（译）兽圈的历史，原文自Wikifur
#####原文地址http://en.wikifur.com/wiki/History，注，这是国外的兽圈发展史。
Furry fandom is the collective of people who express an interest in anthropomorphic animals in art, literature, cartoons, pop culture and any other use of animal characters with human attributes. The object of the fandom is not a genre nor any specific segment of the arts, but rather an interest in a specific type of character that may appear in any genre of fiction or type of media.
兽圈是那些对艺术、文学、卡通、流行文化以及其他作品中带有人类属性的动物有着兴趣的人的集合/圈子。而这个粉丝圈的客体[指被喜欢的对象]既不是一个流派，也不是任何特定的艺术，而是一种特定种类的角色，出现在任何种类的小说或媒体中。
The Lion Man of the Hohlenstein-Stadel. Oldest known anthropomorphic art in the world, carbon dated to approximately 30,000 BC.
The Lion Man of the Hohlenstein-Stadel.是世界上目前已知最早的拟人化作品，放射性碳年代测定知这件作品大约要追溯到公元前30000年。
The interest itself may be as old as civilization. Anthropomorphic animal characters are found in the art of many ancient cultures. Anthropomorphic characters from Egyptian mythology continue to this day to be a source of inspiration to furry artists, as do aspects of Native American anaimal related spirituality.
这个兴趣它本身也许和文明一样久远。拟人化的动物角色在许多的古代文化中都有发现。从埃及神话中发现的动物角色直至今日都是一些兽圈艺术家的灵感来源，在与灵性有关的Native American animal方面也有体现。[本段可能有误译]
The earliest example of anthropomorphic literature commonly cited by furry fans is Aesop's Fables, which dates to around 500 BC.[1]
最早被兽兽们普遍引用的拟人化文学的例子是Aesop's Fables，大约在公元前500年。[1]
Anthropomorphic characters then continued to proliferate through the ages in the form of folk tales. When folk tales were eventually collected and categorized, literary scholars determined that animals with human attributes such as speech were an element specific to fairytales[2] And as fairytales became popular, anthropomorphic animals became a familiar aspect of most world cultures.
此后，拟人化角色继续发展，以民间传说的形式呈现。当这些民年传说被最终收集并分类后，文学学者决定，那些带有人类属性如说话）的动物角色应当是童话故事[2]中特有的元素。随着童话故事的流行，拟人化动物变成了大多数世界文化中相似的一方面。
The 1800s saw the advent of the fantasy, science fiction and children's literature genres. Significant milestones and advancements included Lewis Carroll’s fantasy novel Alice's Adventures in Wonderland in 1865, Beatrix Potter’s illustrated children’s books in 1890, Rudyard Kipling’s collection of talking animal stories The Jungle Book in 1894, H. G. Wells’ 1896 science fiction novel The Island of Dr. Moreau and James Swinnerton’s Mr. Jack in 1896, the first appearance of anthropomorphic animals in comic strips.
19世纪见证了幻想小说、科幻小说以及儿童文学的产生。重要的里程碑与成就包括Lewis Carroll在1865年的幻想小说《爱丽丝漫游仙境》、Beatrix Potter在1890年发表的有插图的儿童书、Rudyard Kipling于1894年的对会讲话动物的收藏《丛林故事》、H. G. Wells 1896年发表的科幻小说《莫罗博士岛》（未找到惯用译名）及James Swinnerton同年发表的《杰克先生》，第一次拟人化动物在连环画中的亮相。
Of particular significance is a series of children’s books by Palmer Cox begun in 1890 called "Funny Animals," which is the earliest discovered use of the term in relation to anthropomorphic animals.
