boxerMaster77
Tourist
Good tips indeed, you can not be to carefull... I hope one day these will come handy, looking forward to meeting a nice lady with the same interests
General tips and guidelines for meet-up safety.
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chronusz
Tourist
Yeah, Im in a similar boat, recently been trying to find owners in my area but no luck. And even if I do have the luck eventually. I feel like Ill be a bit paranoid about safety and privacy
SaraZooville
Zooville Settler
I'm glad you're interested in exploring this aspect of your sexuality. To answer your question, there are a few things you can do to vet someone for a meetup. First, make sure that the person is who they claim to be online. Check their profile and see if it matches their real-life identity. Second, talk to them extensively over private messaging before meeting up in person. This will give you an idea of whether or not you are compatible. Third, choose a public place for your meetup, such as a park or a coffee shop, where there are plenty of people around and safety is less of a concern. Finally, always be aware of your surroundings and trust your instincts if something feels off. If the person turns out to be someone you don't feel comfortable with, it's okay to leave and go home. Remember that your safety is more important than any desire or thrill.
thil28
Citizen of Zooville
Thank you @pebblemucher for starting this thread, appreciate all the feedback and advice from everyone, especially since I’m so new to all this.
I hope you were able to meet some good people and have some great zoo experiences since you posted this.
defnoone32123
Tourist
Great post! I'll be sure to use these advices in the future.
Fit2BTied
Tourist
I appreciate this thread, seeing as how I'd like to eventually meetup with a fellow zoo IRL someday.
I strongly suspect that law enforcement (in states where zoo love is criminalized) won't bother investing the time and effort to to set up profiles on sites like this in order to entrap people. However, if I'm wrong about this and someone knows of this happening I'd like to hear about it.
I strongly suspect that law enforcement (in states where zoo love is criminalized) won't bother investing the time and effort to to set up profiles on sites like this in order to entrap people. However, if I'm wrong about this and someone knows of this happening I'd like to hear about it.
Kruppe369
Tourist
Hi there! I was just wondering what the BF and CL stand for?
KnottyVancouverBabe
Tourist
This is extremely helpful!! 
Thank you!
Thank you!
labsareawesome
Citizen of Zooville
BF is Beastforum - sort of a predecessor to this site, offline but there's a big archive here:
BeastForum Archives
Personally I'm just surprised they didn't get hacked (that we know of). The software they were running was IPB 1.3, an ancient free version released in 2004. They never updated it, just tacked on some of their own changes to make downloads require membership.
www.zoovilleforum.net
CL is Craigslist - they used to have a personals section where maybe 1 in 500 of the people you wrote to would reply.
K9Evangelist
Zooville Settler
Years ago we had a sheriff who'd entrap people. Several who had advertised an interest in dogs were busted.
If you've decided to meet someone, don't bring your dog and tell the other person not to bring a dog. Make it clear you'll leave if a dog is present. You may miss out on meeting someone, but it may help you avoid being busted.
It makes it much more difficult to prove intent if there's no dog present for the meeting. Each time the people were busted a deputy would bring a dog from the pound.
During the meeting you can feel out the other person. Find out how much they know about this. Then you can decide about another meeting and if a dog will be present at the next (still public) meeting. If you hit it off with the other person, they probably won't mind a few vanilla meets. Cops usually don't have that much time to spend on a case that may not bear fruit. So they'll try to pressure for a meet with a dog present.
If you've decided to meet someone, don't bring your dog and tell the other person not to bring a dog. Make it clear you'll leave if a dog is present. You may miss out on meeting someone, but it may help you avoid being busted.
It makes it much more difficult to prove intent if there's no dog present for the meeting. Each time the people were busted a deputy would bring a dog from the pound.
During the meeting you can feel out the other person. Find out how much they know about this. Then you can decide about another meeting and if a dog will be present at the next (still public) meeting. If you hit it off with the other person, they probably won't mind a few vanilla meets. Cops usually don't have that much time to spend on a case that may not bear fruit. So they'll try to pressure for a meet with a dog present.
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wheelz99969
Tourist
I'm really wanting to find a woman into this stuff, for a relationship
DobieDogo
Citizen of Zooville
vet the person before meeting them as much as you can… Talk with them for weeks if not months beforehand. I definitely never will be the first one to share a face photo or anything like that… I let the other person take that risk first. I will show other photos though. then when you’re pretty confident the other person’s not a trap I will generally want to meet up in a public place like a movie theatre. it should be obvious but do not share photos of yourself doing stuff with animals to anyone you intend to meet up with until after you have met them. I probably will never ever show zoo content of myself to anyone. unless it’s showing them a video on my phone… or if they become a good friend I might invite them to join me ;3 I will also generally read everything they have ever posted lol. just to see if there’s any obvious red flags or if there’s a vibe that I probably won’t click with.
Ditto, imagine getting busted because you didn't listen to your mind upstairs
GlimmeringGreen
Tourist
I married one
Though neither of us knew the other had interests in this community until many years later. I dont know where her interest started or if it was just one of those intrusive female thoughts that come around, but my interest started when my long-term girlfriend admitted to her dog fantasy when I was all of 16 or 17. While she never did anything IRL that I know of, she did ask me to watch videos with her. That basically peaked my intrigue back in the day. I forgot all about it until one day my wife and I had a very deep discussion that led to admitting those things. I don't even recall how it came about.