can take up with Google Image search. Have fun.

Read more: http://www.cracked.com/article_19146_8-absurd-jokes-that-predicted-real-life-events_p2.html#ixzz1J93yH41y

 

Editorial by: Markos
Over the past few weeks, since Atlanta’s Rock 100.5 Radio “under cover” happening at FWA, I have been thinking about Public Relations. Since Furry conventions began, as a community, we have been very protective, shunning media coverage, or carefully cultivating the image we allow the media to see. In some cases, this works very well, and in some cases, it comes around and bites us on our collective tails.

The question is, why are we so secretive? What goes on at an average Furry convention is no worse that anything that goes on at any other type of sci-fi or fantasy convention. I have a 28 year history in the convention business. I’ve seen almost everything. When you get enough of any group together, add a light hearted and fun atmosphere, maybe some alcohol, and some hormones on overdrive, things will happen. Klingons, Storm Troopers, Pirates, Anime characters – I’ve seen it all.

What we need is better Public Relations. To take a page from another convention’s handbook (Dragon Con), Furry Conventions should consider doing a media tour a day or two before the start of a convention. The idea is simple. As a convention organizer, you send out a press release two to three weeks in advance, letting television stations, radio stations and news papers know you will be in town. Be sure to include all relevant contact information as show hosts or producers may contact you to ask you to come on their show. If they do, book a time and be sure to show up.

There will be radio and television stations that don’t call you for interviews. Take the extra step to contact them directly. Call the morning show’s producer and ask for a five to ten minute interview. Many television and radio stations will be happy to have you on.

Now that you’ve got time slots booked, it’s your time to shine! Pick three or four members of your convention that you feel best represent the furry community and take them with you! Maybe an artist and a couple of fursuiters, maybe someone who does puppetry. Find the people who make your convention stand out. Before you go, think of the most off the wall, hard ball questions someone might ask you and practice your answers, that way, when they ask you the hard questions, you won’t hesitate to answer.

Don’t know quite what to say? Uncle Kage has been one of the best spokespersons for the Furry fandom. Watch his interview segments in Curt Pehrson’s “Furries: An Inside Look” Kage covers just about everything and does so with confidence and authority. Like him or not, he answers those hard questions.

[NOTE: Curt Pehrson's documentary had been taken down due to DCMA.  Vimeo reposted the video Monday, April 11, 2011.]

Rotten Egg Creations did an interview where Uncle Kage gives a variant of his defense of the Fandom:

When you come in to do your interview, do your best to be very warm and personable. Let the hosts and audience know about your event’s history, what your theme is, and highlight some key events. Highlight things like your fursuit parade, any contests you may have done in the past, and dances.

This is also the best possible time to talk up your charity! I would venture to guess, few if any media outlets have ever covered the charity aspect of a Furry convention.

If your event is family friendly, stress that fact. If you have convention hours where no one under eighteen is allowed, make sure that is known too. Be as transparent and up front as you can.

For television stations, take the extra step to get any kind of promotional footage of your event and of your charity to the producers well before the interview so they can air the footage during your interview. Most stations can handle footage on DVD, or better yet, in standard MPEG2 video format. If there is a question on the format they need, follow up with the producer for any technical specs.

It is up to you if you want to invite the media in to the convention. Going to them first will often be all the story they really want to run.

The next big thing is to let your attendees know that the media will be running interviews before the convention. Alert them to the fact that some media has been invited into the convention as well. If your attendees know ahead of time, they may be more alert and may refer media types who try to sneak in to either convention security or to your media liaison.

If you do end up with someone from the media getting in uninvited, don’t panic. If you have a chance to meet them face to face, find out what media outlet they represent and talk to them about their intent. If they are looking to run a shock piece, there is not too much you can do to stop them unless they purchased a badge and have violated your published media policies.

You may be able to minimize the situation by inviting the person in and introducing them to some of the other aspects of the convention that they may have not known about, again, like the charity.