特别重要的是Palmer Cox发表的一系列儿童书（叫做“Funny Animals”），这是最早发现的关于拟人化动物的术语。
Contents/内容
1 20th century (1900-1970)/20世纪
2 Furry fandom history/兽圈的历史
2.1 Earliest events/早年大事记
2.2 The 1980s/20世纪80年代
2.3 The 1990s/20世纪90年代
2.4 The 2000s/21世纪
3 The Internet/互联网
4 Small press publishers/小新闻出版商
5 References/参考文献
6 External links/外部链接
20th century (1900-1970)/20世纪
Also of significance are the novels of Felix Salten published between 1926 and 1945 which established the precedents of what would later be called furry fiction.
同样重要的还有Felix Salten在1926至1945年间发表的一系列小说，建立了后来被叫做“毛茸茸小说”的先例。
With the advent of animation and comic books in the first half of the 20th century, anthropomorphic animals became a popular phenomenon with fans of all ages. Their popularity peeked during World War 2, certain characters becoming icons of Americana[3] And in 1945 George Orwell’s Animal Farm became the first anthropomorphic animal novel universally recognized as a work specifically for adults.
伴随着动画与漫画在20世纪上半叶的首次出现，拟人化动物变成了一种在粉丝与全年龄段人群间流行的现象。他们的流行性在二战期间开始下降，确定的角色变成了Americana[3]的标志。随后在1945年George Orwell的《动物庄园》成为了第一个普遍认为是面向成人的拟人化动物小说。
In the post-war years, cartoons and literature focused most of their animal related efforts on children’s entertainment, inspiring many to believe that cartoons and animal stories were strictly for kids.[4] While the children who grew up with funny animals in some cases maintained the interest in anthropomorphic animals into adulthood and conceived of using such characters in works for older age groups. A notable example being C. S. Lewis, who attributed his fascination with anthropomorphic animals to the influence of Beatrix Potter.[5]
在战后的几年里，动漫与文学专注于多数在儿童娱乐方面与动物有关的工作，促使更多人相信卡通与动物的故事仅仅是“小孩子的专利”[4]。与此同时伴随着“Funny Animals”长大的小孩子们在某些情况下携带了对拟人化动物的兴趣直到成年，并设想用在工作中对年长群体用这样的角色。一个有记载的例子是C. S. Lewis，把自己对拟人化动物的迷恋归结为Beatrix Potter（人名）的影响。[5]
Somewhat more relaxed attitudes towards art and experimentation in the 1960s and early 1970s saw the use of controversial concepts in fantasy animal stories become more common, attracting increased interest from older fans. Significant milestones included Kimba The White Lion, The Planet Of The Apes, Fritz The Cat and Watership Down. These expanded uses of anthropomorphic animals could not be contained by the existing Funny Animal Fandom, creating a need for a more encompassing fandom that would eventually be called Furry.
在20世纪60年代和70年代早期，对艺术和实验持放松态度的人们见证了在奇幻的动物故事中使用有争议的概念（这一现象）走向普遍，吸引了老粉丝兴趣的增长。重要的标志包括Kimba的《白狮》（未找到惯用译名）《人猿星球》《怪猫菲力茨》以及《海底沉舟》。这些扩大的拟人化动物的使用还不能被当时所存在的"毛茸茸动物粉丝圈"（避免歧义，不用兽圈）接纳，这就要求创造一个更加包容的粉丝圈，最终被叫做Furry。
Furry fandom history/兽圈历史
Earliest events/早年大事记
The earliest evidence of the developing expanded fandom is the funny animal APA Vootie, started in 1976.
最早的发展中的扩大型粉丝圈是the funny animal APA Vootie，1976年启动。（下文APA）
The Cartoon/Fantasy Organization began in 1977 as an anime group would spin-off the earliest known funny animal fan club.
The Cartoon/Fantasy Organization于1977年开始，作为一种动漫群体将会衍生出已知最早的“Funny Animal”俱乐部。（下文C/FO）
And in 1980, Steve Gallacci's art generated interest in a funny animal sci-fi discussion group that met at sci-fi cons.
