The people who were called furries still exist. But beginning sometime around 2017 they kept changing the definition of a furry to include as many people as possible, so that the roadkill fuckers would look like a tiny minority. By the end of it they got the bar so low that 99% of people now qualify as furries. That was enough to make it go mainstream and somewhat conceal the zoofucker cult with some unsuspecting pawns. It helped that furries were known to be like 80% gay, so they could accuse anyone who criticizes furries of homophobia.