The idea is to desensitize the media about Furries.  To compare this to another group, every year, you used to see “shock coverage” of Gay Pride events. Now the events are so well known, it’s rare that the local media (in my experience) even makes more than a passing note about it.

You have to realize that as individuals, we are intelligent.  As a society, we are stupid and gullible.  ”People” believe whatever is put in front of them on TV and on the radio.  It is up to us to go out, grab the media’s attention and show them who we really are – not the fetishists depicted on CSI and in Vanity Fair, or even a hack radio show.  We, as a growing community and subculture need to stop hiding and make a stand.  We are geeks like everyone else.  Instead of dreaming, writing and costuming Star Trek or Star Wars characters, we do things a bit differently – we show our inner animals, and we’re okay.

So, convention organizers, think this over.  Talk it out with your boards of directors and test the waters.  Taking this kind of action could change your conventions, and the furry subculture forever.  Don’t get me wrong – it won’t stop us from being mocked.  All geek subcultures are mocked in some form – any Trekkie can attest to that.  It may just give us the little boost we need to let people say – hey, Furries are cool.

Preemptive Strike: PR For Furry Cons by Markos is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.
Based on a work at www.furrynewsnetwork.com.

Via The Blaze
Just when you think there are no new ways for the Federal government to waste your tax dollars, those creative geniuses in DC surprise us all. Say hello to the money-munching mouse known as Squeaks! Launched late last year, Squeaks created a little bit of a government-sponsored buzz;

Yes, of course, the history of printing is something that should be taught in our schools, but did the Federal government need to reinvent the wheel here? This space-exploring mouse is the star of a comic book printed by the GPO at a cost of $5.90 PER COMIC BOOK! If that doesn’t make your head spin, wait until you hear that the GPO sells the book for just $5.00, a loss of nearly one dollar for each comic book!

Are there no comic book companies left in the country that could have taken this project and execute it at a lower cost? Hello? Marvel and DC Comics would likely trip over themselves to get a hold of a large government printing contract.

Read more at The Blaze

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Tamaño: ">Anexo 375Spanish-speaking sports website “Montañismo y Exploración” recently featured an article showing a couple of fursuiters doing mountain sports such as climbing and rappel.

The first of the videos was filmed in the Stone Summit facilities in Atlanta, GA and on it we can see “Cinnabar” climbing an artificial wall.

The second was filmed during Camp feral in Algonquin, Ontario in Canada.

And finnaly the last one we see “Oki Doki” in Robbers Cave state Park during Wild Nights 2010

Find the full article here: Noticias Red Furros

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Furry meet-up and walk from Union Station in Toronto through the Skydome(Rogers Ctr.) area and up Spadina to Kensington Market. A fun time was had by all!

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Furry meet-up and walk from Union Station in Toronto through the Skydome(Rogers Ctr.) area and up Spadina to Kensington Market. A fun time was had by all!

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By: Higgs Raccoon

Aflac Incorporated is a U.S. insurance provider. Since December 1999, the company’s commercials have featured the Aflac Duck, who “frustratedly quacks the company’s name to unsuspecting prospective policyholders”.

For eleven years the Duck was voiced by comedian Gilbert Gottfried, until Aflac fired him last month after he made jokes about the T?hoku earthquake and tsunami on his Twitter account. Since then, Aflac has sought a new voice for the Duck, and on Monday and Tuesday 650 people auditioned in Atlanta, Austin, Chicago, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, and New York. 11,200 additional video and audio auditions were accepted on quackaflac.com, a website set up for the search.

Aflac executives hope to have chosen a winner in about a month’s time. The new voice will be paid in the low six figures.