于1980年，Steve Gallacci的艺术创作让他对在科幻片上相遇的一个有趣的动物科幻讨论小组产生了兴趣。
The 1980s/20世纪80年代
Vootie's cessation in 1983 led to the founding of the Rowrbrazzle APA one year later. The transition between Vootie and Rowrbrazzle is considered by some to be a crucial evolutionary point between funny animal fandom and furry fandom. Though it would still be many years before the new term was universally adopted.
Vootie 1983年的停止导致了一年之后the Rowrbrazzle APA的建立。两者之间的过渡被有些人认为是从“毛茸茸动物粉丝圈”向“兽圈”的关键进化点。尽管在新术语（指兽圈）被普遍接受前，它（指毛茸茸动物粉丝圈）还会存在许多年。
The early 1980s also saw the release of several all ages films that greatly increased interest in Furry Fandom, including The Secret of NIMH, The Flight Of Dragons, The Last Unicorn, The Plague Dogs and Animalympics. While the fantasy novel market soon began producing such titles as Alan Dean Foster’s Spellsinger series, Brian Jacques’ Redwall and Tad Williams’ Tailchaser's Song. And the independent comics market produced titles as varied as Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Albedo, Usagi Yojimbo, Cutey Bunny, Critters and Omaha The Cat Dancer.
20世纪80年代早期有着一些全年龄电影的发布，这导致了兽圈兴趣的大幅增长，包括《鼠谭秘奇》《飞龙》（未查到惯用译名）《最后的独角兽》《疫病犬》和《动物奥运会》。而幻想小说的市场不就就推出了诸如Alan Dean Foster的《咒术诗人》系列（未查到惯用译名）、Brian Jacques的《红墙》（未查到惯用译名）以及Tad Williams的《追击者之歌》（未查到惯用译名）的书名（title，疑似原文有误）。与此同时独立漫画市场也推出了《忍者神龟》《反照率》《兔用心棒》《可爱兔》（未查到惯用译名）《Critters》（难译）和《猫舞者奥马哈》。
In 1985, at the San Diego Comic Convention, Judy Niver (one of the founders of the C/FO), hosted a party in her room at the Hotel San Diego. The Rowrbrazzle APA group was also having a party in the same hotel, and there was much overlap in attendance. After that party at Comic Con, it became a tradition to have at least one furry party during the convention. In more recent years, the Comic Con party has been called CritterConDiego and Califur Diego.
在1985年的the San Diego Comic Convention中，Judy Niver（C/FO的一位建立者）在圣地亚哥宾馆中她的房间内主持了一次排队。The Rowrbrazzle APA群组在同一个宾馆中也开了派对，出席的人数有很多的交叉重叠。在那次Comic Con之后，在漫展中举办至少一次兽聚成了一个传统。在最近的几年中，Comic Con有了“CritterConDiego”“Califur Diego”的别号。
Also, at the 1985 Westercon Science Fiction Convention in Sacramento, California, Mark Merlino and Rod O'Riley hosted a room party in Sheldon Linker and Toni Poper's room. Most room parties at sci-fi and fantasy cons have a theme, so the party was called The Prancing Skiltaireparty, after the name of Merlino's house. Animalympics was screened, along with some Warner Bros. short cartoons, and collections of furry artwork and short stories were on display. Several visitors to the party were very interested in the videos and the art. Some showed sketchbooks and collections of their furry art. Their party at the 1986 Westercon in San Diego, CA, was the first to be openly called a furry party. After the success of these parties, Mark and Rod began hosting similar events at conventions all over California.
