https://en.wikifur.com/w/api.php?action=feedcontributions&feedformat=atom&user=210.55.130.194WikiFur - User contributions [en]2026-10-29T18:03:06ZUser contributionsMediaWiki 1.23.16//en.wikifur.com/wiki/Colin_(New_Zealand)Colin (New Zealand)2014-11-20T03:02:27Z<p>210.55.130.194: Month of death added. Colin's surviving partner, Stephen Donnelly, has announced Colin's unexpected death on Facebook.</p>
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<div>[[Image:ColinRaccoonAndNicolFursonas.jpg|right|thumb|190px|Colin Raccoon and Nicol Firefox]]<br />
'''Colin''' (real name '''Colin Palmer'''; his [[fursona]] is sometimes referred to as '''Colin Raccoon''' to distinguish it from his real-life self) was a [[raccoon]] fur who lived in [[Wikipedia:Hamilton, New Zealand|Hamilton, New Zealand]]. In addition to his raccoon fursona, Colin also had a [[red panda]] character named '''Nicol''', who Colin portrayed with a [[fursuit]].<br />
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Colin was interviewed by Bruce Holloway of the Waikato Times for the September 16th, 2006, article ''[[Fur fantasy fanatics only]]''<ref>http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/waikatotimes/0,2106,3798599a6579,00.html</ref>, which briefly describes [[furry fandom]] in Hamilton, and in New Zealand as a whole.<br />
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The same year, Colin appeared with and without his fursuit on [[Eating Media Lunch]], a satirical news program that airs on New Zealand's TV 2<ref>{{youtube|dq9vXg9wSmE|Furries on Eating Media Lunch}}</ref>. On the program, Colin talks about various aspects of [[furry fandom]] and fursuiting. After seeing artwork on [[furry.org.nz]], the interviewer asks Colin for his opinions on [[furotica]] and [[bestiality]].<br />
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Colin also appeared on television in ''[[Bringing Out the Animal in You (Nightline TV)|Bringing Out the Animal in You]]'', a three-and-a-half-minute segment that aired on November 6th, 2006. This segment was part of the Nightline program on New Zealand's TV3.<br />
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Between 2009 and 2011, Colin was on the staff of [[FurcoNZ]], acting as website administrator and dealing with IT support. In 2010 he was also a sous-chef on the kitchen team.<br />
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Colin died November 2014.<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://raccoon.osoal.org.nz/ Colin's homepage]<br />
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