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	{{Infobox website		{{Infobox website
	\| name =		\| name = ZooVille Forum
	\| logo =		\| logo = NewZooVilleLogo-dark.webp
	\| logo_size =		\| logo_size = 256px
	\| logo_alt =		\| logo_alt = ZooVille Forum wordmark
	\| logo_caption =		\| logo_caption = New ZooVille logo
	\| screenshot =		\| screenshot = Zoovilleforum screenshot.webp
	\| screenshot_size =		\| screenshot_size = 300px
	\| screenshot_alt =		\| screenshot_alt = Screenshot of ZooVille Forum home page
	\| caption =		\| caption = Forum home page as of Dec. 2025
	\| website_type =		\| website_type = [[wikipedia:Internet forum\|Community forum]]
	\| language_count =		\| language_count = 6
	\| launched =		\| launched = {{#formatdate:2019-02-19\|mdy}}
	\| founder =		\| founder = [[ZTHorse]]
	\| industry =		\| industry = [[The Zoophile Community]]
	\| url =		\| url = [https://www.zoovilleforum.net/ zoovilleforum.net]
	\| ipv6 =		\| ipv6 = No
	\| users =		\| users = 292,700+ (Dec. 2025)
	\| current_status =		\| current_status = Active
	}}		}}
			'''ZooVille''' is a [[zoophilia]]-focused [[wikipedia:Internet forum\|online forum]] that opened on {{#formatdate:2019-02-19\|mdy}} and is currently the largest public social web site for [[zoophiles]] in the world, with over 292,700 registered users {{As of\|2025\|12\|20\|lc=on\|df=us\|url=https://www.zoovilleforum.net/}}.

	~~SECIUS WON~~		== Origin ==
			ZooVille's creation was instigated by the [[Beastforum]] announcement in January 2019 that it was preparing to shutdown operation. The primary founder is known as [[ZTHorse]], with assistance from several other active posters at Beastforum who felt the need for a public zoophile forum to remain on the open web. The nascent moderation team soon opened private chat rooms on Beastforum to invite prominent users into the initial funding phase and to begin circulating the news of a safe space for zoophiles who were seeking a replacement forum to the membership there at-large. As that stage, it was identified using the working codename "Project Exodus."
			[[File:Zooville logo 1.png\|right\|thumb\|300px\|alt=ZooVille wordmark light theme\|Light theme forum logo]]

	~~ГОЙДААААААААААААААААААААААААААААААААААААААААААААААААААААААААА~~		Project Exodus was considered to be complete once the initial startup funding goal had been achieved, domain name was registered (originally ''zooville.org'', now ''zoovilleforum.net'') and the web server brought online.
	[[~~index~~.~~php?~~title=Category:Websites]]
			== Social structure ==
			The ZooVille moderation team holds that the high amount of censorship and strict rules that had been imposed at [[Beastforum]] were a source of harm to the social growth of the [[The Zoophile Community\|zoo community]]. They decided to recreate the basic category structure from Beastforum but made targeted modifications to allow for more freedom of expression, and intentionally relaxed the amount of moderation on "colorful" speech and divisive topics.

			ZooVille promotes itself as a free speech commons, with tolerance for the open discussion of politics, religion and other polarizing, intersectional topics. Open dialog is welcomed by the moderation team, and encourages feedback and suggestions for policy modification directly from users.

			== User-created content policies ==
			ZooVille's content posting policies are objectively more stringent than had been enforced at Beastforum, with strict guidelines and an anti-[[Zoosadism\|abuse]] policy regarding user-posted content.<ref name="rules">{{Cite web\|author=((dogluver101))\|date=2020-10-22\|title=ZooVille Rules\|url=https://www.zoovilleforum.net/threads/zooville-rules.20410/\|website=ZooVille Forum\|url-access=registration\|url-status=live\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250418095054if_/https://www.zoovilleforum.net/threads/zooville-rules.20410/\|archive-date=2025-04-18\|access-date=2025-12-19\|df=mdy-all}}</ref>

			The forum is friendly to content creators and permits the posting of multimedia content without any access restrictions beyond user registration. They previously allowed the direct monetization of zoophilic content by creators via cryptocurrencies, subject to the guidelines of their respective legal jurisdiction.<ref name="monetization">{{Cite web\|author=ZTHorse\|author-link=ZTHorse\|date=2019-10-01\|title=How To Monetize Your Content\|url=https://www.zoovilleforum.net/threads/how-to-monetize-your-content.672/\|website=ZooVille Forum\|url-access=registration\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240427000531if_/https://www.zoovilleforum.net/threads/how-to-monetize-your-content.672/\|archive-date=2024-04-27\|access-date=2023-10-05\|df=mdy-all}}</ref>

			== Assets and funding ==
			ZooVille Forum is operated as a non-profit website, with operations funded through voluntary donations via cryptocurrency that are auditable by members and augmented via a single ad space.<ref name="donate">{{Cite web\|author=ZTHorse\|author-link=ZTHorse\|date=2019-09-27\|title=Donate to Zooville\|url=https://www.zoovilleforum.net/threads/donate-to-zooville.11/\|website=ZooVille Forum\|url-access=registration\|url-status=live\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250408193206if_/https://www.zoovilleforum.net/threads/donate-to-zooville.11/\|archive-date=2025-04-08\|access-date=2025-12-19\|df=mdy-all}}</ref> This provides transparency over the operating expenditures and informs the user base about the economics of operating the site.

			There is no paywalled "VIP" members area or any exclusive sections of the site. The honorary title of "ZooVille Philanthropist" is given to those who donate at least US$50, but does not confer any special privileges beyond simple recognition.

			== Academic research participation ==
			ZooVille is currently collaborating with researchers from two universities to produce research studies into zoophilia. Their first academic partner was Northwestern University,<ref name="northwestern">{{Cite web\|author=ZTHorse\|author-link=ZTHorse\|date=2020-06-17\|title=Northwestern Zoophilia Study & Survey - Phase 2\|url=https://www.zoovilleforum.net/threads/northwestern-zoophilia-study-survey-phase-2.13927/\|website=ZooVille Forum\|url-access=registration\|url-status=live\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250425011730if_/https://www.zoovilleforum.net/threads/northwestern-zoophilia-study-survey-phase-2.13927/\|archive-date=2025-04-25\|access-date=2025-12-19\|df=mdy-all}}</ref> announced on {{#formatdate:2020-06-17\|mdy}} and spearheaded by Michael J. Bailey, Ph.D. That was followed on {{#formatdate:2020-09-16\|mdy}} by the launch of a study conducted by the University of Saskatchewan,<ref name="saskatchewan">{{Cite web\|author=ZTHorse\|author-link=ZTHorse\|date=2020-09-16\|title=University of Saskatchewan Zoophilia Study\|url=https://www.zoovilleforum.net/threads/university-of-saskatchewan-zoophilia-study.18443/\|website=ZooVille Forum\|url-access=registration\|url-status=live\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240427004112if_/https://www.zoovilleforum.net/threads/university-of-saskatchewan-zoophilia-study.18443/\|archive-date=2024-04-27\|access-date=2025-12-19\|df=mdy-all}}</ref> headed by Alexandra Zidenberg under the oversight of professor Dr. Mark Olver.

			== September 2019 data leak ==
			When the site first launched, it used the well-known vBulletin 5 forum software. When the site fell victim several months later to a then-undisclosed security exploit (known as a "zero-day" attack), the vBulletin user database became exposed and was exfiltrated by an unknown attacker. The same fate was suffered by many vBulletin-based web sites during the same time period, consistently resulting in similar data exposures.<ref name="security">{{Cite web\|last=Zorz\|first=Zeljka\|date=2020-08-11\|title=Exploits for vBulletin zero-day released, attacks are ongoing\|url=https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2020/08/11/fix-cve-2019-16759/\|website=Help Net Security\|url-status=live\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201014061737if_/https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2020/08/11/fix-cve-2019-16759/\|archive-date=2020-10-14\|access-date=2025-12-20\|df=mdy-all}}</ref> Later analysis concluded that the attack wasn't targeted towards ZooVille specifically, and to-date no extortion demands or other attempts to leverage the data have been directed at the moderation team. Those first eight months of operation using vBulletin from February to September 2019 have since been dubbed by several community members as the "ZooVille v1.0" phase (a reference to software versioning and more specifically early, untested releases).

			Shortly after the security breach, ZooVille switched to using the Xenforo forum software. In the interests of member security, no records from the original database were migrated and all previous members were required to re-register using an encrypted email service. Other measures to increase overall security were also put into place at this time, including purging user IP addresses from the server logs on a regular basis, in the hopes of minimizing the attack surface surrounding user identity in the event of another data loss event.

			== References ==
			<references />

			== External links ==
			* [https://www.zoovilleforum.net/ Official website]


			[[Category:Websites]]

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	{{Infobox website		{{Infobox website
	\| name = ~~ZooVille Forum~~		\| name =
	\| logo = ~~NewZooVilleLogo-dark.webp~~		\| logo =
	\| logo_size = ~~256px~~		\| logo_size =
	\| logo_alt = ~~ZooVille Forum wordmark~~		\| logo_alt =
	\| logo_caption = ~~New ZooVille logo~~		\| logo_caption =
	\| screenshot = ~~Zoovilleforum screenshot.webp~~		\| screenshot =
	\| screenshot_size = ~~300px~~		\| screenshot_size =
	\| screenshot_alt = ~~Screenshot of ZooVille Forum home page~~		\| screenshot_alt =
	\| caption = ~~Forum home page as of Dec. 2025~~		\| caption =
	\| website_type = ~~[[wikipedia:Internet forum\|Community forum]]~~		\| website_type =
	\| language_count = 6		\| language_count =
	\| launched = ~~{{#formatdate:2019-02-19\|mdy}}~~		\| launched =
	\| founder = ~~[[ZTHorse]]~~		\| founder =
	\| industry = ~~[[The Zoophile Community]]~~		\| industry =
	\| url = ~~[https://www.zoovilleforum.net/ zoovilleforum.net]~~		\| url =
	\| ipv6 = No		\| ipv6 =
	\| users = ~~292,700+ (Dec. 2025)~~		\| users =
	\| current_status = ~~Active~~		\| current_status =
	}}		}}
	'''ZooVille''' is a [[zoophilia]]-focused [[wikipedia:Internet forum\|online forum]] that opened on {{#formatdate:2019-02-19\|mdy}} and is currently the largest public social web site for [[zoophiles]] in the world, with over 292,700 registered users {{As of\|2025\|12\|20\|lc=on\|df=us\|url=https://www.zoovilleforum.net/}}.