与此同时，在1985年加利福尼亚州萨克拉门托的Westercon Science Fiction Convention中，Mark Merlino和Rod O'Riley在Sheldon Linker和Toni Poper共同的房间中举办了一次房间聚会。许多聚会在科幻与幻想的展览中都有个主题，所以这次聚会也被称作“The Prancing Skiltaireparty”，得名于Merlino房屋的名字。（拟人化）动物的图片、一些华纳兄弟的动画短片，和兽人艺术作品与短篇故事的收藏均被展示在荧幕上。一些聚会的访客对这些视频与艺术作品十分感兴趣。有人拿出了关于他们的兽向艺术的速写与收藏。他们1986年在Westercon in San Diego, CA的派对是第一个被公认的兽聚。在这些派对的成功之后，Mark和Rod在所有加利福尼亚的漫画大会中开始主持相似的派对。（本段可能有误）
In the mid 1980s, a unified group of fans interested in animal characters in comics and stories was forming around other organized fan activities. Such as Room parties at science fiction conventions, meetings of the C/FO, and APA collating parties (for funny animal and cartooning APAs, such as Vootie and Rowrbrazzle). Fans with internet access kept in contact with each other on computer BBSs (Bulletin Board Systems) like the Tiger's Den, StormGate Aerie and Kyim's Scratching Post.
在20世纪80年代中期，一群统一的对漫画与故事中的拟人化动物有兴趣的粉丝正在围绕其他有组织的粉丝活动组织。例如科幻小说展中的房间派对，C/FO会议以及APA整理的派对（面向“Funny Animal”以及APA的卡通，例如Vootie和Rowrbrazzle）。拥有互联网许可的粉丝们通过电脑上的电子布告栏系统（或者说论坛？）来互相保持联系，例如the Tiger's Den, StormGate Aerie和Kyim's Scratching Post
As the internet became more accessible, it became the most popular means for furry fans to keep in touch and share their artistic efforts. This gained the fandom higher visibility and it began to grow rapidly.
随着互联网变得更加易于接入，这变成了兽迷间联系和分享他们的艺术作品的最流行方式。这使这个粉丝群获得了肉眼可见的增长量及增长速度。
Virtual environments, such as MUCKs, soon became the most popular places on the net for furry fans to meet and communicate. One of the oldest and largest MUCKs in existence is FurryMUCK. One of the newest virtual environments to attract furry fans is Second Life. Other on-line chat environments in the early 1990s included GEnie, CompuServe, Prodigy and Delphi.
虚拟环境（译者认为是“模拟经营类游戏”），例如MUCKs，不就变成了兽迷们在互联网上相见与交流的最佳去处。一个最老最大、至今仍存在的MUCKs是FurryMUCK。一个最新的吸引兽迷的虚拟环境是第二人生。其他的在线聊天环境在20世纪90年代出现，包括GEnie, CompuServe, Prodigy和Delphi.
APAs and fanzine "wars" became popular, with mail-in art and comic contributions collated and distributed to all members.
APA与爱好者杂志的“运动”变得更加流行，其邮寄的艺术作品和漫画的贡献被整理和分发给所有成员。
In 1989, Mark Merlino and Rod O'Riley decided to expand on the furry party concept and host the first prototype furry convention, ConFurence Zero. ConFurence continued to be the premier international gathering place of furry fans, until other independent furry-themed conventions were organized.
在1989年，Mark Merlino与Rod O'Riley决定扩张兽聚并且主持了第一个兽展的原型，ConFurence Zero。ConFurence Zero继续变成了国际上兽迷的聚集地的首要地带，知道其他独立的兽展被组织。
The 1990s
On the U.S. east coast, furry fans were gathering at the New York chapter of the C/FO, founded by Ken Sample and friends. Ray Rooney and Major Matt Mason hosted parties in their suite at Philcon in Philadelphia for several years. Philcon eventually hosted the first major Furry art show and dealer's room. In 1994, Trish Ny organized Furtasticon, a prototype east coast furry convention at the Holiday Inn, next to the Adam's Mark hotel, Philcon's venue. Trish went on to found ConFurence East in 1995.