 

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

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Hello, and again, welcome to the ..::XANA::.. Creations computer aided enrichment center. We hope your brief detention in the relaxation vault has been a pleasant one. Your specimen has processed, and we are now ready to begin the test proper. For your own safety and the safety of others, please refrain from…

News:

• G4 Video Footage of Furry Weekend in Atlanta

https://web.archive.org/web/www.furrynewsnetwork.com/2011/03/video-furry-weekend-atlanta-sara-underwood/

• PETA claims Bible “discriminatory towards animals”

https://web.archive.org/web/www.furrynewsnetwork.com/2011/03/peta-claims-bible-discriminatory-animals/

• Eurofurence, ConFuzzled announce merger

https://web.archive.org/web/www.furrynewsnetwork.com/2011/04/eurofurence-confuzzled-announce-merger/

• Iowa Furry Association in planning for new Iowa Furry Convention

https://web.archive.org/web/www.furrynewsnetwork.com/2011/04/iowa-furry-association-planning-iowa-furry-convention/

WikiFur article of the week:

• “Fursuit”

Topics Discussed (copied directly from Google Moderator):

• “Fursona names versus Human names… What is your opinion on them? which do u prefer? Do u get angry when someone calls you be your human name even though you dont like it?” (Brian)
• “Do you think that life would be different if anthropomorphic animals lived with humans? Would they be accepted into human society?” (Wolfang Cerberus)
• “If you could change your human name into your furry name legally/permanently, would you do it? Why or why not?” (Wolfang Cerberus)
• “Do you think there could ever be a t.v. show just for furries and all about furries.” (Toxic Paw)
• “Scaleys and avians ? we classify them as furry yet they have no fur? is it just because it deals with anthropomorphism or just because we tand to live the same lifestyles? if neither then… Y?” (seth-rah)
• “We produce a prolific amount of illustration, as well as sculpture, textile art, fiction, music, and photography. But do the producers receive deserved fame? Does being a furry limit your potential in the field of professional art or literature?” (Bishop)

Emails (Sender – Subject):

• Jio – “Species”
• Yui – “Oh, so much to say.”
• Greg_Cole – “PG furries”
• CriptexMoon – “not really sure”
• Anonymous- “Furry game :3″
• +LeiFox+ – “Advice…”
• Hyane – “Subjects Suck”
• The dog…cat…thing! – “Relationship/Family Advice”
• Bishop – “Deliverance”
• Landon O. – “Alternate reality discussion”
• Shadow – “A new fur’s question”
• Draston – (no subject)
• Jaggy – “Awesome Show”

Find the full article here: FurCast

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Author: GreenReaper

Fifty artists have banded together, offering gifts in kind to organizations aiding victims of the T?hoku earthquake and tsunami. [tip: Banrai]

Their work is to benefit Direct Relief International, Doctors Without Borders and the Japanese Red Cross, and is being sold via group auctions organized by Quaylak and JakeJynx.

The first auction was launched last night and ends Monday. The second began a few hours ago. Three more are to be posted in subsequent days.

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

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04/05/2011
Editorial By: Rainstar

For the furry fandom, the internet is our primary source of life. Without the internet, we would not be able to talk to each other (save phone calls and text messages), publish and look at artwork, or organize a convention. Many furs openly state that when their internet goes out, they are at a loss of what to do. However, the rise of internet has brought along a plethora of problems and difficulties; some of which include: viruses, identity theft, and loss of personal ambiguity. All of these cybercrimes have caught the attention of many different organizations who hope to try and protect innocent people from enduring the troubles that come with them. One particular agency has taken special notice of this area, the U.S. government.
With the internet becoming increasingly difficult to maintain and the U.S. power grid dangerously unprotected, drastic measures have been put in place to ensure the national security of the United States. Events such as the WikiLeaks scandal and rumors of terrorist sleeper programs on America’s infrastructure have sparked U.S. Congress to pass the “Protecting Cyberspace as a National Asset Act” (PCNAA). The act gives the President authority to shut down any section of the nation’s internet and power that is believed to be under attack. Quite simply, the President has been given an internet “Kill Switch.” Should the United States come under a cyber attack from a particular country, the President may give orders to internet companies to shut down all incoming information from that country. Also, the bill gives the President that power to shut the internet down completely and not allow any incoming or outgoing information whatsoever.
The bill also established the NCCC (National Center for Cyber Security) which has been assigned the task of monitoring the internet. The NCCC also can force major corporations to share their internet dealings with the agency. The goals of this organization are to monitor the internet for any harmful occurrences and to help prevent illegal funds from being electronically transferred over-seas.
What does this mean for the fandom? It means that all American furs may drop off the face of the Earth for no apparent reason. If the President and the NCCC determine that the internet is unsafe and endangering the national security of the nation, the U.S. will no longer be able to access the internet. Should this occur, we American furs will be cut off from our primary source of life in the fandom.
As a precaution, to ensure that this does not happen, furries beware of what you are posting to the internet. Should your pictures of files have corrupted material on them, you could be endangering the fandom in the U.S. Hackers beware also. Your attempt at a quick “lulz” could potentially freeze this nation in its tracks if you aren’t careful.

