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American publisher XSEED has just announced that they'll be bringing the long-awaited game Solatorobo to the US this September, ending nearly 12 years of frustration from stateside Tail Concerto fans. Namco Bandai published CyberConnect2's DS action-RPG, Solatorobo: Red the Hunter, in Japan. Nintendo itself picked the game up for Europe and now, finally, XSEED has announced that it'll bring the game to North America.

Solatorobo is set on the floating islands of Shepherd Republic where two races of people, one resembling cats and one resembling dogs live. The floating islands is above a sea of Plasma and French is their native language. The inhabitants of the islands develop and employ specialized robots to do their everyday jobs. Red Savarin, one of the dog people, is requested to obtain an important file that has been stolen and boards the large Hindenburg air ship, deep within which he finds a mysterious medallion-shaped item. A giant creature called Laress appears suddenly beside the ship and sends it into flames. As Red makes his escape, he runs into Elh Melizee, a mysterious cat person. Soon, he and Elh travels all across the Shepherd Republic along with his younger sister Chocolat Gelato, uncovering the mysteries under the medal he suddenly obtained and discover the secret behind Elh's hidden past.

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Author: Higgs Raccoon

At Pocatello Zoo in Idaho, USA, a young wild marmot became trapped in a water tank, and drew the attention of Shooter, a four-year-old elk who is an exhibit at the zoo.

After sniffing at and circling the tank zoo for fifteen minutes, Shooter leaned into the tank, picked up the marmot in his mouth, and set it on the ground, before nudging it with his hoof. After catching its breath, the the rescued marmot scampered away.

Shooter’s actions were observed by surprised zoo staff. Whilst not sure if Shooter sensed the marmot was in distress – or just didn’t like it in his tank – the staff speculate that, with the elk’s basic needs being met, he was at leisure to exercise thought processes more complex than those needed for just basic survival.

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Maureen O’Connor — Thousands of furries descend on Pittsburgh this weekend, for the sixth annual Anthrocon, America’s foremost convention for “anthropomorphics,” commonly known as “furries.” Participants are already wandering the streets of Steel City, wearing costumes and carrying puppets, posing for pictures with locals, going to raves, and singing “furraoke” while boozing at local bars.

This must be confusing for the children of Pittsburgh.

Furries are expected to spend $5.3 million in four days at the festival, which makes them pretty popular in the economically depressed city. Here are some locals talking about furries:

“We love furries,” [sandwich shop owner Cory Robinson] said. “They’re just people having fun, and they don’t hurt anybody.” —Sandwich shop owner Cory Robinson

“They love caffeine. We’re prepared. We know what they want.” —Gift shop ownerTracy Luskovich, gesturing to stockpiles of Mountain Dew

“More fun than the NRA.” —Beaver County Times columnist Michael Pound

I have a mild phobia about people in full-face masks. I think it derives from bad childhood experience with a Nutcracker Rat King. Occasionally, I wonder whether a furry horror movie could have the staying power of a Chucky or It. Anyway, irrational fears aside, I applaud the joyous souls of Anthrocon for living their hirsute dreams. May your stay in Teresa Heinz-Kerry’s hometown be as fabulous and furry as a ketchup heiress’s collection of winter coats. [Post-Gazette, Anthrocon]

 

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Sure, tasting sessions with Beaver Brewing or WYEP's Summer Music Festival are excellent options for fun this weekend. But the furries returning to Pittsburgh for their annual Anthrocon? That's definitely more fun than the NRA.

The city of Pittsburgh will be taking another walk on the wild side with the annual Anthrocon this weekend.
The annual convention for those fascinated with anthropomorphics -- or "furries" -- returns to the David L. Lawrence Convention Center on Thursday.
Many of the thousands of people expected to attend to convention will dress in full or partial animal costumes as they walk through the streets of downtown Pittsburgh.

The city of Pittsburgh will be taking another walk on the wild side this weekend with the furries' annual convention.

Despite people knowing for years that carbofuran, a pesticide also known as furadan, has been devastating the lion population in Kenya, and despite continued calls to ban the pesticide, it continues to be used—or more accurately, misused, to intentionally poison lions.

The tails and ears are held on with straps, and the fur is usually fake -- but the money that Anthrocon furry convention visitors spend Downtown is very real.

More than 4,500 furries -- fans of art, literature and games featuring anthropomorphic, or human-like, animals -- are flooding the city for Pittsburgh's sixth annual Anthrocon, held at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center. During their five-day meeting, which started Thursday night, the furries will attend lectures and workshops as well as nightly raves at the convention center.

They'll also spend an estimated $5.3 million at Downtown businesses, said Sam "Uncle Kage" Conway, chairman of Anthrocon's board of directors.

Downtown Pittsburgh will see some new visitors in town this weekend: furries.
That’s because the annual furry convention is being held at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center.
“We are the world’s largest convention dedicated exclusively to cartoon animals, and we see that as an art form,” according to chairman and CEO of Anthrocon, Inc., Dr. Samuel Conway.

http://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2011/06/24/local-furry-talks-about-anthrocon-2011/

Photo coverage of Athrocon by WPXI. The annual “Furry convention” otherwise known as Anthrocon is taking over down town Pittsburgh this weekend!

They may be cute, but they also spend a lot of dough

The tails and ears are held on with straps, and the fur is usually fake — but the money that Anthrocon furry convention visitors spend Downtown is very real.

More than 4,500 furries — fans of art, literature and games featuring anthropomorphic, or human-like, animals — are flooding the city for Pittsburgh’s sixth annual Anthrocon, held at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center. During their four-day meeting, which started Thursday night, the furries will attend lectures and workshops as well as nightly raves at the convention center.

They’ll also spend an estimated $5.3 million at Downtown businesses, said Sam “Uncle Kage” Conway, chairman of Anthrocon’s board of directors.

Even though Anthrocon 2011 broke past registration records, Mr. Conway said he believed the event would have pulled in even more attendees if the city had followed through on a languishing initiative to build more hotels Downtown.

“This year saw much slower growth than the growth from [2009 to] last year,” Mr. Conway said Thursday afternoon in the lobby of the Westin Convention Center hotel, where most furries try to secure a room.

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Via Treehugger

Despite people knowing for years that carbofuran, a pesticide also known as furadan, has been devastating the lion population in Kenya, and despite continued calls to ban the pesticide, it continues to be used—or more accurately, misused, to intentionally poison lions.

Paula Kahumbu is executive director of WildlifeDirect, a conservation organization based in Kenya and founded by Richard Leakey. Kahumbu, who has a PhD from Princeton University in ecology and evolutionary biology, wrote about the misuse of the chemical on a WildlifeDirect blog:

WildlifeDirect scientists have been consistently reporting that Furadan has been used to poison lions.The pesticide is sprinkled onto livestock carcases to kill lions, which cannot detect its presence as it has no smell or taste. Any animal that scavenges on a laced carcass will die within minutes, and that includes jackals, hyenas and vultures.

Read more at Treehugger