在美国东海岸，兽迷们在the New York chapter of the C/FO（由Ken Sample及其朋友组织）聚集。接下来的几年中，Ray Rooney和Major Matt Mason在他们Philcon in Philadelphia的套房里主持派对。Philcon最终成为了第一个主要的兽艺术展以及经销商的房间（怀疑有误）。1994年，Trish Ny组织了Furtasticon，the Holiday Inn中的一个东海岸兽展的原型，与Adam的Mark hotel中Philcon的场所相邻。Trish在1995年继续组织了ConFurence East。
In 1996, at the World Science Fiction Convention in Anaheim, California, the Furry Fandom Lounge was organized by the ConFurence committee as five-day furry programming track. The general Worldcon program schedule publicized the furry parties, panels, and exhibits which included a glass-encased "History of Furry Fandom" display by David Bliss.
1996年，在Anaheim, California的世界科幻大会上，the Furry Fandom Lounge被ConFurence组织来充当五日的兽圈追踪。这次综合的的世界科幻大会的项目表上公开了兽聚、展板和展品包括一个玻璃制的“History of Furry Fandom”由David Bliss展出。
In 1997, Anthrocon is first held in Albany, New York and goes on to become the largest furry convention to date.
在1997年，Anthrocon第一次在Albany, New York举行，随后成为最大的兽展。
A schism which had been developing in the fandom for some years reached a boiling point in the aftermath of ConFurence 8, which quickly became notorious for a variety of sexualized incidents. Previous years had seen several similar incidents; complaints about poor public behavior were repeatedly brought to the convention's staff to be addressed. As a rule, however, these complaints were ignored, with the result that the offended parties began airing their grievances in such forums as alt.fan.furry.
在兽圈中发展了多年的分裂在aftermath of ConFurence 8达到了沸点，很快因为各种性（Sex）事件而臭名昭著。早先的几年已经有过相似的事件，对公众不良行为的投诉也反复多次被提交到展会的工作人员那里。然而，作为一条规则，这些投诉被忽略了，因此被冒犯的那一方开始在alt.fan.furry之类的论坛上表达他们的不满。
Backlash appeared from various other parties who, alternately, mocked the complaints or defended the persons who had engaged in the offensive behavior. Oftentimes, accusations of religious intolerance and puritanism were leveled at the complainers. This led to the creation of the Burned Furs and, in response to that, the Freezing Furs, the ongoing flamewar centering around the increasing tendency to place fetishes on public display to the fandom's purported detriment in the press. For the most part, Burned Fur proclaimed that they didn't care what people did in the privacy of their own bedrooms and that it should stay there, while those most vocally opposed to the group either defended open sexuality as a social cause, or claimed that Burned Fur was itself attracting bad press by complaining in the first place. To date, however, the only records in the press referencing the group actually originate with complaints by its opposition during their own interviews with reporters. In the middle of this conflict was a small group known as Furry Peace who openly declared tolerance for all parties but otherwise sought to stay out of the furor.
从其他的派别中出现了强烈反对，他们时而嘲笑抱怨者，时而为冒犯者辩护。通常，宗教不宽容的指控与清教主义针对了那些抱怨者。这导致了the Burned Furs的建立，以及作为回应，the Freezing Furs（也建立了）。这持续不断的火药味与持续增长的将恋物癖公之于众的趋势，在媒体上展示粉丝群所受的危害。[这里机翻了一下]就多数而言，Burned Fur宣布说他们不在意人们在他们自己卧室里的所作所为，但必须仅限于卧室里，而他们言辞上反对一些群体以社会的原因辩护开放/性/事件，或是声称Burned Fur自己就通过在第一位解释而吸引了负面的新闻。然而到目前为止，唯一的引用这个群体的新闻记录实际上是带着抱怨且在他们自己接受记者采访时遭到了反对。在冲突中期，这还是一个作为Furry Peace闻名的小群体，他们公开宣布容忍所有党派，但在其他方面却试图置身于愤怒之外。
The schism climaxed when ConFurence 10 saw a change in ownership. The new chairman, Darrel Exline, was a Burned Fur, and although the convention remained open to all ratings of material, there was a mass boycott by fans who believed that they would be persecuted if they attended. The convention also changed its date and venue, contributing to a much smaller turnout than normal. ConFurence continued on for several outings, but never recovered its earlier membership levels and ultimately closed its doors.
