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Half a century ago, Belgian Zoologist Bernard Heuvelmans first codified cryptozoology in his book On the Track of Unknown Animals.

The Centre for Fortean Zoology (CFZ) are still on the track, and have been since 1992. But as if chasing unknown animals wasn't enough, we are involved in education, conservation, and good old-fashioned natural history! We already have three journals, the largest cryptozoological publishing house in the world, CFZtv, and the largest cryptozoological conference in the English-speaking world, but in January 2009 someone suggested that we started a daily online magazine! The CFZ bloggo is a collaborative effort by a coalition of members, friends, and supporters of the CFZ, and covers all the subjects with which we deal, with a smattering of music, high strangeness and surreal humour to make up the mix.

It is edited by CFZ Director Jon Downes, and subbed by the lovely Lizzy Bitakara'mire (formerly Clancy), scourge of improper syntax. The daily newsblog is edited by Corinna Downes, head administratrix of the CFZ, and the indexing is done by Lee Canty and Kathy Imbriani. There is regular news from the CFZ Mystery Cat study group, and regular fortean bird news from 'The Watcher of the Skies'. Regular bloggers include Dr Karl Shuker, Dale Drinnon, Richard Muirhead and Richard Freeman.The CFZ bloggo is updated daily, and there's nothing quite like it anywhere else. Come and join us...

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Thursday, September 10, 2009

And this is...

The 2000th post on the main CFZ bloggo

I never thought in my wildest dreams - and believe me boys and girls, my dreams can get pretty wild - that the bloggo would be the success that it has been. I would like to thank the bloggo team, the editorial staff, the guest bloggers, and my three daily regulars Gavin, Oll and Dizzy Miss Lizzy, for everything that you all do to make this a success.

I truly believe that we are doing something seriously important here. The CFZ is standing for values and concepts that I believe are becoming increasingly ignored in our modern society, and at times it feels like we are fighting somewhat of a lone rearguard action.

With the news that I posted today, and the latest CFZ expedition to Sumatra, it looks like the CFZ is just about to enter into a new phase of activity and hopefully, influence and success. We still have crippling financial problems but we shall muddle on through because we always do.

Several of you have written to me over the past few days offering help with the Indexing project. Sadly I have just just heard from Glen Vaudrey that because of other committments he will not be able to run the Indexing Project after all. Several of you have offered assistance over the past weeks. Richard is just about to leave the CFZ for Exeter and then London, and then Sumatra. By the end of today I will have finished with the Sumatra and Blue Dog backlogs, and hopefully will have written properly to you all.

Forgive my tardiness.

Thank you all for your help and support. Running this circus is a logistical and financial nightmare, but we will continue. Because we have to!

If there is anyone else out there who has time, money, expertise or equipment that they would like to donate to us and our ongoing series of activities and research across the world, please do not hesitate to get in touch.

Slainte

Jon

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