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Protest at Golden State Fur Con says Hilton houses ICE, gives you “a room covered in blood”

by Patch O'Furr

Source: breakicela – Protest March 15, 12-6 at LAX Hilton

Hilton collaborates with ICE while states and civil rights groups sue

When you rent a room at Hilton, you’re contributing to one of the most valuable hotel corporations in the world, worth around $70 billion. With that power, the brand has thrown their weight behind ICE operations that violate the US Constitution.

Hilton hotels hosted ICE agents in Minnesota while they murdered people like Renee Nicole Good and Alex Pretti, and illegally kidnapped people off the street. In response to the brutality, Minnesota is suing the Department of Homeland Security for violating the constitution. It joins numerous fellow lawsuits from states, counties, and civil rights advocates like the ACLU.

Hotels that serve ICE have become part of the front lines of local resistance“, according to an article from The American Prospect: ‘No Sleep for ICE’ Campaigns Expand. Hilton “has found itself in the crosshairs of local residents who are unequivocally fed up with the hotel chain for its role in what they see as enabling state violence against their communities.” Pressure has grown from Minnesota, to solidarity protests from the east coast to the west, New York to California.

What happens when event management comes in conflict with member values, when events are already in motion, with contracts signed, tickets sold and travel plans made? Let’s look at two cases.

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Furries in the Epstein Files? Search brings up narratives where we fail to tell the full truth.

by Patch O'Furr

News in a moment: but first, recommended background for the Epstein story.

The Epstein files represent a major coverup of crime by wealthy elites, broken open as an ongoing public scandal. It keeps exposing worse and worse associations with dead financier Jeffrey Epstein. It’s a story of rich pedophiles and their enablers, including Donald Trump. Do you feel lost about where it starts and ends? Try this episode of radio show This Is Hell for an interview with an award-winning journalist who wrote a book about the coverup. It’s packed with fresh, conversational analysis to help you catch up.

Furries in the files?

In 2019, Epstein’s alleged suicide in jail silenced him from having to testify about powerful friends. It couldn’t silence demands for the government to finally release documents of official investigation… partially and controversially so far. With over 3.5 million pages released as of March 2026 (and who knows how much more to come), you can search for any term in them and possibly get results.

What happens if you search for “furry” or “furries”? Dogpatch Press did this on February 14, before a completely separate effort by fellow furry reporter Sonious published on March 8. You should go read Sonious’ article that propels this one.

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VOTE NOW for the Ursa Major Awards to recognize 2025’s best anthropomorphic media

by Patch O'Furr

Ursa art by Foxenawolf.

Ursa Major Awards voting deadline is MARCH 23

The Ursa Major Awards feature the furry fandom’s favorite media published in the past year. Anyone in the community is welcome to vote for movies, short films, series, novels, short fiction, nonfiction, comics, games, websites, magazines, illustrations, music, and more…

You only have until March 23 so go to the voting page and do it now!

For nonfiction, please consider The Furry Detectives: Unmasking a Monster. This TV docuseries is a result of 7 years of investigation here. The show won critical acclaim and positive reporting from TimeYahoo Entertainment, and more, for putting an honest spotlight on problem-solving by and for the community. It’s very unusual to have true crime documentary on the list, which is already an accomplishment after attempts to suppress uncomfortable truth. It’s a sign of caring about justice and putting priority on voiceless victims above selective PR. And for those ready to experience intense storytelling it is excellent media.

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Ebay has a $16,000 shirt from Confurence Zero, and we have questions for the seller

by Patch O'Furr

This shirt is one of a kind and 16 grand. If it sells, the seller will have 17 kittens.

Vintage graphic t-shirts from the 1960’s-90’s routinely sell for hundreds or a few thousand dollars. Old fans might want to check their closets, because Ebay has some with furry graphics, like a $300 Cutey Bunny shirt from 1983. Then there’s this eye-poppingly iconic treasure:

Ultra Rare ConFurence Zero Event Shirt! Furry Convention Shirt!

This is an extremely rare event shirt for what was the World’s first Furry convention. It was Hosted in a venue in Costa Mesa, California in January 21-22 of 1989, and only 65 people attended. The event itself was more of a pre-convention, to see if anyone was interested in attending such events. As a result of being the world’s first exclusive Furry con, and with such low attendance, any sort of merch from the event is incredibly rare.

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Ursa Major Awards are open for nominations now, go help get the best furry media on the list!

by Patch O'Furr

Ursa art by Foxenawolf.

Don’t wait, the Ursa Major Awards nomination deadline is FEBRUARY 5.

The Ursa Major Awards feature the furry fandom’s favorite media published in the past year. Any member of the public can vote for movies, writing, art, and more — but before you can vote, nominees must be chosen. You only have until February 5 to help your favorite media make the list.

Go to the nomination page and do it now!

The Recommended Anthropomorphics List has many things to consider. The Nonfiction section has choices made possible by hard work from Dogpatch Press.

