FurbleFox

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FurbleFox, aka Furble or CaliHusky, (born "Michael Francis", May 1984, Manchester, England) is a member of the UK furry community. His primary fursona is a fox.

FurbleFox is the chairman of ConFuzzled, the UK's first furry convention, and has been a member of other groups trying to arrange a UK furry convention.

[edit] Fursuiting

Furble is an avid fursuiter, performing charitable acts nationwide. He owns two fursuits: "Furble Toony" which was designed by Rose Quoll in 2005 and "Cali Husky", designed by Kodi in 2006. Cali Husky closely resembles Kodi.

Plans are in progress for a new commission in 2008, for a red fox called "FizzleFox".

[edit] Background

FurbleFox discovered furry in 1999, thanks to Vulpecula. Originally scouring the Internet for fox pictures and fox paraphernalia, he had always had an interest in animals, at one point wanting to be a veterinarian.

He attended his first furmeet, the NorthernFurs Sheffield furmeet in 2001.

Furble has been an active part of the NorthernFurs community since late 2001. He used to run the community website as well as organising the Manchester furmeet. He relinquished his duties to concentrate on organizing ConFuzzled, but still attends furmeets.

His first furry convention was Eurofurence 9, in 2003. He is regularly attends Eurofurence, Further Confusion, and other events around the world.