	~~== Origin ==~~		SECIUS WON
	ZooVille's creation was instigated by the [[Beastforum]] announcement in January 2019 that it was preparing to shutdown operation. The primary founder is known as [[ZTHorse]], with assistance from several other active posters at Beastforum who felt the need for a public zoophile forum to remain on the open web. The nascent moderation team soon opened private chat rooms on Beastforum to invite prominent users into the initial funding phase and to begin circulating the news of a safe space for zoophiles who were seeking a replacement forum to the membership there at-large. As that stage, it was identified using the working codename "Project Exodus."
	~~[[File:Zooville logo 1.png\|right\|thumb\|300px\|alt=ZooVille wordmark light theme\|Light theme forum logo]]~~

	Project Exodus was considered to be complete once the initial startup funding goal had been achieved, domain name was registered (originally ''zooville.org'', now ''zoovilleforum.net'') and the web server brought online.		ГОЙДААААААААААААААААААААААААААААААААААААААААААААААААААААААААА
			[[index.php?title=Category:Websites]]
	~~== Social structure ==~~
	The ZooVille moderation team holds that the high amount of censorship and strict rules that had been imposed at [[Beastforum]] were a source of harm to the social growth of the [[The Zoophile Community\|zoo community]]. They decided to recreate the basic category structure from Beastforum but made targeted modifications to allow for more freedom of expression, and intentionally relaxed the amount of moderation on "colorful" speech and divisive topics.

	ZooVille promotes itself as a free speech commons, with tolerance for the open discussion of politics, religion and other polarizing, intersectional topics. Open dialog is welcomed by the moderation team, and encourages feedback and suggestions for policy modification directly from users.

	~~== User-created content policies ==~~
	~~ZooVille's content posting policies are objectively more stringent than had been enforced at Beastforum, with strict guidelines and an anti-~~[[Zoosadism\|abuse]] policy regarding user-posted content.<ref name="rules">{{Cite web\|author=((dogluver101))\|date=2020-10-22\|title=ZooVille Rules\|url=https://www.zoovilleforum.net/threads/zooville-rules.20410/\|website=ZooVille Forum\|url-access=registration\|url-status=live\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250418095054if_/https://www.zoovilleforum.net/threads/zooville-rules.20410/\|archive-date=2025-04-18\|access-date=2025-12-19\|df=mdy-all}}</ref>

	The forum is friendly to content creators and permits the posting of multimedia content without any access restrictions beyond user registration. They previously allowed the direct monetization of zoophilic content by creators via cryptocurrencies, subject to the guidelines of their respective legal jurisdiction.<ref name="monetization">{{Cite web\|author=ZTHorse\|author-link=ZTHorse\|date=2019-10-01\|title=How To Monetize Your Content\|url=https://www.zoovilleforum.net/threads/how-to-monetize-your-content.672/\|website=ZooVille Forum\|url-access=registration\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240427000531if_/https://www.zoovilleforum.net/threads/how-to-monetize-your-content.672/\|archive-date=2024-04-27\|access-date=2023-10-05\|df=mdy-all}}</ref>

	~~== Assets and funding ==~~
	ZooVille Forum is operated as a non-profit website, with operations funded through voluntary donations via cryptocurrency that are auditable by members and augmented via a single ad space.<ref name="donate">{{Cite web\|author=ZTHorse\|author-link=ZTHorse\|date=2019-09-27\|title=Donate to Zooville\|url=https://www.zoovilleforum.net/threads/donate-to-zooville.11/\|website=ZooVille Forum\|url-access=registration\|url-status=live\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250408193206if_/https://www.zoovilleforum.net/threads/donate-to-zooville.11/\|archive-date=2025-04-08\|access-date=2025-12-19\|df=mdy-all}}</ref> This provides transparency over the operating expenditures and informs the user base about the economics of operating the site.

	~~There is no paywalled "VIP" members area or any exclusive sections of the site~~. ~~The honorary~~ title ~~of "ZooVille Philanthropist" is given to those who donate at least US$50, but does not confer any special privileges beyond simple recognition.~~

	=~~= Academic research participation ==~~
	ZooVille is currently collaborating with researchers from two universities to produce research studies into zoophilia. Their first academic partner was Northwestern University,<ref name="northwestern">{{Cite web\|author=ZTHorse\|author-link=ZTHorse\|date=2020-06-17\|title=Northwestern Zoophilia Study & Survey - Phase 2\|url=https://www.zoovilleforum.net/threads/northwestern-zoophilia-study-survey-phase-2.13927/\|website=ZooVille Forum\|url-access=registration\|url-status=live\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250425011730if_/https://www.zoovilleforum.net/threads/northwestern-zoophilia-study-survey-phase-2.13927/\|archive-date=2025-04-25\|access-date=2025-12-19\|df=mdy-all}}</ref> announced on {{#formatdate:2020-06-17\|mdy}} and spearheaded by Michael J. Bailey, Ph.D. That was followed on {{#formatdate:2020-09-16\|mdy}} by the launch of a study conducted by the University of Saskatchewan,<ref name="saskatchewan">{{Cite web\|author=ZTHorse\|author-link=ZTHorse\|date=2020-09-16\|title=University of Saskatchewan Zoophilia Study\|url=https://www.zoovilleforum.net/threads/university-of-saskatchewan-zoophilia-study.18443/\|website=ZooVille Forum\|url-access=registration\|url-status=live\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240427004112if_/https://www.zoovilleforum.net/threads/university-of-saskatchewan-zoophilia-study.18443/\|archive-date=2024-04-27\|access-date=2025-12-19\|df=mdy-all}}</ref> headed by Alexandra Zidenberg under the oversight of professor Dr. Mark Olver.

	~~== September 2019 data leak ==~~
	When the site first launched, it used the well-known vBulletin 5 forum software. When the site fell victim several months later to a then-undisclosed security exploit (known as a "zero-day" attack), the vBulletin user database became exposed and was exfiltrated by an unknown attacker. The same fate was suffered by many vBulletin-based web sites during the same time period, consistently resulting in similar data exposures.<ref name="security">{{Cite web\|last=Zorz\|first=Zeljka\|date=2020-08-11\|title=Exploits for vBulletin zero-day released, attacks are ongoing\|url=https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2020/08/11/fix-cve-2019-16759/\|website=Help Net Security\|url-status=live\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201014061737if_/https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2020/08/11/fix-cve-2019-16759/\|archive-date=2020-10-14\|access-date=2025-12-20\|df=mdy-all}}</ref> Later analysis concluded that the attack wasn't targeted towards ZooVille specifically, and to-date no extortion demands or other attempts to leverage the data have been directed at the moderation team. Those first eight months of operation using vBulletin from February to September 2019 have since been dubbed by several community members as the "ZooVille v1.0" phase (a reference to software versioning and more specifically early, untested releases).

	Shortly after the security breach, ZooVille switched to using the Xenforo forum software. In the interests of member security, no records from the original database were migrated and all previous members were required to re-register using an encrypted email service. Other measures to increase overall security were also put into place at this time, including purging user IP addresses from the server logs on a regular basis, in the hopes of minimizing the attack surface surrounding user identity in the event of another data loss event.

	~~== References ==~~
	~~<references />~~

	~~== External links ==~~
	* [https://www.zoovilleforum.net/ Official website]


	[[Category:Websites]]

Bloit at 22:47, 29 March 2026

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	[[File:~~Irl husky pupper yiff machine~~.~~webp~~\|thumb\|~~fatniggerfurry~~.~~com~~]]		{{Infobox website
	{{~~Template~~:~~Col~~-~~break~~}}~~[[index~~.~~php?~~title=Category:Websites]]		\| name = ZooVille Forum
			\| logo = NewZooVilleLogo-dark.webp
			\| logo_size = 256px
			\| logo_alt = ZooVille Forum wordmark
			\| logo_caption = New ZooVille logo
			\| screenshot = Zoovilleforum screenshot.webp
			\| screenshot_size = 300px
			\| screenshot_alt = Screenshot of ZooVille Forum home page
			\| caption = Forum home page as of Dec. 2025
			\| website_type = [[wikipedia:Internet forum\|Community forum]]
			\| language_count = 6
			\| launched = {{#formatdate:2019-02-19\|mdy}}
			\| founder = [[ZTHorse]]
			\| industry = [[The Zoophile Community]]
			\| url = [https://www.zoovilleforum.net/ zoovilleforum.net]
			\| ipv6 = No
			\| users = 292,700+ (Dec. 2025)
			\| current_status = Active
			}}
			'''ZooVille''' is a [[zoophilia]]-focused [[wikipedia:Internet forum\|online forum]] that opened on {{#formatdate:2019-02-19\|mdy}} and is currently the largest public social web site for [[zoophiles]] in the world, with over 292,700 registered users {{As of\|2025\|12\|20\|lc=on\|df=us\|url=https://www.zoovilleforum.net/}}.

			== Origin ==
			ZooVille's creation was instigated by the [[Beastforum]] announcement in January 2019 that it was preparing to shutdown operation. The primary founder is known as [[ZTHorse]], with assistance from several other active posters at Beastforum who felt the need for a public zoophile forum to remain on the open web. The nascent moderation team soon opened private chat rooms on Beastforum to invite prominent users into the initial funding phase and to begin circulating the news of a safe space for zoophiles who were seeking a replacement forum to the membership there at-large. As that stage, it was identified using the working codename "Project Exodus."
			[[File:Zooville logo 1.png\|right\|thumb\|300px\|alt=ZooVille wordmark light theme\|Light theme forum logo]]

			Project Exodus was considered to be complete once the initial startup funding goal had been achieved, domain name was registered (originally ''zooville.org'', now ''zoovilleforum.net'') and the web server brought online.

			== Social structure ==
			The ZooVille moderation team holds that the high amount of censorship and strict rules that had been imposed at [[Beastforum]] were a source of harm to the social growth of the [[The Zoophile Community\|zoo community]]. They decided to recreate the basic category structure from Beastforum but made targeted modifications to allow for more freedom of expression, and intentionally relaxed the amount of moderation on "colorful" speech and divisive topics.

			ZooVille promotes itself as a free speech commons, with tolerance for the open discussion of politics, religion and other polarizing, intersectional topics. Open dialog is welcomed by the moderation team, and encourages feedback and suggestions for policy modification directly from users.

