South African Wishes to Become a Furry

How do I become a furry? And where can I go?

Anonymous (Cape Town, SA)

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Hello, Furiend,

How do you "become a furry"? Well, it is a very long and arduous process. You have to find someone who belongs to our secret furry organization to sponsor you. Once you've paid the $100 to join, you must go through a grueling period of training on how to be a "true furry." This is followed by an initiation that can be quite physical and painful (I cannot divulge the details lest I be punished). When you have been trained, you go into your apprenticeship during which you must find 20 furries to be your benefactors/owners. You will be their servant for the next year and you will have to do all they ask. Next, you are in your journeyman period for another year. This is when you must learn to make your own fursuit and you must wear it all the times, day and night. When that is completed, you are taken to the Super-Secret Furry Den, where you will be given a special ring you must always wear and swear your oath of fealty. If you ever break it or try to leave the fandom, you will be hunted down and eaten.

I'm kidding, of course. Please forgive a silly ol' bear. We all tend to make things much more complicated than they need to be.

Want to be a furry? Then be a furry. If you like furries, you're a furry. Ain't hard, hon.

As for "Where can I go?" That's all up to you. Easiest thing to do is simply search online for furry groups in social networks etc. and start chatting with furries. These days, you can't shake a proverbial stick online without hitting a furry.

Since you kindly provided your location, however, I can point you to a couple places in your area.
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• ZA Furries at https://forum.zafur.co.za/ is a board where you can find local furs to chat with.
• There is a South African Furries group on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/SAFurries/
• On Tumblr check out a small group called South-Afrifur at http://south-afrifur.tumblr.com/

Good luck! Have fun!

Papabear