A Huffington Post article on the subject can be found here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/06/17/internet-kill-switch-woul_n_615923.html

Further Reading:

http://techcrunch.com/2011/03/06/in-search-of-the-internet-kill-switch/

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/mar/7/the-internet-kill-switch-rebooted/

http://news.cnet.com/8301-31921_3-20029282-281.html

http://www.technologyreview.com/web/32451/page1/?a=f

http://www.switched.com/2011/02/01/internet-kill-switch-bill-what-it-is-wont-die/

http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2011/01/kill-switch-legislation/

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-501465_162-20029302-501465.html

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Author: toonces

As we continue further through the various meta-layers of fantasy involved with idealized stories about fake things, usually acted out in mediums that alter reality in their own ways, we get to the Bright Beach. It’s easy to say that the Bright Beach represents something as basely sci-fi as Second Life. But the way the narrator separates the actions of the fantasy characters from the disembodied entities that control them gives the story that same strange sense of distance.

We hope you enjoy the discussion!

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Furry convention attendance has risen exponentially for two decades. The average charitable donation is ~US$5/person. (Source: WikiFur)

Author: Lamar

Furries have long thought of our fandom as a little niche thing, the fandom that only a tiny number of people are into. The weird fandom, the one that gets picked on and sidelined. We’re small, weak, and need to hide…

Well, I’ve got news for you. We’re not. We’re amongst the biggest fandoms in the world.

Worldcon, the World Science Fiction convention, considered the focus point of science fiction conventions peaked at 8,365 attendees in 1984. But it started off as a convention that only attracted people in the hundreds. It wasn’t till its 34th con in 1976 that it passed 4000 attendees. Currently attendance is between 4000 and 6000, depending on location and the state of the economy.

Anthrocon passed 4000 attendees last year, its 14th convention. A growth rate almost twice that of Worldcon! With Further Confusion and Midwest FurFest following that growth, constantly increasing their membership despite a slow economy.

 

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by Stephen Messenger, Porto Alegre, Brazil

Via TreeHugger
Keyring ornaments are perhaps the most useless item you’ll ever carry in your pocket or stuff in your purse — but now, thanks to an increasingly popular item being sold in China, it can easily be the cruelest, too. For the price you might expect to pay for some kitschy trinket, Chinese street vendors are selling live animals, permanently sealed in a small plastic pouch where they can survive for a short while as someone’s conversation piece. Apparently, these unimaginably inhumane keyrings are actually quite popular — and worst of all, it’s totally legal.

According to The Global Times, these keyring accessories containing live animals are widely available and sold publicly in subway stations and on sidewalks. Potential buyers (read as animal-abusers) have the choice between a living Brazil turtle or two small kingfish, sealed in an airtight package along with some colored water. One vendor claimed that the trapped creatures “can live for months inside there” because the water contains “nutrients,” though veterinarians have already disputed this claim.

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