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A study found that "Psychiatric patients were found to have a statistically significant higher prevalence rate (55%) of bestiality than the control groups (10% and 15% respectively)."<ref>[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1778686 A prevalence study of bestiality (zoophilia) in psychiatric in-patients, medical in-patients, and psychiatric staff - Int J Psychosom. 1991;38(1-4):45-7.]</ref>
A study found that "Psychiatric patients were found to have a statistically significant higher prevalence rate (55%) of bestiality than the control groups (10% and 15% respectively)."<ref>[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1778686 A prevalence study of bestiality (zoophilia) in psychiatric in-patients, medical in-patients, and psychiatric staff - Int J Psychosom. 1991;38(1-4):45-7.]</ref>
== Geographic areas where bestiality is a notable problem ==
== Atheism and bestiality ==
== Bestiality and secular Europe ==
''See also:'' [[Bestiality and secular Europe]] and [[Secular Europe]]
[[File:Denmark map.gif|thumbnail|right|200px|A 2015 ''Jerusalem Post'' article indicates "[[Copenhagen]] has for long been the bestiality capital of Europe and has attracted many tourists mainly visiting to have sex with animals. Legislation against this practice was only enacted this year."<ref>[http://www.jpost.com/Opinion/Suggestions-for-the-anti-Semitic-slurs-list-434293 Suggestions for the anti-Semitic slurs list] by By MANFRED GERSTENFELD '''Jerusalem Post''', 2015</ref>]]
From a global perspective, [[Europe]] is more secular/atheistic than the rest of the world although it does have a considerable amount of religious immigrants who have higher birth rates (see: [[Atheist population|Atheist population]] and [[Global atheism]]).
''Vice News'', a global news channel which broadcasts documentaries about current topics, reported in 2014:
{{cquote|Bestiality is having a weird renaissance in Europe. Perhaps ironically, it kicked off when activists succeeded in banning the practice in places like Germany and Norway. In the background, something else emerged simultaneously: an animal-sex-tourism industry, which has been blossoming in Denmark.<ref>[https://sites.google.com/site/newsreport3738/ Vice News report on bestiality upsurge in Europe]</ref>}}
=== Bestiality, secular European countries and other areas ===
In areas of the [[Western World]] where there is a significant amount of [[atheism|atheists]] and evolutionary belief, there have been notable problems related to [[bestiality]] (see: [[Bestiality and various geographic areas]]).
See also:
*[[Denmark and bestiality]]
*[[Denmark and bestiality]]
*[[Netherlands and bestiality]]
*[[Netherlands and bestiality]]
*[[Bestiality and Britain]]
*[[Bestiality and Sweden|Sweden and bestiality]]
*[[Bestiality and Germany|Germany and bestiality]]
*[[Bestiality and Britain|Britain and bestiality]]
*[[Bestiality and Australia|Australia and bestiality]]
*[[Washington state and bestiality]]
*[[Washington state and bestiality]]
=== The first "bestiality rights" organization was founded in secular Europe ===
=== The first "bestiality rights" organization was founded in secular Europe ===
''See also:'' [[Atheism and bestiality]]
[[File:Europe pol 2004.jpg|thumbnail|left|160px|The first so called "bestiality/zoophile rights" group, called Equality for All, has its roots in secular Europe and formed in the '90s.<ref>Aug 20 2009 article at Browardbeach.com entitled ''Those Who Practice Bestiality Say They're Part of the Next Sexual Rights Movement''</ref>]]
The first so called "bestiality/zoophile rights" group, called Equality for All, has its roots in secular Europe and formed in the '90s.<ref>Aug 20 2009 article at Browardbeach.com entitled ''Those Who Practice Bestiality Say They're Part of the Next Sexual Rights Movement''</ref> It is located in the Czech Republic. According to a 2010 Eurobarometer poll, 16% of Czech citizens responded that "they believe there is a God" which the lowest rate among the countries of the European Union.<ref>[http://ec.europa.eu/public_opinion/archives/ebs/ebs_341_en.pdf Eurobarometer Poll in 2010]</ref>
In 2005, the Pew Forum reported:
