Simple reason for Opera . . .
Half the operators are from Russia. It's equally popular with other browsers there, or perhaps moreso.
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There *was* actually a recent survey by UC Davis which included the number of furries with fursuits (which has grown to around 15%):
http://furry.wikia.com/wiki/News:UC_Davis_posts_furry_survey_results
If you want to know what the furries thought of CSI:
http://furry.wikia.com/wiki/CSI
As for the group that the author contacted:
http://furry.wikia.com/wiki/Bay_Area_Furry
The whole site's got 7,000 articles on all things furry. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Furry_fandom is pretty good, too.