			== User-created content policies ==
			ZooVille's content posting policies are objectively more stringent than had been enforced at Beastforum, with strict guidelines and an anti-[[Zoosadism\|abuse]] policy regarding user-posted content.<ref name="rules">{{Cite web\|author=((dogluver101))\|date=2020-10-22\|title=ZooVille Rules\|url=https://www.zoovilleforum.net/threads/zooville-rules.20410/\|website=ZooVille Forum\|url-access=registration\|url-status=live\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250418095054if_/https://www.zoovilleforum.net/threads/zooville-rules.20410/\|archive-date=2025-04-18\|access-date=2025-12-19\|df=mdy-all}}</ref>

			The forum is friendly to content creators and permits the posting of multimedia content without any access restrictions beyond user registration. They previously allowed the direct monetization of zoophilic content by creators via cryptocurrencies, subject to the guidelines of their respective legal jurisdiction.<ref name="monetization">{{Cite web\|author=ZTHorse\|author-link=ZTHorse\|date=2019-10-01\|title=How To Monetize Your Content\|url=https://www.zoovilleforum.net/threads/how-to-monetize-your-content.672/\|website=ZooVille Forum\|url-access=registration\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240427000531if_/https://www.zoovilleforum.net/threads/how-to-monetize-your-content.672/\|archive-date=2024-04-27\|access-date=2023-10-05\|df=mdy-all}}</ref>

			== Assets and funding ==
			ZooVille Forum is operated as a non-profit website, with operations funded through voluntary donations via cryptocurrency that are auditable by members and augmented via a single ad space.<ref name="donate">{{Cite web\|author=ZTHorse\|author-link=ZTHorse\|date=2019-09-27\|title=Donate to Zooville\|url=https://www.zoovilleforum.net/threads/donate-to-zooville.11/\|website=ZooVille Forum\|url-access=registration\|url-status=live\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250408193206if_/https://www.zoovilleforum.net/threads/donate-to-zooville.11/\|archive-date=2025-04-08\|access-date=2025-12-19\|df=mdy-all}}</ref> This provides transparency over the operating expenditures and informs the user base about the economics of operating the site.

			There is no paywalled "VIP" members area or any exclusive sections of the site. The honorary title of "ZooVille Philanthropist" is given to those who donate at least US$50, but does not confer any special privileges beyond simple recognition.

			== Academic research participation ==
			ZooVille is currently collaborating with researchers from two universities to produce research studies into zoophilia. Their first academic partner was Northwestern University,<ref name="northwestern">{{Cite web\|author=ZTHorse\|author-link=ZTHorse\|date=2020-06-17\|title=Northwestern Zoophilia Study & Survey - Phase 2\|url=https://www.zoovilleforum.net/threads/northwestern-zoophilia-study-survey-phase-2.13927/\|website=ZooVille Forum\|url-access=registration\|url-status=live\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250425011730if_/https://www.zoovilleforum.net/threads/northwestern-zoophilia-study-survey-phase-2.13927/\|archive-date=2025-04-25\|access-date=2025-12-19\|df=mdy-all}}</ref> announced on {{#formatdate:2020-06-17\|mdy}} and spearheaded by Michael J. Bailey, Ph.D. That was followed on {{#formatdate:2020-09-16\|mdy}} by the launch of a study conducted by the University of Saskatchewan,<ref name="saskatchewan">{{Cite web\|author=ZTHorse\|author-link=ZTHorse\|date=2020-09-16\|title=University of Saskatchewan Zoophilia Study\|url=https://www.zoovilleforum.net/threads/university-of-saskatchewan-zoophilia-study.18443/\|website=ZooVille Forum\|url-access=registration\|url-status=live\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240427004112if_/https://www.zoovilleforum.net/threads/university-of-saskatchewan-zoophilia-study.18443/\|archive-date=2024-04-27\|access-date=2025-12-19\|df=mdy-all}}</ref> headed by Alexandra Zidenberg under the oversight of professor Dr. Mark Olver.

			== September 2019 data leak ==
			When the site first launched, it used the well-known vBulletin 5 forum software. When the site fell victim several months later to a then-undisclosed security exploit (known as a "zero-day" attack), the vBulletin user database became exposed and was exfiltrated by an unknown attacker. The same fate was suffered by many vBulletin-based web sites during the same time period, consistently resulting in similar data exposures.<ref name="security">{{Cite web\|last=Zorz\|first=Zeljka\|date=2020-08-11\|title=Exploits for vBulletin zero-day released, attacks are ongoing\|url=https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2020/08/11/fix-cve-2019-16759/\|website=Help Net Security\|url-status=live\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201014061737if_/https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2020/08/11/fix-cve-2019-16759/\|archive-date=2020-10-14\|access-date=2025-12-20\|df=mdy-all}}</ref> Later analysis concluded that the attack wasn't targeted towards ZooVille specifically, and to-date no extortion demands or other attempts to leverage the data have been directed at the moderation team. Those first eight months of operation using vBulletin from February to September 2019 have since been dubbed by several community members as the "ZooVille v1.0" phase (a reference to software versioning and more specifically early, untested releases).

			Shortly after the security breach, ZooVille switched to using the Xenforo forum software. In the interests of member security, no records from the original database were migrated and all previous members were required to re-register using an encrypted email service. Other measures to increase overall security were also put into place at this time, including purging user IP addresses from the server logs on a regular basis, in the hopes of minimizing the attack surface surrounding user identity in the event of another data loss event.

			== References ==
			<references />

			== External links ==
			* [https://www.zoovilleforum.net/ Official website]


			[[Category:Websites]]

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	~~{{Infobox website~~		[[File:Irl husky pupper yiff machine.webp\|thumb\|fatniggerfurry.com]]
	~~\| name = ZooVille Forum~~		[[index.php?title=Category:Websites]]
	~~\| logo = NewZooVilleLogo-dark.webp~~
	~~\| logo_size = 256px~~
	~~\| logo_alt = ZooVille Forum wordmark~~
	~~\| logo_caption = New ZooVille logo~~
	~~\| screenshot = Zoovilleforum screenshot.webp~~
	~~\| screenshot_size = 300px~~
	~~\| screenshot_alt = Screenshot of ZooVille Forum home page~~
	~~\| caption = Forum home page as of Dec. 2025~~
	~~\| website_type = [[wikipedia:Internet forum\|Community forum]]~~
	~~\| language_count = 6~~
	~~\| launched = {{#formatdate:2019-02-19\|mdy}}~~
	~~\| founder = [[ZTHorse]]~~
	~~\| industry = [[The Zoophile Community]]~~
	~~\| url = [https://www.zoovilleforum.net/ zoovilleforum.net]~~
	~~\| ipv6 = No~~
	~~\| users = 292,700+ (Dec. 2025)~~
	~~\| current_status = Active~~
	}}
	'''ZooVille''' is a [[zoophilia]]-focused [[wikipedia:Internet forum\|online forum]] that opened on {{#formatdate:2019-02-19\|mdy}} and is currently the largest public social web site for [[zoophiles]] in the world, with over 292,700 registered users {{As of\|2025\|12\|20\|lc=on\|df=us\|url=https://www.zoovilleforum.net/}}.

	~~== Origin ==~~
	ZooVille's creation was instigated by the [[Beastforum]] announcement in January 2019 that it was preparing to shutdown operation. The primary founder is known as [[ZTHorse]], with assistance from several other active posters at Beastforum who felt the need for a public zoophile forum to remain on the open web. The nascent moderation team soon opened private chat rooms on Beastforum to invite prominent users into the initial funding phase and to begin circulating the news of a safe space for zoophiles who were seeking a replacement forum to the membership there at-large. As that stage, it was identified using the working codename "Project Exodus."
	[[File:~~Zooville logo 1~~.~~png\|right~~\|thumb\|~~300px\|alt=ZooVille wordmark light theme\|Light theme forum logo]]~~

	~~Project Exodus was considered to be complete once the initial startup funding goal had been achieved, domain name was registered (originally ''zooville~~.~~org'', now ''zoovilleforum.net'') and the web server brought online.~~

	~~== Social structure ==~~
	~~The ZooVille moderation team holds that the high amount of censorship and strict rules that had been imposed at [[Beastforum~~]] were a source of harm to the social growth of the [[The Zoophile Community\|zoo community]]. They decided to recreate the basic category structure from Beastforum but made targeted modifications to allow for more freedom of expression, and intentionally relaxed the amount of moderation on "colorful" speech and divisive topics.

	ZooVille promotes itself as a free speech commons, with tolerance for the open discussion of politics, religion and other polarizing, intersectional topics. Open dialog is welcomed by the moderation team, and encourages feedback and suggestions for policy modification directly from users.

	~~== User-created content policies ==~~
	~~ZooVille's content posting policies are objectively more stringent than had been enforced at Beastforum, with strict guidelines and an anti-~~[[~~Zoosadism\|abuse]] policy regarding user-posted content~~.<ref name="rules">{{Cite web\|author=((dogluver101))\|date=2020-10-22\|title=ZooVille Rules\|url=https://www.zoovilleforum.net/threads/zooville-rules.20410/\|website=ZooVille Forum\|url-access=registration\|url-status=live\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250418095054if_/https://www.zoovilleforum.net/threads/zooville-rules.20410/\|archive-date=2025-04-18\|access-date=2025-12-19\|df=mdy-all}}</ref>

	The forum is friendly to content creators and permits the posting of multimedia content without any access restrictions beyond user registration. They previously allowed the direct monetization of zoophilic content by creators via cryptocurrencies, subject to the guidelines of their respective legal jurisdiction.<ref name="monetization">{{Cite web\|author=ZTHorse\|author-link=ZTHorse\|date=2019-10-01\|title=How To Monetize Your Content\|url=https://www.zoovilleforum.net/threads/how-to-monetize-your-content.672/\|website=ZooVille Forum\|url-access=registration\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240427000531if_/https://www.zoovilleforum.net/threads/how-to-monetize-your-content.672/\|archive-date=2024-04-27\|access-date=2023-10-05\|df=mdy-all}}</ref>

	~~== Assets and funding ==~~
	ZooVille Forum is operated as a non-profit website, with operations funded through voluntary donations via cryptocurrency that are auditable by members and augmented via a single ad space.<ref name="donate">{{Cite web\|author=ZTHorse\|author-link=ZTHorse\|date=2019-09-27\|title=Donate to Zooville\|url=https://www.zoovilleforum.net/threads/donate-to-zooville.11/\|website=ZooVille Forum\|url-access=registration\|url-status=live\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250408193206if_/https://www.zoovilleforum.net/threads/donate-to-zooville.11/\|archive-date=2025-04-08\|access-date=2025-12-19\|df=mdy-all}}</ref> This provides transparency over the operating expenditures and informs the user base about the economics of operating the site.

