I searched pawpet online and found out its just a puppet show online with cute hand puppets of anthro animals . I would buy a wolgon one xD
A pawpet is also involving one who has a fetish for paws, and being a paw slave for sexual and fetish means. I know because somebody had offered to be my pawpet. I tend to think this version is more then likely the one they are aiming for.
I remain skeptical of their intentions, parading "research" of furries like we are some kind of scientific anomaly. If they had any kind of sense they could easily understand its the enjoyment of Anthropomorphic things, both living and non. For both casual and sometimes fetish oriented means. Yet this fact seems to elude them as they'd rather investigate our fetishes then truly understand us. I'm sorry but I cannot be so optimistic to think this is any kind of real science or discovery. More then likely even if it were legit they would not understand the answers we gave unless they too were furries as being one is different for each individual. Its like asking why a cross dresser cross dresses, there is no logical reason save for the face it does something for that individual