For nonfiction, please consider The Furry Detectives: Unmasking a Monster. This TV docuseries is a result of 7 years of investigation with tens of thousands of words reported here. The show won critical acclaim and positive reporting from Time, Yahoo Entertainment, and more for putting an honest spotlight on problem-solving by and for the community. Two of those positive stories are on the recommended list, as well as three other stories by Dogpatch Press. There’s also a deeply meaningful story from NPR reporters with Dogpatch Press — KQED/Close All Tabs podcast: How the Furry Fandom Says Goodbye.

(Update) go check new comments on this great review of The Furry Detectives: Unmasking a Monster to see why it’s being shared.

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New York fandom community is growing – Fuwa Furry Fest takes over Japan Village

by Dogpatch Press Staff

Guest Kamen the Lycanroc covers a NYFurs event that follows the one in his previous story, Phoenix Bark. It illustrates the potential of a future furry con in New York City.

Attendees of Fuwa Furry Fest gather around the courtyard after the fursuit parade. Photo Credit: Eberrawolf

NYFurs hosted the first ever Fuwa Furry Fest in Industry City in November

NYC’s furry community got together on November 15th in Japan Village in Brooklyn to celebrate the first ever Fuwa Furry Fest.

Located in Industry City, Fuwa Furry Fest was hosted by NYFurs with a mission to celebrate the growing furry community in the Big Apple. According to the website, Fuwa Furry Fest was “a day to celebrate fans, creators and furry enthusiasts for a playful, community-first experience. The culture of the furry fandom will blend with Japanese pop culture for the night!”

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Wow, that exists: Cider Collie’s insanely crafted, detachable plush vulva is a fursuiter’s wet dream

by Patch O'Furr

This state-of-the-art adult fursuit technology will get you kicked out of Disneyland – but into the horniest places on earth!

Want to get your paws on the ultimate fursuit accessory that redefines heavy petting? If you want to bare it all, Cider Collie has you covered. Her faux-fur-crafted SPH (Strategically Placed Hole) makes cartoon animal crotches more anatomically-correct than the average person on the street could ever imagine. It can come off to stay SFW, or zip on at will, letting anthropomorphic dogs, kitties and bunnies be as bold as fantasy characters can possibly be. It’s stretchy and penetrable for full contact by collaborators in furry performance art, so their partners can please them in ways that real life isn’t known to provide. Sounds too hot to bother about rug burns.

Reporting the adult side of furry follows a mission to cover the hole truth; the good, the bad, and the sexy, with no sacred cows left unturned. Think of how this was made with hands, fabric, and a naughty dream. Compared to some uses of human bodies in adult media, sewing is wholesome, isn’t it?  The uncensored art is NSFW — kids and prudes go away — but tasteful, mature readers can see it and smile. So feast your eyes on this invention of utmost necessity, and learn how Cider Collie’s crazy job brought it to life in her Q&A with Dogpatch Press.

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Zootopia 2: How to enjoy this excellent sequel more than the first

by Patch O'Furr

Many furries have had a chance to see this major source of fandom by now, so this isn’t your usual review. Here’s how I made it extra memorable with a holiday trip that I can’t wait to do again.

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Owners of Inkedfur, Exotic Erotics, and Party Animals West finally accountable for abuse, but a deeper problem remains

by Patch O'Furr

Owners of 3 businesses capitalized on fandom despite years of complaints. Now they face consequences for contributing to the abuse of children and animals:

  • (1) Inkedfur owner arrested. Inkedfur is a printing service used by popular furry adult artists since 2014. The owner Sangie had a sex crime conviction in the 2000’s, and kept raising allegations of shady business and pedophilia while dealing at conventions that disregarded his record. He was recently arrested again as part of an FBI operation against child sex abuse. The arrest was in May 2025, but it doesn’t seem to have reached community notice yet.
  • (2) Exotic Erotics rejected. Exotic Erotics sells sex toys, including “life cast” toys made by manipulating real animals’ genitalia. This pushed the adult market deep into murky ethics, but they kept being welcome next to regular dealers at conventions from 2009 to 2025. It’s never too late to stop ignoring things, and their inclusion at Midwest Furfest 2025 raised a storm of protest on social media before the con parted ways with them.
  • (3) Party Animals West owner convicted. Party Animals West (PAW) rented clubs for parties attended by hundreds, with a group of 1000 supporters. The owner Frisky was reported to police for CSAM possession years ago when his parties were based in Las Vegas, with no results. He got away from the allegations by relocating and resuming operation in the San Francisco Bay area, until he was arrested for new child abuse in 2024. Other group runners allowed the child victim inside after being warned of risk and overruling it; and a fellow group runner was arrested for the same crimes. Associates tried to bury it, but Frisky was just convicted in late 2025.

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Furrydelphia drops Twitter – can you #QuitYourX?

by Patch O'Furr

Bad habits die hard. Let’s talk about how furries use Twitter (“X”), despite everything.

We all know what’s wrong with its biggest influencers and owner.

The world’s richest man bought the site to control information.

It’s not just to deceive you for politics — His power rises by growing traffic of any kind.

Every active account gives him power; for or against, real or fake, traffic grows his power, not yours.

Meanwhile you’ll be trolled with denials of what you can see with your own eyes.

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