	There is no paywalled "VIP" members area or any exclusive sections of the site. The honorary title of "ZooVille Philanthropist" is given to those who donate at least US$50, but does not confer any special privileges beyond simple recognition.

	~~== Academic research participation ==~~
	ZooVille is currently collaborating with researchers from two universities to produce research studies into zoophilia. Their first academic partner was Northwestern University,<ref name="northwestern">{{Cite web\|author=ZTHorse\|author-link=ZTHorse\|date=2020-06-17\|title=Northwestern Zoophilia Study & Survey - Phase 2\|url=https://www.zoovilleforum.net/threads/northwestern-zoophilia-study-survey-phase-2.13927/\|website=ZooVille Forum\|url-access=registration\|url-status=live\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250425011730if_/https://www.zoovilleforum.net/threads/northwestern-zoophilia-study-survey-phase-2.13927/\|archive-date=2025-04-25\|access-date=2025-12-19\|df=mdy-all}}</ref> announced on {{#formatdate:2020-06-17\|mdy}} and spearheaded by Michael J. Bailey, Ph.D. That was followed on {{#formatdate:2020-09-16\|mdy}} by the launch of a study conducted by the University of Saskatchewan,<ref name="saskatchewan">{{Cite web\|author=ZTHorse\|author-link=ZTHorse\|date=2020-09-16\|title=University of Saskatchewan Zoophilia Study\|url=https://www.zoovilleforum.net/threads/university-of-saskatchewan-zoophilia-study.18443/\|website=ZooVille Forum\|url-access=registration\|url-status=live\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240427004112if_/https://www.zoovilleforum.net/threads/university-of-saskatchewan-zoophilia-study.18443/\|archive-date=2024-04-27\|access-date=2025-12-19\|df=mdy-all}}</ref> headed by Alexandra Zidenberg under the oversight of professor Dr. Mark Olver.

	~~== September 2019 data leak ==~~
	When the site first launched, it used the well-known vBulletin 5 forum software. When the site fell victim several months later to a then-undisclosed security exploit (known as a "zero-day" attack), the vBulletin user database became exposed and was exfiltrated by an unknown attacker. The same fate was suffered by many vBulletin-based web sites during the same time period, consistently resulting in similar data exposures.<ref name="security">{{Cite web\|last=Zorz\|first=Zeljka\|date=2020-08-11\|title=Exploits for vBulletin zero-day released, attacks are ongoing\|url=https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2020/08/11/fix-cve-2019-16759/\|website=Help Net Security\|url-status=live\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201014061737if_/https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2020/08/11/fix-cve-2019-16759/\|archive-date=2020-10-14\|access-date=2025-12-20\|df=mdy-all}}</ref> Later analysis concluded that the attack wasn't targeted towards ZooVille specifically, and to-date no extortion demands or other attempts to leverage the data have been directed at the moderation team. Those first eight months of operation using vBulletin from February to September 2019 have since been dubbed by several community members as the "ZooVille v1.0" phase (a reference to software versioning and more specifically early, untested releases).

	Shortly after the security breach, ZooVille switched to using the Xenforo forum software. In the interests of member security, no records from the original database were migrated and all previous members were required to re-register using an encrypted email service. Other measures to increase overall security were also put into place at this time, including purging user IP addresses from the server logs on a regular basis, in the hopes of minimizing the attack surface surrounding user identity in the event of another data loss event.

	~~== References ==~~
	~~<references />~~

	~~== External links ==~~
	* [https://www.zoovilleforum.net/ Official website]


	[[Category:Websites]]

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	\| name = ZooVille Forum		\| name = ZooVille Forum
	\| logo = ~~Zooville_logo_1~~.~~png~~		\| logo = NewZooVilleLogo-dark.webp
	\| logo_size = 256px		\| logo_size = 256px
	\| logo_alt = ZooVille Forum wordmark		\| logo_alt = ZooVille Forum wordmark
	\| logo_caption = ~~Official~~ logo		\| logo_caption = New ZooVille logo
	\| website_type = Community forum		\| screenshot = Zoovilleforum screenshot.webp
	\| language_count = 6		\| screenshot_size = 300px
	\| launched = {{#formatdate:2019-02-19\|mdy}}		\| screenshot_alt = Screenshot of ZooVille Forum home page
	\| founder = [[ZTHorse]]		\| caption = Forum home page as of Dec. 2025
	\| industry = [[The Zoophile Community]]		\| website_type = [[wikipedia:Internet forum\|Community forum]]
	\| url = [https://www.zoovilleforum.net/ zoovilleforum.net]		\| language_count = 6
	\| ipv6 = No		\| launched = {{#formatdate:2019-02-19\|mdy}}
	\| users = 292,700+ (Dec. 2025)		\| founder = [[ZTHorse]]
	\| current_status = Active		\| industry = [[The Zoophile Community]]
			\| url = [https://www.zoovilleforum.net/ zoovilleforum.net]
			\| ipv6 = No
			\| users = 292,700+ (Dec. 2025)
			\| current_status = Active
	}}		}}
	'''ZooVille''' is a [[zoophilia]]-focused [[wikipedia:Internet forum\|online forum]] that opened on {{#formatdate:2019-02-19\|mdy}} and is currently the largest public social web site for [[zoophiles]] in the world, with over 292,700 registered users {{As of\|2025\|12\|20\|lc=on\|df=us\|url=https://www.zoovilleforum.net/}}.		'''ZooVille''' is a [[zoophilia]]-focused [[wikipedia:Internet forum\|online forum]] that opened on {{#formatdate:2019-02-19\|mdy}} and is currently the largest public social web site for [[zoophiles]] in the world, with over 292,700 registered users {{As of\|2025\|12\|20\|lc=on\|df=us\|url=https://www.zoovilleforum.net/}}.
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	== Origin ==		== Origin ==
	ZooVille's creation was instigated by the [[Beastforum]] announcement in January 2019 that it was preparing to shutdown operation. The primary founder is known as [[ZTHorse]], with assistance from several other active posters at Beastforum who felt the need for a public zoophile forum to remain on the open web. The nascent moderation team soon opened private chat rooms on Beastforum to invite prominent users into the initial funding phase and to begin circulating the news of a safe space for zoophiles who were seeking a replacement forum to the membership there at-large. As that stage, it was identified using the working codename "Project Exodus."		ZooVille's creation was instigated by the [[Beastforum]] announcement in January 2019 that it was preparing to shutdown operation. The primary founder is known as [[ZTHorse]], with assistance from several other active posters at Beastforum who felt the need for a public zoophile forum to remain on the open web. The nascent moderation team soon opened private chat rooms on Beastforum to invite prominent users into the initial funding phase and to begin circulating the news of a safe space for zoophiles who were seeking a replacement forum to the membership there at-large. As that stage, it was identified using the working codename "Project Exodus."
			[[File:Zooville logo 1.png\|right\|thumb\|300px\|alt=ZooVille wordmark light theme\|Light theme forum logo]]

	Project Exodus was considered to be complete once the initial startup funding goal had been achieved, domain name was registered (originally ''zooville.org'', now ''zoovilleforum.net'') and the web server brought online.		Project Exodus was considered to be complete once the initial startup funding goal had been achieved, domain name was registered (originally ''zooville.org'', now ''zoovilleforum.net'') and the web server brought online.

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	\| url = [https://www.zoovilleforum.net/ zoovilleforum.net]		\| url = [https://www.zoovilleforum.net/ zoovilleforum.net]
	\| ipv6 = No		\| ipv6 = No
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	\| current_status = Active		\| current_status = Active
	}}		}}
	'''ZooVille''' is a [[zoophilia]] forum that opened on {{#formatdate:2019-02-19\|mdy}} and is currently the largest public ~~zoophilia-centric~~ social web site in the world, with over ~~290~~,~~000~~ registered users {{As of\|2025\|11\|lc=on}}.		'''ZooVille''' is a [[zoophilia]]-focused [[wikipedia:Internet forum\|online forum]] that opened on {{#formatdate:2019-02-19\|mdy}} and is currently the largest public social web site for [[zoophiles]] in the world, with over 292,700 registered users {{As of\|2025\|12\|20\|lc=on\|df=us\|url=https://www.zoovilleforum.net/}}.

	== Origin ==		== Origin ==
	ZooVille's creation was instigated by the [[Beastforum]] announcement in January 2019 that it was preparing to shutdown operation. The primary founder is known as [[ZTHorse]], with assistance from several other ~~[[zoophiles]]~~ active at Beastforum who felt the need for a public [[zoophile]] forum to remain on the open web. The nascent moderation team soon opened private chat rooms on Beastforum to invite prominent users into the initial funding phase and to begin circulating the news of a safe space for zoophiles who were seeking a replacement forum to the membership there at-large. As that stage, it was identified using the working codename "Project Exodus."		ZooVille's creation was instigated by the [[Beastforum]] announcement in January 2019 that it was preparing to shutdown operation. The primary founder is known as [[ZTHorse]], with assistance from several other active posters at Beastforum who felt the need for a public zoophile forum to remain on the open web. The nascent moderation team soon opened private chat rooms on Beastforum to invite prominent users into the initial funding phase and to begin circulating the news of a safe space for zoophiles who were seeking a replacement forum to the membership there at-large. As that stage, it was identified using the working codename "Project Exodus."

	Project Exodus was considered to be complete once the initial startup funding goal had been achieved, ~~the~~ domain name registered (originally ''zooville.org'', now ''zoovilleforum.net'') and the web server ~~hosting the forum software was~~ brought online.		Project Exodus was considered to be complete once the initial startup funding goal had been achieved, domain name was registered (originally ''zooville.org'', now ''zoovilleforum.net'') and the web server brought online.

