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Claims children are identifying as animals

Are the claims true? What are 'furries'? And is it all really about gender identity?

Are the claims true? What are 鈥渇urries鈥? And is it all really about gender identity?

Reports that a school child in Scotland identifies as a wolf have gone viral on social media. Some say stories like it are whipped up to attack trans gender identity; others that they are a sign of gender ideology running rampant in the education system. What do we know about the latest example? The child is said to identify as a 鈥渇urry鈥 - what does that mean? And what really happened when a child in south-east England was reported to identify as a cat?

Presenter: Adam Fleming
Producers: Simon Maybin, Arlene Gregorius, Beth Ashmead Latham, Caroline Bayley
Production coordinator: Janet Staples
Editor: Richard Vadon

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