Sweden To Ban Bestiality - Though Sex With Animals Is Legal Until Next Year
Sweden To Ban Bestiality - Though Sex With Animals Is Legal Until Next Year
Sara C Nelson — Huffington Post UK
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Sex with animals in Sweden will no longer be legal from next year.
The ban on bestiality will replace current guidelines which permit the act unless it can be proven the animal has been subjected to suffering.
“The government is now toughening bestiality laws so that there is no doubt that it’s prohibited to abuse animals,” Rural Affairs Minister Eskil Erlandsson announced in a statement.
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Sex with animals - like this elk - will be illegal in Sweden from January 1
He added: “There should be no doubt whatsoever that bestiality is unacceptable,” The Local reported.
From January 1, any sexual act with an animal will be punishable by a fine and/ or up to two years in prison – even if the animal shows no signs of injury or suffering.
"It's very good that the law will be changed," a spokesman for the Swedish Federation of Veterinarians, Johan Beck-Friis, told AFP.
"It's very important that society makes a clear statement that it is unacceptable to use animals that way," he said.
The amendment to the Animal Protection Code made it illegal to force an animal to commit "actions alien to the species".
The German legislation came amid a significant rise in the practice, with disturbing reports of the increasing popularity of “erotic zoos” where people sexually attracted to animals (known as zoophiles) are encouraged to visit and abuse animals including llamas and goats.
“Animals are much easier to understand that, say women.”
Beastly Accusations
Kurtis Peterson(01 of12)
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Peterson plead guilty to bestiality and was sentenced in April, 2013 to between one and 15 years in prison for having sex with two dogs. (credit:Muskegon County Jail)
Brandon Fanning(02 of12)
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Brandon Fanning, 19, is accused of having sex with a dog and, separately, an underage male. (credit:ECSO)
Kevin Dean Parrish(03 of12)
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Kevin Dean Parrish to Lyon, Oregon, deputies that he lost control with Kudo, his grandmother's 9-pound Chihuahua-Pincher, so he grabbed the dog and started punching it in the head with his fist. Then he tried to strangle the dog and then put him in an oven he had pre-heated to 350 degrees for his lunch. Parrish was arrested and booked at the Marion County Jail in Salem, Ore., on one count of Aggravated Abuse 1. (credit:AP Photo/Marion County Sheriff)
Suspect Sought In Sexual Assault Of Horses(04 of12)
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An owner and breeder of world class miniature horses in Florida is hoping video surveillance footage will help identify the person suspected of sexual assaulting several of her horses and killing her watch dog.The brutal sexual assaults have been ongoing since May 2012, according to the horse owner, Abby Conder, of Marion County.On Dec. 30, 2012, Conder got her first glimpse of the alleged perpetrator when she reviewed video footage from inside her barn that was recorded earlier that morning."Someone's got to know this man," Conder said. "He's been in this area at least 8 months now. These are babies I have raised and it's affected them psychologically. It's hard to get in a stall with them and I can't get near their rear ends to put a harness on them."Anyone who recognizes the subject in the video or has information about the animal sexual assaults is asked to contact the sheriff's department at 352-732-8181. (credit:Abby Conder)
Carlos Romero(05 of12)
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Carlos Romero was arrested Sept. 17 for having sexual contact with a miniature donkey. He told cops that Florida was was "backwards" since its residents "frown on zoophilia." (credit:Marion County Jail)
Malcom Brenner And His "Wet Goddess"(06 of12)
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In a book entitled "Wet Goddess," Malcom Brenner writes about a nine-month romantic--and sexual--affair between a man and a dolphin, a story that he says bears a striking resemblance to his own real-life experience.Brenner claims that in the 1970s, when he was in his 20s, he had an erotic relationship with a dolphin named Dolly.Read more.
Cody Slaughter And The World's Worst Interview(07 of12)
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Slaughter is accused of admitting to child molestation and bestiality during a job interview with the US Border Patrol.Read more. (credit:Yuma County Sheriff's Office)
Gerardo Perez(08 of12)
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Gerardo Perez, 50, was involved in a tour of a Chicago animal shelter when he disappeared from the group.A shelter employee claims to have found Perez in a restricted area, where it appeared he just had sex with a pit bull.Read the whole story here. (credit:Chicago Police Department)
Eric Antunes And The Oral Sex Loophole(09 of12)
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When officials searched the computer and cell phone of Florida man Eric Antunes in May 2012, they allegedly found child pornography, as well as photos of Antunes engaged in a sex act with his girlfriend's three-legged dog.The 29-year-old was arrested on charges of child pornography and bestiality, but prosecutors ultimately dropped the bestiality charges on the grounds of a technicality. This development raised the question of whether or not Florida bestiality law contains an "oral sex loophole."Read more.
Rodell Vereen, Repeat Offender(10 of12)
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A South Carolina man who twice pleaded guilty to having sex with a horse has been released from prison and put on probation, under the condition that he keep his distance from the horse. Rodell Vereen, pictured in this file photo, was released from prison after serving 16 months. Read more. (credit:Horry County Detention Center / AP)
Kimberly Lindsey, Arrested For Child Molestation And Bestiality(11 of12)
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Kimberly Lindsey (L) and Thomas Westerman were arrested on child molestation charges in October 2011. During the investigation, police also allegedly discovered photographs of Lindsey performing lewd acts on two pets.Read more.
Eric Steven Easley(12 of12)
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Easley pleaded guilty to raping a woman and sexually abusing a horse in October, 2012 in Wilmer, Ala. (credit:Mobile County Jail)