>>516055992
Most of them are part of the intelligentsia community(the older furries from the late 70's-late 80's).
Check this video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8aF2GxWi7Ag&pp=0gcJCckJAYcqIYzv
The founder of the movement, Mark Merlino(https://en.wikifur.com/wiki/Mark_Merlino) suspiciously had access to some heavy printing equipment for a normal civilian for his magazines (early photocopiers was still expensive and inaccesible to normies in the late 70's and early 80's), and had knowledge of basic ARPANET tech for communications with the newly founded fandom too.
TL;DR:
The founder of the furry fandom most likely was a fucking CIA glownigger, experimenting on how to infiltrate and indoctrinate fandoms.