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Line 31: − On April 26, 2001, in an article entitled ''Swedes have more and more animal sex'' the Swedish news website Nettavision reported:+ − {{cquote|No one knows for sure how many animals that are abused, but a British study from 2001 indicates that every 20th dog or cat that receives treatment at veterinaries, the injuries are not a result of a direct accident, but the animal has been inflicted the injury as a result of a sexual assault.<ref>[http://pub.nettavisen.no/nettavisen/english/article177749.ece Swedes have more and more animal sex]</ref>}} − Bestiality has been illegal in the UK since at least 1533, and the law was renewed and clarified in 2003. Bestiality pornography has been illegal since 2008. The prevailing attitude in the UK is that bestiality is "extremely disturbing behaviour."<ref>http://pediaview.com/openpedia/Bestiality#Extent_of_occurrence</ref>+ + + + + − See also:+ − *[[Atheism and bestiality]]+ − *[[Evolutionary belief and bestiality]]
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''See also:'' [[Bestiality and Britain]] and [[Atheism and bestiality]]
''See also:'' [[Bestiality and Britain]] and [[Atheism and bestiality]]
=== Sexual mutilations and stabbings of horses in Britain ===
Between 1983 and 1993 more than 160 horses were sexually mutilated and stabbed in Britain.<ref>[http://www.horsetalk.co.nz/features/slashers.shtml Horse slashers profiled]</ref> British police and animal experts have put the blame on fertility cults, rival horse owners and [[sadism|sadists]] for the attacks.<ref>[http://www.horsetalk.co.nz/features/slashers.shtml Horse slashers profiled]</ref>
=== Bestiality and small British animals ===
The abstract of the 2008 ''Journal of Small Animal Practice'' article entitled ''Battered pets’: sexual abuse'' indicated: "A study of non-accidental injury in small animals in the UK, based on responses from a random sample of small animal practitioners, identified 6 per cent of the 448 reported cases as being sexual in nature".<ref>[Battered pets’: sexual abuse. ''Journal of Small Animal Practice - 2008 article '']</ref>
=== Bestiality is illegal in Britain ===
Bestiality has been illegal in the UK since at least 1533, and the law was renewed and clarified in 2003. Bestiality pornography has been illegal since 2008. The prevailing attitude in the UK is that bestiality is "extremely disturbing behaviour."<ref>http://pediaview.com/openpedia/Bestiality#Extent_of_occurrence</ref>
=== British atheist and evolutionist Christopher Hitchens on bestiality ===
=== British atheist and evolutionist Christopher Hitchens on bestiality ===