Furry is more of an umbrella term. It can refer to those who shows their love and interest on real animals, or anthropomorphic animal characters from cartoons or animations. It can refer to those who enjoys dressing up and performing in big fuzzy animal costumes called “Fursuits”. It can refer to those who lives a lifestyle that blends in animal traits and behaviors. They all fall into the definition of furry fans, or “Furry” for short.
Furry can also be used as an adjective. It relates to artworks and creations of anthropomorphic animals that are made by “Furries”. Such as furry artworks and furry conventions.
The community that consist of furry fans and furry creations is called “Furry Fandom”. Furries in the furry fandom celebrates their love of anthropomorphic animals through furry forums, furry websites, furmeets, and furry conventions.
Furries are all over the world! Furries in the European countries and the U.S. held their own furry conventions annually from the 90s. Furry convention hosts a variety of furry events. Usually it includes events for fursuiters like fursuit parade, dealers’ den for selling artworks, art gallery for exhibition, fundraising for charity, or furry-related panels.
Nowadays there are over 100 major furry conventions hold in over 20 countries every year. For most of the furries, furry convention is THE event that definitely can not miss.
