I've yet to post MY opinion on the matter, and I'm going to say this.
You don't need to deck yourself out in animal gear to show your love for animals. Face it, if you were an animal, you'd probably have a pretty suckish life compared to the one you have right now. Seriously, do you wanna be sheltered to one household, or even be hunted down by other humans? It's not very intelligent, you think about the greatness behind it, without considering the complications behind it all. Even if it's a fictional character, such as a Pokémon, Pokémon are fighting machines. They live in balls that are the size of a baseball, or in computers. Do you wanna live like that? I certainly would NOT. And romance with animals is called bestiality, which is a creepy, creepy matter. So, yeah, conforming to society's views, no matter where you live, is not always a bad thing. That's like me wearing gills on my neck and a dorsal fin, simply because of my love of sharks. Overall, furries = illogical, and kinda weird. Not to say that weird is wrong, but you don't wanna be an inferior creature.