	== Social structure ==		== Social structure ==
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	== User-created content policies ==		== User-created content policies ==
	ZooVille's content posting policies are objectively more stringent than had been enforced at Beastforum, with strict guidelines and an anti-[[Zoosadism\|abuse]] policy regarding user-posted content.<ref name="rules">{{Cite web\|author=dogluver101\|date=2020-10-22\|title=ZooVille Rules\|url=https://www.zoovilleforum.net/threads/zooville-rules.20410/\|website=ZooVille Forum\|url-access=registration\|url-status=live\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250418095054if_/https://www.zoovilleforum.net/threads/zooville-rules.20410/\|archive-date=2025-04-18\|access-date=2025-12-19\|df=mdy-all}}</ref>		ZooVille's content posting policies are objectively more stringent than had been enforced at Beastforum, with strict guidelines and an anti-[[Zoosadism\|abuse]] policy regarding user-posted content.<ref name="rules">{{Cite web\|author=((dogluver101))\|date=2020-10-22\|title=ZooVille Rules\|url=https://www.zoovilleforum.net/threads/zooville-rules.20410/\|website=ZooVille Forum\|url-access=registration\|url-status=live\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250418095054if_/https://www.zoovilleforum.net/threads/zooville-rules.20410/\|archive-date=2025-04-18\|access-date=2025-12-19\|df=mdy-all}}</ref>

	The forum is friendly to content creators and permits the posting of multimedia content without any access restrictions beyond user registration. They previously allowed the direct monetization of zoophilic content by creators via cryptocurrencies, subject to the guidelines of their respective legal jurisdiction.<ref name="monetization">{{Cite web\|author=ZTHorse\|author-link=ZTHorse\|date=2019-10-01\|title=How To Monetize Your Content\|url=https://www.zoovilleforum.net/threads/how-to-monetize-your-content.672/\|website=ZooVille Forum\|url-access=registration\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240427000531if_/https://www.zoovilleforum.net/threads/how-to-monetize-your-content.672/\|archive-date=2024-04-27\|access-date=2023-10-05\|df=mdy-all}}</ref>		The forum is friendly to content creators and permits the posting of multimedia content without any access restrictions beyond user registration. They previously allowed the direct monetization of zoophilic content by creators via cryptocurrencies, subject to the guidelines of their respective legal jurisdiction.<ref name="monetization">{{Cite web\|author=ZTHorse\|author-link=ZTHorse\|date=2019-10-01\|title=How To Monetize Your Content\|url=https://www.zoovilleforum.net/threads/how-to-monetize-your-content.672/\|website=ZooVille Forum\|url-access=registration\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240427000531if_/https://www.zoovilleforum.net/threads/how-to-monetize-your-content.672/\|archive-date=2024-04-27\|access-date=2023-10-05\|df=mdy-all}}</ref>

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	~~[[File:~~Zooville_logo_1.png\|~~right~~\|~~thumb\|320px\|alt~~=ZooVille Forum ~~logo~~\|Official logo]]		{{Infobox website
	'''ZooVille''' is a [[zoophilia]] forum that opened on {{#formatdate:2019-02-19\|mdy}} and is currently the largest public zoophilia-centric social web site in the world, with over 290,000 registered users {{As of\|2025\|11\|lc=on~~\|df=US~~}}.		\| name = ZooVille Forum
			\| logo = Zooville_logo_1.png
			\| logo_size = 256px
			\| logo_alt = ZooVille Forum wordmark
			\| logo_caption = Official logo
			\| website_type = Community forum
			\| language_count = 6
			\| launched = {{#formatdate:2019-02-19\|mdy}}
			\| founder = [[ZTHorse]]
			\| industry = [[The Zoophile Community]]
			\| url = [https://www.zoovilleforum.net/ zoovilleforum.net]
			\| ipv6 = No
			\| users = 290,000+ (Nov. 2025)
			\| current_status = Active
			}}
			'''ZooVille''' is a [[zoophilia]] forum that opened on {{#formatdate:2019-02-19\|mdy}} and is currently the largest public zoophilia-centric social web site in the world, with over 290,000 registered users {{As of\|2025\|11\|lc=on}}.

	== Origin ==		== Origin ==
	ZooVille's creation was instigated by the [[Beastforum]] announcement in January 2019 that it was preparing to shutdown operation. The primary founder is known as [[ZTHorse]], with assistance from several other [[zoophiles]] active at Beastforum who felt the need for a public [[zoophile]] forum to remain on the open web. The nascent moderation team soon opened private chat rooms on Beastforum to invite prominent users into the initial funding phase and to begin circulating the news of a safe space for zoophiles who were seeking a replacement forum to the membership there at-large. As that stage, it was identified using the working codename "Project Exodus."		ZooVille's creation was instigated by the [[Beastforum]] announcement in January 2019 that it was preparing to shutdown operation. The primary founder is known as [[ZTHorse]], with assistance from several other [[zoophiles]] active at Beastforum who felt the need for a public [[zoophile]] forum to remain on the open web. The nascent moderation team soon opened private chat rooms on Beastforum to invite prominent users into the initial funding phase and to begin circulating the news of a safe space for zoophiles who were seeking a replacement forum to the membership there at-large. As that stage, it was identified using the working codename "Project Exodus."

	Project Exodus was considered to be complete once the initial startup funding goal had been achieved, the ~~original~~ domain name, zooville.org (now zoovilleforum.net)~~, registered~~ and the web server hosting the forum software brought online.		Project Exodus was considered to be complete once the initial startup funding goal had been achieved, the domain name registered (originally ''zooville.org'', now ''zoovilleforum.net'') and the web server hosting the forum software was brought online.

	== Social structure ==		== Social structure ==
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	== User-created content policies ==		== User-created content policies ==
	ZooVille's content posting policies are objectively more stringent than had been enforced at Beastforum, with strict guidelines and an anti-[[Zoosadism\|abuse]] policy regarding user-posted content.<ref name="rules">{{Cite web\|author=dogluver101\|date=2020-10-22\|title=ZooVille Rules\|url=https://www.zoovilleforum.net/threads/zooville-rules.20410/\|website=~~[[ZooVille\|~~ZooVille Forum]]\|url-access=registration\|url-status=live\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250418095054if_/https://www.zoovilleforum.net/threads/zooville-rules.20410/\|archive-date=2025-04-18\|access-date=2025-12-19\|df=mdy-all}}</ref>		ZooVille's content posting policies are objectively more stringent than had been enforced at Beastforum, with strict guidelines and an anti-[[Zoosadism\|abuse]] policy regarding user-posted content.<ref name="rules">{{Cite web\|author=dogluver101\|date=2020-10-22\|title=ZooVille Rules\|url=https://www.zoovilleforum.net/threads/zooville-rules.20410/\|website=ZooVille Forum\|url-access=registration\|url-status=live\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250418095054if_/https://www.zoovilleforum.net/threads/zooville-rules.20410/\|archive-date=2025-04-18\|access-date=2025-12-19\|df=mdy-all}}</ref>

	The forum is friendly to content creators and permits the posting of multimedia content without any access restrictions beyond user registration. They previously allowed the direct monetization of zoophilic content by creators via cryptocurrencies, subject to the guidelines of their respective legal jurisdiction.<ref name="monetization">{{Cite web\|author=ZTHorse\|author-link=ZTHorse\|date=2019-10-01\|title=How To Monetize Your Content\|url=https://www.zoovilleforum.net/threads/how-to-monetize-your-content.672/\|website=~~[[ZooVille\|~~ZooVille Forum]]\|url-access=registration\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240427000531if_/https://www.zoovilleforum.net/threads/how-to-monetize-your-content.672/\|archive-date=2024-04-27\|access-date=2023-10-05\|df=mdy-all}}</ref>		The forum is friendly to content creators and permits the posting of multimedia content without any access restrictions beyond user registration. They previously allowed the direct monetization of zoophilic content by creators via cryptocurrencies, subject to the guidelines of their respective legal jurisdiction.<ref name="monetization">{{Cite web\|author=ZTHorse\|author-link=ZTHorse\|date=2019-10-01\|title=How To Monetize Your Content\|url=https://www.zoovilleforum.net/threads/how-to-monetize-your-content.672/\|website=ZooVille Forum\|url-access=registration\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240427000531if_/https://www.zoovilleforum.net/threads/how-to-monetize-your-content.672/\|archive-date=2024-04-27\|access-date=2023-10-05\|df=mdy-all}}</ref>

	== Assets and funding ==		== Assets and funding ==
	ZooVille Forum is operated as a non-profit website, with operations funded through voluntary donations via cryptocurrency that are auditable by members and augmented via a single ad space.<ref name="donate">{{Cite web\|author=ZTHorse\|author-link=ZTHorse\|date=2019-09-27\|title=Donate to Zooville\|url=https://www.zoovilleforum.net/threads/donate-to-zooville.11/\|website=~~[[ZooVille\|~~ZooVille Forum]]\|url-access=registration\|url-status=live\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250408193206if_/https://www.zoovilleforum.net/threads/donate-to-zooville.11/\|archive-date=2025-04-08\|access-date=2025-12-19\|df=mdy-all}}</ref> This provides transparency over the operating expenditures and informs the user base about the economics of operating the site.		ZooVille Forum is operated as a non-profit website, with operations funded through voluntary donations via cryptocurrency that are auditable by members and augmented via a single ad space.<ref name="donate">{{Cite web\|author=ZTHorse\|author-link=ZTHorse\|date=2019-09-27\|title=Donate to Zooville\|url=https://www.zoovilleforum.net/threads/donate-to-zooville.11/\|website=ZooVille Forum\|url-access=registration\|url-status=live\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250408193206if_/https://www.zoovilleforum.net/threads/donate-to-zooville.11/\|archive-date=2025-04-08\|access-date=2025-12-19\|df=mdy-all}}</ref> This provides transparency over the operating expenditures and informs the user base about the economics of operating the site.

	There is no paywalled "VIP" members area or any exclusive sections of the site. The honorary title of "ZooVille Philanthropist" is given to those who donate at least US$50, but does not confer any special privileges beyond simple recognition.		There is no paywalled "VIP" members area or any exclusive sections of the site. The honorary title of "ZooVille Philanthropist" is given to those who donate at least US$50, but does not confer any special privileges beyond simple recognition.