当ConFurence 10看到所有权的变化时，分裂达到了高潮。新的主席，Darrel Exline，是一个Burned Fur，尽管该大会对所有材料的评级都持开放态度，但仍有大批粉丝抵制大会，他们认为如果他们参加，就会受到迫害。大会还改变了日期和地点，导致投票率大大低于正常水平。ConFurence继续了几次迁移（outings），但从未恢复到之前的会员数目，并最终关闭了它的大门。
Meanwhile, numerous other furry conventions had been springing up already, several in direct response to the mismanagement of ConFurence prior to CF10. Almost universally, these adopted specific and stringent public-behavior polices, leading to a sharp drop in incidents of public sexualization at furry conventions. This, in turn, slowly turned around the fandom's press image by making these incidents into "old news". Poor press continued on the fringe from time to time, as with MTV's "Sex2K" special, as well as certain TV episodes of "CSI" and "St. Elsewhere", but the mainstream image of furries slowly began to be replaced with news coverage of furry conventions where the most interesting thing to film were happy-go-lucky fursuit parades.
与此同时，众多其他的兽展也在迅速萌发，其中的几个直接回应了之前CF10事件的管理不善。几乎所有的都采取了具体而严格的公共行为政策，这导致了兽展上公众/性/事件数目的急剧下降。这反过来又慢慢地让兽迷在媒体中的形象发生了转变，把这些事件变成了“旧新闻”。少量的媒体继续在边缘报道这些事情，就像MTV的Sex2K的特别节目，或者CSI和St.Elsewhere这类的电视情节，但对兽迷的主流印象渐渐由新的兽展所取代，以及那些随处可见的兽装游行。
This, in turn, effectively defused the schism by eliminating the primary source of the fandom's mainstream image problem.
这进而通过消除兽迷主流形象问题的主要根源，有效地化解了分歧。
In 1999, at the North American Science Fiction Convention in Anaheim, California, the Furry Fandom Lounge reflected on 15 years of fandom. That year also saw the launch of Further Confusion in the Bay Area of San Francisco, CA, which eventually become the second largest furry convention in the world.
在1999年，the North American Science Fiction Convention in Anaheim, California上，the Furry Fandom Lounge回顾了15年来的兽圈生活。那一年同样有着Further Confusion in the Bay Area of San Francisco, CA的启动，这最终变成了世界第二大的兽展。
The 2000s\21世纪
Furry conventions have exploded in the 2000s, with over 30 cons starting up, so far. In comparison, the 1990s saw 13 cons, all but two of them after 1995.[6]
21世纪，兽展爆炸式增长，超过30个兽展进行了创立。而相比之下，20世纪90年代仅仅有13个兽展，其中除了两个还都在1995年之后。
In 2003, Dr. Samuel Conway (also known as Uncle Kage of Anthrocon) was a guest of honor at the I-CON science fiction and fantasy convention in Stony Brook, New York. His renowned story hour has since become a fixture of the convention through recent years.
2003年，Dr. Samuel Conway（作为Uncle Kage of Anthrocon而出名）是一个在the I-CON science fiction and fantasy convention in Stony Brook, New York上的贵客。近年来，他著名的《故事时刻》已成为大会的固定节目。
In 2006, at the North American Science Fiction Convention in SeaTac, Washington, the Stalking Cat was one of the notable program participants.
2006年，在the North American Science Fiction Convention in SeaTac, Washington上，《Stalking Cat》也是一个重要的节目。
At the 2006 Westercon in San Diego, a 20th anniversary furry party was held.
在the 2006 Westercon in San Diego上，举办了一个20周年庆的兽聚。
At the 2006 World Science Fiction Convention in Anaheim, California, the Furry Fandom Lounge returned under the organization of Rod O'Riley of the Califur group. The programming track included a furry artist reception and panels ranging from fursuiting basics to the new world of furry webcomics.
