The term "furry" is often used in a negative way to describe someone who is interested in anthropomorphic animals, or animals with human characteristics. This can include people who dress up in furry costumes, create furry
art, or write furry stories.
People who use the term "furry" in a negative way often do so because they believe that
furries are strange,
weird, or even perverted. They may also believe that
furries are sexually attracted to animals, which is true for a portion of the community, another bad portion of a furry community are pedophiles, people attracted to minors, however these portions are not all of the community. A large portion of the community have fetishes.
some Anti-
furries believe that 1 in 5 furries are zoophiles which is not proven correct nor wrong.