Germanic zoophilia bites the dust...

[JimC]

Sex with animals banned


GERMANY'S upper house of parliament, the Bundesrat, has voted to criminalise for the first time ''using an animal for personal sexual activities'' and to punish offenders with fines of as much as $34,000.

It was the final legislative hurdle for a bill the lower house passed in December.

The vote follows months of debate that pitted so-called zoophiles against animal rights and protection advocates. Sexual mores seemed not to play a paramount role.

The ban, which carries only a misdemeanour charge, is an amendment to the country's animal protection law, which, among other things, regulates animal testing and the sale of animals, and prohibits animal abuse, including ''using an animal for personal sexual activities or making them available to third parties for sexual activities and thereby forcing them to behave in ways that are inappropriate to their species''.

Zoophiles argue that their relationships with their pets, or ''partners'' as they prefer, are entirely mutual. Michael Kiok, a co-director of Zoophilic Engagement for Tolerance and Enlightenment (ZETA), said animals were perfectly capable of expressing whether or not they desired sex.

Animal-rights groups have criticised the move. But David Zimmermann, who is also a co-director of ZETA, said: ''It's a sexual aspect that is entirely foreign to most people. They just see a man and think, 'What terrible things is he doing to that dog?'''

Mr Zimmermann had a Great Dane with which he occasionally had sex but it died four months ago, he said. Now he lives with his similarly zoophilic boyfriend and their celibate Dalmatian.

''For me, she's just a good friend that I care about very, very much. There's no sex,'' he said.

Read more: http://www.theage.com.au/world/sex-with ... z2JpFjdd84

The mind boggles...

[JimC]

I suppose I could have posted this in the "Non pet animals" thread...

Not heavy petting, at least...

[pErvinalia]

What did the animals have to say about this? They might have liked getting a bit of hooman action.

[JimC]

What did the animals have to say about this? They might have liked getting a bit of hooman action.

There needs to be an intensive research program. Perhaps a collaboration between Welsh and New Zealand universities...

[Horwood Beer-Master]

But since humans are animals, haven't the Germans in fact just banned sex?

[pErvinalia]

[Faithfree]

It's just the thin end of the wedge - next they'll target botanophila, and the bottom will drop out of the cucumber market.

[Horwood Beer-Master]

It's just the thin end of the wedge - next they'll target botanophila, and the bottom will drop out of the cucumber market.

Or the cucumber will drop out of the...




...never mind.

[Tero]

The term always has me thinking a few seconds. I always think the zoo means a whole menagerie.

Why don't we just call them petophiles?

[Bella Fortuna]

"Now he lives with his similarly zoophilic boyfriend and their celibate Dalmatian."

You really know you're a failure in life when you're a zoophile and your dog is celibate... or maybe the Dalmatian does all the housework.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

"Now he lives with his similarly zoophilic boyfriend and their celibate Dalmatian."

You really know you're a failure in life when you're a zoophile and your dog is celibate... or maybe the Dalmatian does all the housework.

"It's a dog's life."

[Bella Fortuna]

YUCKYUCKYUCK! http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2 ... thels.html

[Bella Fortuna]

"Now he lives with his similarly zoophilic boyfriend and their celibate Dalmatian."

You really know you're a failure in life when you're a zoophile and your dog is celibate... or maybe the Dalmatian does all the housework.

"It's a dog's life."

Bringing new meaning to the name "Old Yeller"...

[Gawdzilla Sama]

"Now he lives with his similarly zoophilic boyfriend and their celibate Dalmatian."

You really know you're a failure in life when you're a zoophile and your dog is celibate... or maybe the Dalmatian does all the housework.

"It's a dog's life."

Bringing new meaning to the name "Old Yeller"...

Okay, "doggie style" is off the menu.

[pErvinalia]

"Now he lives with his similarly zoophilic boyfriend and their celibate Dalmatian."

You really know you're a failure in life when you're a zoophile and your dog is celibate... or maybe the Dalmatian does all the housework.