在the 2006 World Science Fiction Convention in Anaheim, California中，the Furry Fandom Lounge回到了Rod O'Riley of the Califur group的组织之下。这次计划包括了一个兽艺术家的接待和一个展示了从兽装基础到兽迷网漫的新世界的展板。
The Internet\网络
The first usenet newsgroups began to appear in the early 1990s. alt.fan.furry was created in late 1990, and eventually spawned a number of additional newsgroups, such as alt.lifestyle.furry which was created in 1996. Furrynet, an unofficial usenet hierarchy of fur.* newsgroups, was created in the late 1990s. In 2000, there was an unsuccessful attempt to create rec.arts.furry, which would have brought furry fandom into the primary usenet hierarchy.
第一个使用网络的群体在20世纪90年代早期出现。alt.fan.furry在1990年晚期创立，最终促成了大量附加的新闻小组，例如1996年创立的alt.lifestyle.furry。Furrynet，一个非官方而在fur.*上使用网络等级制度的小组，在20世纪90年代晚期创立。在2000年，还有一次不成功的尝试去创建rec.arts.furry，这是已经把兽圈带向之前的网络等级制度的。
By 1992, furry fans could participate in on-line social role-playing environments for free, if they had access to the Internet. MUCKs, Mushes and MOOs were created by furry fans for furry fans and hosted at educational and commercial sites. With the dawn of the World Wide Web, furry fans found their Mecca, with personal web sites, art and writing archives and forums providing a way for furry fans to communicate and share their interests internationally. Yerf and YiffCo and VCL and other art archives soon dominated the art scene.
1992年，兽迷可以免费参与在线的角色扮演环境，如果他们有接入互联网的权限。MUCKs, Mushes 与 MOOs都是由兽迷创建兽迷主持的教育及商业网站。随着互联网黎明的到来，兽迷们用个人的网络站点建立了他们的Mecca，艺术、写作档案和论坛为兽迷提供了一种国际的交流分享他们兴趣的方式。
In the late 1990s, David J. Rust (aka Sylvan), attempted to document the internal social dynamics and trends within Furry fandom. While originally intended to be a fan film documentary, the research he conducted from 1996 - 1997 was eventually collated into The Sociology of Furry Fandom, a Subculture Study, the first academic study of furry sociology.
在20世纪90年代晚期，David J. Rust (aka Sylvan)尝试记载Furry内部的社会动态与趋势。虽然原本仅打算成为兽迷的电影纪录片，但他从1996年到1997年进行的研究最终被归类为Furry社会学，这是一项亚文化研究，是关于Furry社会学的第一项学术研究。
References\引用文献
Furries - description of the fandom with reference to Aesop’s Fables.（http://www.claws-and-paws.com/furry/non-fiction/faq.html）
Stith Thompson, The Folktale, p 55, University of California Press, Berkeley Los Angeles London, 1977
Mickey Mouse, An Icon Of American Culture on examiner.com（http://www.examiner.com/article/happy-birthday-mickey-mouse-an-icon-of-american-culture）
Animation Age Ghetto on TV Tropes.（http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AnimationAgeGhetto）
Lewis, Surprised by Joy, p. 10.
WikiFur: Convention（http://en.wikifur.com/wiki/Convention）
External links
An Illustrated Chronology of Furry Fandom, 1966–1996 by Fred Patten（http://www.flayrah.com/4117/retrospective-illustrated-chronology-furry-fandom-1966-1996）
A Historical And Cultural Explanation Of Furry Fandom by Perri Rhoades（http://spectralshadows.livejournal.com/46979.html）
#译者注
许多地名有的翻译了有的未翻译，这里是方便起见，只翻译了译者熟悉的；
因为有些事物的出现时间译者不确定，所以对于同一个词可能会有很多翻译；例如conventions，译者并不清楚什么时候是展，什么时候是大会；
某些专有名词不翻译，书名尽量翻译；
译文中所有的兽均指毛茸茸，Furry或Kemono等同义词，不是野兽/Wild Animals之类。