	== Academic research participation ==		== Academic research participation ==
	ZooVille is currently collaborating with researchers from two universities to produce research studies into zoophilia. Their first academic partner was Northwestern University,<ref name="northwestern">{{Cite web\|author=ZTHorse\|author-link=ZTHorse\|date=2020-06-17\|title=Northwestern Zoophilia Study & Survey - Phase 2\|url=https://www.zoovilleforum.net/threads/northwestern-zoophilia-study-survey-phase-2.13927/\|website=~~[[ZooVille\|~~ZooVille Forum]]\|url-access=registration\|url-status=live\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250425011730if_/https://www.zoovilleforum.net/threads/northwestern-zoophilia-study-survey-phase-2.13927/\|archive-date=2025-04-25\|access-date=2025-12-19\|df=mdy-all}}</ref> announced on {{#formatdate:2020-06-17\|mdy}} and spearheaded by Michael J. Bailey, Ph.D. That was followed on {{#formatdate:2020-09-16\|mdy}} by the launch of a study conducted by the University of Saskatchewan,<ref name="saskatchewan">{{Cite web\|author=ZTHorse\|author-link=ZTHorse\|date=2020-09-16\|title=University of Saskatchewan Zoophilia Study\|url=https://www.zoovilleforum.net/threads/university-of-saskatchewan-zoophilia-study.18443/\|website=~~[[ZooVille\|~~ZooVille Forum]]\|url-access=registration\|url-status=live\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240427004112if_/https://www.zoovilleforum.net/threads/university-of-saskatchewan-zoophilia-study.18443/\|archive-date=2024-04-27\|access-date=2025-12-19\|df=mdy-all}}</ref> headed by Alexandra Zidenberg under the oversight of professor Dr. Mark Olver.		ZooVille is currently collaborating with researchers from two universities to produce research studies into zoophilia. Their first academic partner was Northwestern University,<ref name="northwestern">{{Cite web\|author=ZTHorse\|author-link=ZTHorse\|date=2020-06-17\|title=Northwestern Zoophilia Study & Survey - Phase 2\|url=https://www.zoovilleforum.net/threads/northwestern-zoophilia-study-survey-phase-2.13927/\|website=ZooVille Forum\|url-access=registration\|url-status=live\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250425011730if_/https://www.zoovilleforum.net/threads/northwestern-zoophilia-study-survey-phase-2.13927/\|archive-date=2025-04-25\|access-date=2025-12-19\|df=mdy-all}}</ref> announced on {{#formatdate:2020-06-17\|mdy}} and spearheaded by Michael J. Bailey, Ph.D. That was followed on {{#formatdate:2020-09-16\|mdy}} by the launch of a study conducted by the University of Saskatchewan,<ref name="saskatchewan">{{Cite web\|author=ZTHorse\|author-link=ZTHorse\|date=2020-09-16\|title=University of Saskatchewan Zoophilia Study\|url=https://www.zoovilleforum.net/threads/university-of-saskatchewan-zoophilia-study.18443/\|website=ZooVille Forum\|url-access=registration\|url-status=live\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240427004112if_/https://www.zoovilleforum.net/threads/university-of-saskatchewan-zoophilia-study.18443/\|archive-date=2024-04-27\|access-date=2025-12-19\|df=mdy-all}}</ref> headed by Alexandra Zidenberg under the oversight of professor Dr. Mark Olver.

	== September 2019 data leak ==		== September 2019 data leak ==
	When the site first launched, it used the well-known vBulletin 5 forum software. When the site fell victim several months later to a then-undisclosed security exploit (known as a "zero-day" attack), the vBulletin user database became exposed and was exfiltrated by an unknown attacker. The same fate was suffered by many vBulletin-based web sites during the same time period, consistently resulting in similar data exposures.<ref name="security">{{Cite web\|last=Zorz\|first=Zeljka\|date=2020-08-11\|title=Exploits for vBulletin zero-day released, attacks are ongoing\|url=https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2020/08/11/fix-cve-2019-16759/\|website=Help Net Security\|url-status=live\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201014061737if_/https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2020/08/11/fix-cve-2019-16759/\|archive-date=2020-10-14\|access-date=2025-12-20\|df=mdy-all}}</ref> Later analysis concluded that the attack wasn't targeted towards ZooVille specifically, and to-date no extortion demands or other attempts to leverage the data have been directed at ~~ZooVille's~~ moderation team. Those first eight months in operation using vBulletin from February to September 2019 have since been dubbed by several community members as the "ZooVille v1.0" phase (a reference to software versioning and ~~especially~~ early, untested releases).		When the site first launched, it used the well-known vBulletin 5 forum software. When the site fell victim several months later to a then-undisclosed security exploit (known as a "zero-day" attack), the vBulletin user database became exposed and was exfiltrated by an unknown attacker. The same fate was suffered by many vBulletin-based web sites during the same time period, consistently resulting in similar data exposures.<ref name="security">{{Cite web\|last=Zorz\|first=Zeljka\|date=2020-08-11\|title=Exploits for vBulletin zero-day released, attacks are ongoing\|url=https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2020/08/11/fix-cve-2019-16759/\|website=Help Net Security\|url-status=live\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201014061737if_/https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2020/08/11/fix-cve-2019-16759/\|archive-date=2020-10-14\|access-date=2025-12-20\|df=mdy-all}}</ref> Later analysis concluded that the attack wasn't targeted towards ZooVille specifically, and to-date no extortion demands or other attempts to leverage the data have been directed at the moderation team. Those first eight months of operation using vBulletin from February to September 2019 have since been dubbed by several community members as the "ZooVille v1.0" phase (a reference to software versioning and more specifically early, untested releases).

	Shortly after the security breach, ZooVille switched to using the Xenforo forum software. In the interests of member security, no records from the original database were migrated and all previous members were required to re-register using an encrypted email service. Other measures to increase overall security were also put into place at this time, including purging user IP addresses from the server logs on a regular basis, in the hopes of minimizing the attack surface surrounding user identity in the event of another data loss event.		Shortly after the security breach, ZooVille switched to using the Xenforo forum software. In the interests of member security, no records from the original database were migrated and all previous members were required to re-register using an encrypted email service. Other measures to increase overall security were also put into place at this time, including purging user IP addresses from the server logs on a regular basis, in the hopes of minimizing the attack surface surrounding user identity in the event of another data loss event.

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	[[File:Zooville_logo_1.png\|thumb\|~~240px~~\|ZooVille~~.org~~'~~s Official Logo~~]]		[[File:Zooville_logo_1.png\|right\|thumb\|320px\|alt=ZooVille Forum logo\|Official logo]]
			'''ZooVille''' is a [[zoophilia]] forum that opened on {{#formatdate:2019-02-19\|mdy}} and is currently the largest public zoophilia-centric social web site in the world, with over 290,000 registered users {{As of\|2025\|11\|lc=on\|df=US}}.

	ZooVille is a [[~~Zoophilia~~]] forum ~~created~~ on ~~February 22nd, 2019~~. ~~It is currently~~ the ~~largest Zoophilia social-media site in~~ the ~~world and stands as~~ of ~~November 2025 with 290~~,~~000 Users~~.		== Origin ==
			ZooVille's creation was instigated by the [[Beastforum]] announcement in January 2019 that it was preparing to shutdown operation. The primary founder is known as [[ZTHorse]], with assistance from several other [[zoophiles]] active at Beastforum who felt the need for a public [[zoophile]] forum to remain on the open web. The nascent moderation team soon opened private chat rooms on Beastforum to invite prominent users into the initial funding phase and to begin circulating the news of a safe space for zoophiles who were seeking a replacement forum to the membership there at-large. As that stage, it was identified using the working codename "Project Exodus."

			Project Exodus was considered to be complete once the initial startup funding goal had been achieved, the original domain name, zooville.org (now zoovilleforum.net), registered and the web server hosting the forum software brought online.

	==The ~~Start~~ of ~~ZooVille==~~		== Social structure ==
			The ZooVille moderation team holds that the high amount of censorship and strict rules that had been imposed at [[Beastforum]] were a source of harm to the social growth of the [[The Zoophile Community\|zoo community]]. They decided to recreate the basic category structure from Beastforum but made targeted modifications to allow for more freedom of expression, and intentionally relaxed the amount of moderation on "colorful" speech and divisive topics.

	ZooVille~~'s creation began when [[Beastforum]] announced its shutdown to its user base~~ a ~~month prior~~, ~~in January 2019. It was founded by [[ZTHorse]] and several other [[zoophiles]] from the ex-Beastforum membership who felt the continuing need~~ for ~~a [[zoophile]] forum on~~ the open ~~Web~~. ~~The new moderator~~ team ~~soon opened private chatrooms on Beastforum to invite prominent users from the forum into the initial funding phase~~, and ~~to gather as many zoophiles as possible~~ from ~~Beastforum. This was given the project name "exodus"~~.		ZooVille promotes itself as a free speech commons, with tolerance for the open discussion of politics, religion and other polarizing, intersectional topics. Open dialog is welcomed by the moderation team, and encourages feedback and suggestions for policy modification directly from users.

	~~After Project Exodus was complete~~, ~~the initial startup funding was achieved~~ and zooville.org ~~(now~~ zoovilleforum.net~~) was launched~~.		== User-created content policies ==
			ZooVille's content posting policies are objectively more stringent than had been enforced at Beastforum, with strict guidelines and an anti-[[Zoosadism\|abuse]] policy regarding user-posted content.<ref name="rules">{{Cite web\|author=dogluver101\|date=2020-10-22\|title=ZooVille Rules\|url=https://www.zoovilleforum.net/threads/zooville-rules.20410/\|website=[[ZooVille\|ZooVille Forum]]\|url-access=registration\|url-status=live\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250418095054if_/https://www.zoovilleforum.net/threads/zooville-rules.20410/\|archive-date=2025-04-18\|access-date=2025-12-19\|df=mdy-all}}</ref>

	== ~~Social Structure~~ ==		The forum is friendly to content creators and permits the posting of multimedia content without any access restrictions beyond user registration. They previously allowed the direct monetization of zoophilic content by creators via cryptocurrencies, subject to the guidelines of their respective legal jurisdiction.<ref name="monetization">{{Cite web\|author=ZTHorse\|author-link=ZTHorse\|date=2019-10-01\|title=How To Monetize Your Content\|url=https://www.zoovilleforum.net/threads/how-to-monetize-your-content.672/\|website=[[ZooVille\|ZooVille Forum]]\|url-access=registration\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240427000531if_/https://www.zoovilleforum.net/threads/how-to-monetize-your-content.672/\|archive-date=2024-04-27\|access-date=2023-10-05\|df=mdy-all}}</ref>

	~~The~~ ZooVille ~~moderation team held~~ that ~~the prevalence of censorship~~ and ~~strict rules on the previous~~ [[~~Beastforum~~]] ~~harmed~~ the ~~social growth of~~ the ~~[[zoo community]]. ZooVille took~~ the ~~base category structure~~ of ~~beast-forum and modified them to allow more freedom of expression and relax its moderation on speech and heated topics~~.		== Assets and funding ==
			ZooVille Forum is operated as a non-profit website, with operations funded through voluntary donations via cryptocurrency that are auditable by members and augmented via a single ad space.<ref name="donate">{{Cite web\|author=ZTHorse\|author-link=ZTHorse\|date=2019-09-27\|title=Donate to Zooville\|url=https://www.zoovilleforum.net/threads/donate-to-zooville.11/\|website=[[ZooVille\|ZooVille Forum]]\|url-access=registration\|url-status=live\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250408193206if_/https://www.zoovilleforum.net/threads/donate-to-zooville.11/\|archive-date=2025-04-08\|access-date=2025-12-19\|df=mdy-all}}</ref> This provides transparency over the operating expenditures and informs the user base about the economics of operating the site.

