Fur Valleys
The Fur Valleys (often known as "The Valleys") were a group of island simulations (also known as "regions" or inaccurately as "sims") within Second Life. The Valleys in Second Life were located in the southwestern area of the grid.
History[edit]
The first region in this chain, Fox Valley, was created as a private island in November 2005 by RedFox Costello in order to form a furry area apart from Dreamland, due to a difference of opinions between RedFox and Anshe Chung. In 2006, Kithylin Perth ordered 2 sims(Wolf Valley & Tiger Valley) which were attached to Fox Valley, creating the heart of the Valley continent. Wolf Valley was sold to Mako Minogue in June of 2006(It continues to be primarily a residential region featuring a beach hangout, an art gallery and Bunny Brewster's "Bunnythedral", which is one of the oldest builds in the entire continent), Tiger Valley was sold to Foxkin Impfondo, and Fox Valley remained with Redfox
At the height of its creation, the Fur Valleys contained 44 regions furs could explore and enjoy. In 2009, Jack Linden increased region prices, eliminated the Non-Profit break, and had all void sims converted over to either homesteads or open spaces. This led to a checkerboard pattern as the change forced several regions to go offline, and in some cases created islands stranded out in the middle of nowhere. Region prices have since been reduced. As of 3/10/2017 all regions owned by Foxkin have been taken offline due to his death in February 2017.
The Regions[edit]
This is a condensed version
| Region Name | Brought Online By | Later Sold To | Date Created | Date Removed |
| Fae Valley | Alynna Vixen | 5/2006? | unknown | |
| Fox Valley | Redfox Costello | 2005 | still online | |
| Wolf Valley | Kithylin Perth | Mako Minogue | 6/2006 | still online |
| Kitsune Valley | Alynna Vixen | Snowmeow Soothsayer | 2006 | 5/7/2011 |
| Istaria Prime | Crawler Woyseck | 2/2006 | still online | |
| Serenity Woods | Foxkin Impfondo | Ron Overdrive, Mako Minogue, Curt Pascal | 6/2006 | still online |
| Critter Valley | Kodi Sachs | Snowmeow Soothsayer | 2006 | 5/8/2011 |
| Zeta Valley | Wolphin Fluffball | 6/2006 | still online | |
| Cub Conclave | Raven Welesa | unknown | 10/12/2012 | |
| Kit Estates | Ravel Welesa | unknown | 10/12/2012 | |
| Jaguar Valley | unknown | Mako Minogue | 1/20/2017 | still online |
| Pony Island | Crissa Javelin | 2007 | 5/2/2010 | |
| Lovecraft Forest | unknown | unknown | 2/2007 | 4/2008 |
| Pony Bay | Crissa Javelin,Mako Minogue | unknown | unknown | |
| FlyinTails Airfield | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown |
| Furry Park | Effsey Nelson | Equino Faulkland | 2007 | unknown |
| Horse Valley | Horse Pony,Phillip Vought | 4/2008 | 12/21/2011 | |
| Equus Beach | Horse Pony,Phillip Vought | 5/2008 | 6/12/2011 | |
| Warewolf Sea | Snowmeow Soothsayer | 7/2008 | 1/10/2009 | |
| Tiger Valley | Kithylin Perth | Foxkin Impfondo | 2006 | 3/25/2017 |
| Rabbit Valley | Redfox Costello | Kenzo Clan,Foxkin Impfondo,Redfox Costello | unknown | still online |
| Dragon Valley | Foxkin Impfondo | unknown | 3/25/2017 | |
| Ryu Valley | Foxkin Impfondo | unknown | 3/25/2017 | |
| Falcon Valley | Foxkin Impfondo | unknown | 3/25/2017 | |
| Neko Valley | Foxkin Impfondo | 11/2006 | 3/25/2017 | |
| Otter Valley | Foxkin Impfondo | unknown | 3/25/2017 | |
| Cheetah Valley | Foxkin Impfondo | unknown | 3/25/2017 | |
| Ferret Valley | Foxkin Impfondo | unknown | 3/25/2017 | |
| Ocelot Valley | Foxkin Impfondo | unknown | 6/26/2014 | |
| Meerkat Valley | Foxkin Impfondo | unknown | 10/25/2015 | |
| Cougar Valley | Foxkin Impfondo | 6/2007 | 3/13/2017 | |
| Lynx Valley | Foxkin Impfondo | 6/2007 | 3/12/2017 | |
| Mink Valley | Foxkin Impfondo | 6/2007 | 12/14/2008 | |
| Lemming Valley | Foxkin Impfondo | 6/2007 | 3/12/2017 | |
| Skunk Valley | Foxkin Impfondo | 2010 | 3/25/2017 | |
| Howling Valley | Foxkin Impfondo | unknown | 3/13/2017 | |
| Pride Rock | Foxkin Impfondo | unknown | 3/25/2017 | |
| Lion Valley | Foxkin Impfondo | unknown | 3/25/2017 | |
| Voids/Seas/etc..* | Foxkin Impfondo | various | 2009 |
- The Voids/Seas were Dragons, Kitsune, Strianic, Onyx, BlueRay, Drakes, Geckos, Moonlight, Sydney, Crocodile Rock, Dolphin Deep, Kitten Cove, Racoon Lagoon, Salamander, Yin, and Yang.
The Future[edit]
On September 1,2018 longtime valley resident Rycon/Logan Bamaisin started tribute by bringing all 42 valley regions online on the opensource platform OsGrid OpenSim. On June 1, 2019 Logan and fellow fur Jeeper Shim came together to create OsGrid's first ever furry continent. The project will be shown off at OSG12 and is aimed at drawing out any/all virtual furs, nekos, and otherkin to create a community for all. This is interpreted as continuing what the valleys started for Second Life.
Update History[edit]
6.22.2019 Updated info
12.21.2018 Updated info
10.29.2017 Updated info post Foxkin's death
8.28.2018 Updated info
3.14.2017 Info updated following Foxkin's death
2.17.2017 Updated info
1.27.2016 Updated info
1.13.2016 More information added, updated, and/or corrected
1.9.2016 Lots of information was updated