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For the second year in a row, the KROQ crew stayed in the same hotel for Weenie Roast as everyone in town for the Califur Convention - the gathering of grown-ass men (and a few women) that dress up, head to toe, as furry cartoon animals.
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.
"The city council in Hesperia, California approved a pair of rats as service animals on Tuesday, in spite of the federal government's declaration that dogs are the only service animals and a protest by the local Tea Party."
"To top everything off, she also discovered her "costuming passion" – the creation of furry, anthropomorphic animal costumes – due to a classmate who introduced her to the field. Brooklyn began designing and making the costumes last spring and, after attending a convention of "fursuit" devotees while wearing one of her creations, she began selling the costumes for as much as $900 each."
"The large furry rabbit walking between Central and Garfield avenues Wednesday was no hallucination, especially for drivers who failed to yield."
The state that was the first to enact a registry for sex offenders is now considering a similar measure for people convicted of abuse of animals, wild or domestic. Animal welfare agencies are pushing for the measure, as are criminologists who state that such behavior is often a precursor to violence against humans.
This is the Nakamacon update with the information for submitting programming and registering online.
A new furry con has been announced in LA this coming October.
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