	~~ZooVille~~ is ~~a free-speech-centric forum and allows the open discussion~~ of ~~politics, religion and other heated topics that are inter-sectional with~~ the ~~zoophile community~~. ~~Open dialog~~ is ~~welcome with the moderation team~~, ~~allowing for modification of the forum directly from user feedback~~.		There is no paywalled "VIP" members area or any exclusive sections of the site. The honorary title of "ZooVille Philanthropist" is given to those who donate at least US$50, but does not confer any special privileges beyond simple recognition.

	== ~~Zoophilic Content Policies~~ ==		== Academic research participation ==
			ZooVille is currently collaborating with researchers from two universities to produce research studies into zoophilia. Their first academic partner was Northwestern University,<ref name="northwestern">{{Cite web\|author=ZTHorse\|author-link=ZTHorse\|date=2020-06-17\|title=Northwestern Zoophilia Study & Survey - Phase 2\|url=https://www.zoovilleforum.net/threads/northwestern-zoophilia-study-survey-phase-2.13927/\|website=[[ZooVille\|ZooVille Forum]]\|url-access=registration\|url-status=live\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250425011730if_/https://www.zoovilleforum.net/threads/northwestern-zoophilia-study-survey-phase-2.13927/\|archive-date=2025-04-25\|access-date=2025-12-19\|df=mdy-all}}</ref> announced on {{#formatdate:2020-06-17\|mdy}} and spearheaded by Michael J. Bailey, Ph.D. That was followed on {{#formatdate:2020-09-16\|mdy}} by the launch of a study conducted by the University of Saskatchewan,<ref name="saskatchewan">{{Cite web\|author=ZTHorse\|author-link=ZTHorse\|date=2020-09-16\|title=University of Saskatchewan Zoophilia Study\|url=https://www.zoovilleforum.net/threads/university-of-saskatchewan-zoophilia-study.18443/\|website=[[ZooVille\|ZooVille Forum]]\|url-access=registration\|url-status=live\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240427004112if_/https://www.zoovilleforum.net/threads/university-of-saskatchewan-zoophilia-study.18443/\|archive-date=2024-04-27\|access-date=2025-12-19\|df=mdy-all}}</ref> headed by Alexandra Zidenberg under the oversight of professor Dr. Mark Olver.

	~~ZooVille's content posting policies are more strict than Beastforum's were~~. ~~There are strict guidelines~~ and ~~anti~~-~~abuse policies involved~~ in ~~content posting and creation~~. <ref>[https://www.~~zoovilleforum~~.~~net~~/~~threads~~/~~zooville~~-~~rules~~.~~20410~~/ ~~ZooVille Rules]~~</ref>		== September 2019 data leak ==
			When the site first launched, it used the well-known vBulletin 5 forum software. When the site fell victim several months later to a then-undisclosed security exploit (known as a "zero-day" attack), the vBulletin user database became exposed and was exfiltrated by an unknown attacker. The same fate was suffered by many vBulletin-based web sites during the same time period, consistently resulting in similar data exposures.<ref name="security">{{Cite web\|last=Zorz\|first=Zeljka\|date=2020-08-11\|title=Exploits for vBulletin zero-day released, attacks are ongoing\|url=https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2020/08/11/fix-cve-2019-16759/\|website=Help Net Security\|url-status=live\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201014061737if_/https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2020/08/11/fix-cve-2019-16759/\|archive-date=2020-10-14\|access-date=2025-12-20\|df=mdy-all}}</ref> Later analysis concluded that the attack wasn't targeted towards ZooVille specifically, and to-date no extortion demands or other attempts to leverage the data have been directed at ZooVille's moderation team. Those first eight months in operation using vBulletin from February to September 2019 have since been dubbed by several community members as the "ZooVille v1.0" phase (a reference to software versioning and especially early, untested releases).

	~~The~~ forum ~~is friendly to content creators, allowing direct monetization~~ of ~~zoophilic content to its creators via cryptocurrencies, if they wished~~, and ~~if they follow guidelines within their respective countries. <ref>[https://www.zoovilleforum.net/threads/how-~~to-~~monetize-your-content~~.~~672/ How~~ to ~~Monetize your Content]</ref>~~		Shortly after the security breach, ZooVille switched to using the Xenforo forum software. In the interests of member security, no records from the original database were migrated and all previous members were required to re-register using an encrypted email service. Other measures to increase overall security were also put into place at this time, including purging user IP addresses from the server logs on a regular basis, in the hopes of minimizing the attack surface surrounding user identity in the event of another data loss event.

	== ~~Assets and Funding~~ ==		== References ==
			<references />

	~~Zoovilleforum.net is a non-profit website. It is funded through voluntary donations and via a single ad space. <ref>~~[https://www.zoovilleforum.net/~~threads/donate-to-zooville.11/ Donate to Zooville~~]~~</ref> Donations are accepted through cryptocurrencies and are auditable by the community. This allows transparency of community spending and keeps the user base aware of current operating costs.~~		== External links ==
			* [https://www.zoovilleforum.net/ Official website]
	There is no paid membership VIP area and there are no exclusive sections on the forum. There is an honorary title of "ZooVille Philanthropist" given to those who donate $50 or more. This does not give them any special privileges over other users.

	~~== Zoophilia Academic Research ==~~

	~~Zoovilleforum.net is currently working with two universities to produce research studies into zoophilia.~~

	The first is from Northwestern University <ref>[https://www.zoovilleforum.net/threads/northwestern-zoophilia-study-survey-phase-2.13927/ Northwestern Zoophillia Study Survey Phase 2]</ref>, and is being headed by Michael J. Bailey PHD.

	The Second is from the University of Saskatchewan <ref>[https://www.zoovilleforum.net/threads/university-of-saskatchewan-zoophilia-study.18443/ University of Saskatchewan Zoophillia Study]</ref>, and is being headed by Alexandra Zidenberg and overseen by Prof. Dr. Mark Olver.

	~~== September 2019 Data Leak ==~~

	~~The Initial Launch of zooville.org (now zoovilleforum.net) used the vBulletin forum software. This was considered zooville.org's 1.0 phase and lasted from Feburary 2019 until September 2019.~~

	This forum software was abandoned after the release (and subsequent exploitation) of a 0-day security breach, which allowed vBulletin to leak zooville.org's 1.0 database, as well as the data of many other major corporations. The leak wasn't a specific attack on the forum. <ref>[https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2020/08/11/fix-cve-2019-16759/ Help Net Security]</ref>

	After September 2019, ZooVille switched to Xenforo forum software. This switch-over meant all previous members had to re-register using encrypted email services. The forum also increased security measures and swept IP's from users on a regular basis in case of a future 0-day vulnerability on the software.

	~~==External links==~~
	* [https://www.zoovilleforum.net/ Official website]

	~~==References==~~
	~~<references />~~
	[[Category:Websites]]		[[Category:Websites]]

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	~~{{Infobox website~~		[[File:Irl husky pupper yiff machine.webp\|thumb\|fatniggerfurry.com]]
	~~\| name = ZooVille Forum~~		[[index.php?title=Category:Websites]]
	~~\| logo = NewZooVilleLogo-dark.webp~~
	~~\| logo_size = 256px~~
	~~\| logo_alt = ZooVille Forum wordmark~~
	~~\| logo_caption = New ZooVille logo~~
	~~\| screenshot = Zoovilleforum screenshot.webp~~
	~~\| screenshot_size = 300px~~
	~~\| screenshot_alt = Screenshot of ZooVille Forum home page~~
	~~\| caption = Forum home page as of Dec. 2025~~
	~~\| website_type = [[wikipedia:Internet forum\|Community forum]]~~
	~~\| language_count = 6~~
	~~\| launched = {{#formatdate:2019-02-19\|mdy}}~~
	~~\| founder = [[ZTHorse]]~~
	~~\| industry = [[The Zoophile Community]]~~
	~~\| url = [https://www.zoovilleforum.net/ zoovilleforum.net]~~
	~~\| ipv6 = No~~
	~~\| users = 292,700+ (Dec. 2025)~~
	~~\| current_status = Active~~
	}}
	'''ZooVille''' is a [[zoophilia]]-focused [[wikipedia:Internet forum\|online forum]] that opened on {{#formatdate:2019-02-19\|mdy}} and is currently the largest public social web site for [[zoophiles]] in the world, with over 292,700 registered users {{As of\|2025\|12\|20\|lc=on\|df=us\|url=https://www.zoovilleforum.net/}}.

	~~== Origin ==~~
	ZooVille's creation was instigated by the [[Beastforum]] announcement in January 2019 that it was preparing to shutdown operation. The primary founder is known as [[ZTHorse]], with assistance from several other active posters at Beastforum who felt the need for a public zoophile forum to remain on the open web. The nascent moderation team soon opened private chat rooms on Beastforum to invite prominent users into the initial funding phase and to begin circulating the news of a safe space for zoophiles who were seeking a replacement forum to the membership there at-large. As that stage, it was identified using the working codename "Project Exodus."
	[[File:~~Zooville logo 1~~.~~png\|right~~\|thumb\|~~300px\|alt=ZooVille wordmark light theme\|Light theme forum logo]]~~

	~~Project Exodus was considered to be complete once the initial startup funding goal had been achieved, domain name was registered (originally ''zooville~~.~~org'', now ''zoovilleforum.net'') and the web server brought online.~~

	~~== Social structure ==~~
	~~The ZooVille moderation team holds that the high amount of censorship and strict rules that had been imposed at [[Beastforum~~]] were a source of harm to the social growth of the [[The Zoophile Community\|zoo community]]. They decided to recreate the basic category structure from Beastforum but made targeted modifications to allow for more freedom of expression, and intentionally relaxed the amount of moderation on "colorful" speech and divisive topics.

	ZooVille promotes itself as a free speech commons, with tolerance for the open discussion of politics, religion and other polarizing, intersectional topics. Open dialog is welcomed by the moderation team, and encourages feedback and suggestions for policy modification directly from users.

