Bestiality  

On this episode of Animal Amicus, hosts Senior Policy Program Manager Nicole Pallotta and Managing Attorney David Rosengard discuss how the laws against bestiality have evolved throughout history, how bestiality is distinct from other animal cruelty laws, and recent court cases that have also tackled these questions.    Resources referenced in this episode along with additional relevant articles are listed below:   Animal Legal & Historical Center: Table of State Animal Sexual Assault Laws   North Carolina Law Review: The Law of Crime Against Nature by James R. Spence   UNC School of Government: The Legal Status of Bestiality by Jeffrey B. Welty   MDPI: Bestiality Law in the United States: Evolving Legislation with Scientific Limitations by Brian James Holoyda   Animal Legal & Historical Center: Detailed Discussion of Dog Fighting by Hanna Gibson   Wiley Online Library: Sexual Behavior in the Human Male by A.C. Kinsey et al.   The Physiological Society: Sexual Behaviour in the Human Female by A.C. Kinsey et al.   Gender and Sexuality in Critical Animal Studies by Amber E. George   Research Gate: Zoophilia and the Law: Legal Responses to a Rare Paraphilia by Brian Holoyda and William Newman   ZETA-VEREIN: ZETA Principles   American Psychiatric Association: Paraphilic Disorders   Newsweek: How Common Is Sex Between Different Species? That Monkey and Deer Are Not Alone by Kristin Hugo   Oyez: Lawrence v. Texas, 539 US 558 (2003)   Penn State Dickinson Law: The Future of Justice Scalia’s Predictions of Family Law Doom by Robert E. Rains   Animal Legal Defense Fund: Virginia Court of Appeals Upholds Bestiality Law by Nicole Pallotta   The University of the Pacific Law Review: Chapter 86: Nevada Finally Outlaws Bestiality by Emily Malhiot   Oyez: United States v. Stevens, 559 US 460 (2010)   The First Amendment Encyclopedia: Miller Test by David L. Hudson Jr.   Oyez: New York v. Ferber, 458 US 747 (1982)   Animal Legal Defense Fund: Fifth Circuit Rules that Animal Crush Video Law Prohibits Obscenity and Congress Has Significant Interest in Preventing Animal Cruelty   Animal Legal & Historical Center: Justice v. the State of Texas, 532 S.W.3d 862 (Tex. App. 2017).   Animal Welfare Institute: Preventing Animal Cruelty and Torture (PACT) Act   Preventing Animal Cruelty and Torture Act, H.R. 724, 116th Cong. (2019)   Animal Legal Defense Fund: What to Do if You Witness Animal Cruelty Online