	~~== User-created content policies ==~~
	~~ZooVille's content posting policies are objectively more stringent than had been enforced at Beastforum, with strict guidelines and an anti-~~[[~~Zoosadism\|abuse]] policy regarding user-posted content~~.<ref name="rules">{{Cite web\|author=((dogluver101))\|date=2020-10-22\|title=ZooVille Rules\|url=https://www.zoovilleforum.net/threads/zooville-rules.20410/\|website=ZooVille Forum\|url-access=registration\|url-status=live\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250418095054if_/https://www.zoovilleforum.net/threads/zooville-rules.20410/\|archive-date=2025-04-18\|access-date=2025-12-19\|df=mdy-all}}</ref>

	The forum is friendly to content creators and permits the posting of multimedia content without any access restrictions beyond user registration. They previously allowed the direct monetization of zoophilic content by creators via cryptocurrencies, subject to the guidelines of their respective legal jurisdiction.<ref name="monetization">{{Cite web\|author=ZTHorse\|author-link=ZTHorse\|date=2019-10-01\|title=How To Monetize Your Content\|url=https://www.zoovilleforum.net/threads/how-to-monetize-your-content.672/\|website=ZooVille Forum\|url-access=registration\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240427000531if_/https://www.zoovilleforum.net/threads/how-to-monetize-your-content.672/\|archive-date=2024-04-27\|access-date=2023-10-05\|df=mdy-all}}</ref>

	~~== Assets and funding ==~~
	ZooVille Forum is operated as a non-profit website, with operations funded through voluntary donations via cryptocurrency that are auditable by members and augmented via a single ad space.<ref name="donate">{{Cite web\|author=ZTHorse\|author-link=ZTHorse\|date=2019-09-27\|title=Donate to Zooville\|url=https://www.zoovilleforum.net/threads/donate-to-zooville.11/\|website=ZooVille Forum\|url-access=registration\|url-status=live\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250408193206if_/https://www.zoovilleforum.net/threads/donate-to-zooville.11/\|archive-date=2025-04-08\|access-date=2025-12-19\|df=mdy-all}}</ref> This provides transparency over the operating expenditures and informs the user base about the economics of operating the site.

	There is no paywalled "VIP" members area or any exclusive sections of the site. The honorary title of "ZooVille Philanthropist" is given to those who donate at least US$50, but does not confer any special privileges beyond simple recognition.

	~~== Academic research participation ==~~
	ZooVille is currently collaborating with researchers from two universities to produce research studies into zoophilia. Their first academic partner was Northwestern University,<ref name="northwestern">{{Cite web\|author=ZTHorse\|author-link=ZTHorse\|date=2020-06-17\|title=Northwestern Zoophilia Study & Survey - Phase 2\|url=https://www.zoovilleforum.net/threads/northwestern-zoophilia-study-survey-phase-2.13927/\|website=ZooVille Forum\|url-access=registration\|url-status=live\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250425011730if_/https://www.zoovilleforum.net/threads/northwestern-zoophilia-study-survey-phase-2.13927/\|archive-date=2025-04-25\|access-date=2025-12-19\|df=mdy-all}}</ref> announced on {{#formatdate:2020-06-17\|mdy}} and spearheaded by Michael J. Bailey, Ph.D. That was followed on {{#formatdate:2020-09-16\|mdy}} by the launch of a study conducted by the University of Saskatchewan,<ref name="saskatchewan">{{Cite web\|author=ZTHorse\|author-link=ZTHorse\|date=2020-09-16\|title=University of Saskatchewan Zoophilia Study\|url=https://www.zoovilleforum.net/threads/university-of-saskatchewan-zoophilia-study.18443/\|website=ZooVille Forum\|url-access=registration\|url-status=live\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240427004112if_/https://www.zoovilleforum.net/threads/university-of-saskatchewan-zoophilia-study.18443/\|archive-date=2024-04-27\|access-date=2025-12-19\|df=mdy-all}}</ref> headed by Alexandra Zidenberg under the oversight of professor Dr. Mark Olver.

	~~== September 2019 data leak ==~~
	When the site first launched, it used the well-known vBulletin 5 forum software. When the site fell victim several months later to a then-undisclosed security exploit (known as a "zero-day" attack), the vBulletin user database became exposed and was exfiltrated by an unknown attacker. The same fate was suffered by many vBulletin-based web sites during the same time period, consistently resulting in similar data exposures.<ref name="security">{{Cite web\|last=Zorz\|first=Zeljka\|date=2020-08-11\|title=Exploits for vBulletin zero-day released, attacks are ongoing\|url=https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2020/08/11/fix-cve-2019-16759/\|website=Help Net Security\|url-status=live\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201014061737if_/https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2020/08/11/fix-cve-2019-16759/\|archive-date=2020-10-14\|access-date=2025-12-20\|df=mdy-all}}</ref> Later analysis concluded that the attack wasn't targeted towards ZooVille specifically, and to-date no extortion demands or other attempts to leverage the data have been directed at the moderation team. Those first eight months of operation using vBulletin from February to September 2019 have since been dubbed by several community members as the "ZooVille v1.0" phase (a reference to software versioning and more specifically early, untested releases).

	Shortly after the security breach, ZooVille switched to using the Xenforo forum software. In the interests of member security, no records from the original database were migrated and all previous members were required to re-register using an encrypted email service. Other measures to increase overall security were also put into place at this time, including purging user IP addresses from the server logs on a regular basis, in the hopes of minimizing the attack surface surrounding user identity in the event of another data loss event.

	~~== References ==~~
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	~~== External links ==~~
	* [https://www.zoovilleforum.net/ Official website]


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	[[File:Zooville_logo_1.png\|thumb\|240px\|ZooVille.org's Official Logo]]		[[File:Zooville_logo_1.png\|thumb\|240px\|ZooVille.org's Official Logo]]

	ZooVille is a [[Zoophilia]] forum created on ~~Feburary~~ 22nd, 2019. It is currently the largest Zoophilia social-media site in the world and stands as of ~~September 2020~~ with 55,000 Users.		ZooVille is a [[Zoophilia]] forum created on February 22nd, 2019. It is currently the largest Zoophilia social-media site in the world and stands as of November 2025 with 290,000 Users.


	==The Start of ZooVille==		==The Start of ZooVille==

	ZooVille's creation began when [[Beastforum]] announced its shutdown to its ~~userbase~~ a month prior, in January 2019. It was founded by [[ZTHorse]] and several other [[zoophiles]] from the ex-Beastforum membership who felt the continuing need for a [[zoophile]] forum on the open Web. The new moderator team soon opened private chatrooms on Beastforum to invite prominent users from the forum into the initial funding phase, and to gather as many zoophiles as possible from Beastforum. This was given the project name "exodus".		ZooVille's creation began when [[Beastforum]] announced its shutdown to its user base a month prior, in January 2019. It was founded by [[ZTHorse]] and several other [[zoophiles]] from the ex-Beastforum membership who felt the continuing need for a [[zoophile]] forum on the open Web. The new moderator team soon opened private chatrooms on Beastforum to invite prominent users from the forum into the initial funding phase, and to gather as many zoophiles as possible from Beastforum. This was given the project name "exodus".

	After Project Exodus was complete, the initial startup funding was achieved and zooville.org (now zoovilleforum.net) was launched.		After Project Exodus was complete, the initial startup funding was achieved and zooville.org (now zoovilleforum.net) was launched.
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	== Zoophilic Content Policies ==		== Zoophilic Content Policies ==

	ZooVille's content posting policies are more strict than Beastforum's were. There are strict guidelines and anti-abuse policies involved in content posting and creation. <ref>[https://www.~~zooville~~.~~org~~/threads/zooville-rules.20410/ ZooVille Rules]</ref>		ZooVille's content posting policies are more strict than Beastforum's were. There are strict guidelines and anti-abuse policies involved in content posting and creation. <ref>[https://www.zoovilleforum.net/threads/zooville-rules.20410/ ZooVille Rules]</ref>

	The forum is friendly to content creators, allowing direct monetization of zoophilic content to its creators via cryptocurrencies, if they wished, and if they follow guidelines within their respective countries. <ref>[https://www.~~zooville~~.~~org~~/threads/how-to-monetize-your-content.672/ How to Monetize your Content]</ref>		The forum is friendly to content creators, allowing direct monetization of zoophilic content to its creators via cryptocurrencies, if they wished, and if they follow guidelines within their respective countries. <ref>[https://www.zoovilleforum.net/threads/how-to-monetize-your-content.672/ How to Monetize your Content]</ref>

	== Assets and Funding ==		== Assets and Funding ==

	~~Zooville.org (now zoovilleforum~~.net) is a non-profit website. It is funded through voluntary donations and via a single ad space. <ref>[https://www.~~zooville~~.~~org~~/threads/donate-to-zooville.11/ Donate to Zooville]</ref> Donations are accepted through cryptocurrencies and are auditable by the community. This allows transparency of community spending and keeps the ~~userbase~~ aware of current operating costs.		Zoovilleforum.net is a non-profit website. It is funded through voluntary donations and via a single ad space. <ref>[https://www.zoovilleforum.net/threads/donate-to-zooville.11/ Donate to Zooville]</ref> Donations are accepted through cryptocurrencies and are auditable by the community. This allows transparency of community spending and keeps the user base aware of current operating costs.

	There is no paid membership VIP area and there are no exclusive sections on the forum. There is an honorary title of "ZooVille Philanthropist" given to those who donate $50 or more. This does not give them any special privileges over other users.		There is no paid membership VIP area and there are no exclusive sections on the forum. There is an honorary title of "ZooVille Philanthropist" given to those who donate $50 or more. This does not give them any special privileges over other users.
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	== Zoophilia Academic Research ==		== Zoophilia Academic Research ==

	~~Zooville.org (now zoovilleforum~~.net) is currently working with two universities to produce research studies into zoophilia.		Zoovilleforum.net is currently working with two universities to produce research studies into zoophilia.

	The first is from Northwestern University <ref>[https://www.~~zooville~~.~~org~~/threads/northwestern-zoophilia-study-survey-phase-2.13927/ Northwestern Zoophillia Study Survey Phase 2]</ref>, and is being headed by Michael J. Bailey PHD.		The first is from Northwestern University <ref>[https://www.zoovilleforum.net/threads/northwestern-zoophilia-study-survey-phase-2.13927/ Northwestern Zoophillia Study Survey Phase 2]</ref>, and is being headed by Michael J. Bailey PHD.

	The Second is from the University of Saskatchewan <ref>[https://www.~~zooville~~.~~org~~/threads/university-of-saskatchewan-zoophilia-study.18443/ University of Saskatchewan Zoophillia Study]</ref>, and is being headed by Alexandra Zidenberg and overseen by Prof. Dr. Mark Olver.		The Second is from the University of Saskatchewan <ref>[https://www.zoovilleforum.net/threads/university-of-saskatchewan-zoophilia-study.18443/ University of Saskatchewan Zoophillia Study]</ref>, and is being headed by Alexandra Zidenberg and overseen by Prof. Dr. Mark Olver.

	== September 2019 Data Leak ==		== September 2019 Data Leak ==