{{cquote|According to a 2002 Pew Global Attitudes survey, there are striking differences in public opinion between the U.S. and [[Europe|European]] countries on issues such as the importance people attach to religion in their lives and the linkage they perceive between belief in God and morality. The survey shows that a large majority of Americans consider religion important in their personal lives and closely associate religion and morality. Furthermore, Pew Forum surveys over several years show that Americans are generally more comfortable with religion playing a major role in public life. In contrast, Europeans generally place much less importance on religion in their lives, and general indicators show that major churches in Europe are declining in terms of membership, recruitment of clergy, financial contributions and overall public influence. The Pew Forum convened distinguished experts Peter Berger, John Judis and Walter Russell Mead to analyze these differences between the U.S and Europe and to assess their impact on transatlantic relations.<ref>[http://pewforum.org/Politics-and-Elections/Secular-Europe-and-Religious-America-Implications-for-Transatlantic-Relations.aspx Secular Europe and Religious America: Implications for Transatlantic Relations]</ref>}}
== PZ Myers on bestiality ==
[[File:PzMyers2.jpg|thumbnail|201px|right|[[PZ Myers]] declared, "...I don’t object to bestiality in a very limited set of specific conditions..."<ref name="achilles">[http://templestream.blogspot.com/2012/08/atheist-achilles-heels-objective.html Atheist Achilles Heels: Objective Morality and Sacred Life]</ref><ref>[http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2012/05/22/the-objective-morality-gotcha/ The “objective morality” gotcha]</ref> ]]
See also: [[PZ Myers on bestiality]] and [[Academia and bestiality|Atheism, academia and bestiality]]
[[PZ Myers]] wrote about bestiality:
{{cquote|So, to answer clueless thick-skulled Christian idiot’s question, I don’t object to bestiality in a very limited set of specific conditions, but do not support it in any way<ref name="achilles">[http://templestream.blogspot.com/2012/08/atheist-achilles-heels-objective.html Atheist Achilles Heels: Objective Morality and Sacred Life]</ref><ref>[http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2012/05/22/the-objective-morality-gotcha/ The “objective morality” gotcha]</ref>}}
A Christian commented on Myers's statement:
{{cquote| If you are sensing that there is something amiss with a person stating he neither supports nor opposes bestiality, then you are more perceptive with regard to moral reasoning than PZ Myers is. Myers once stated his morality is based on feelings of empathy. In an interview he stated, "If I punched you in the face, you would feel bad and I would feel bad ..and that's where morality comes from." Ironically, Myers offers a cartoon that mocks plaintive logic, that is, logic based on feelings, which is exactly the same basis of morality Myers appealed to in his interview.
When I sent Myers an email asking him to clarify what "specific conditions" would make bestiality morally acceptable in his opinion, he declined to address my email and my second article on the subject. There is really only one likely scenario in which it seems Myers would accept bestiality, also known as zoophilia, and that is if it is apparent that the animal is not being harmed and if it is demonstrating some kind of approval, enjoyment or "consent" in the act. The problem for Myers here is quite simple. If nothing must be held sacred, then why should bestiality be considered acceptable only under certain conditions and not always? Why should animal rights be an issue if animal rights are not sacred? These are logical contradictions he needs to address. What is happening here is that Myers is revealing in his quote that he does in fact believe that some boundaries must be held sacred.<ref name="achilles" />}}
Myers also wrote, "...over the years I’ve become something of a connoisseur of [[cephalopod]] porn…and I’m sorry to say that 99% of it is crap, expressing a total lack of comprehension of why cephalopods have sensual appeal."<ref>[http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2012/01/05/cephaloporn-a-critique/ Cephaloporn, a critique], PZ. Myers, Freethoughtblogs</ref>
=== Atheist animal trainer objects to PZ Myers' comments about bestiality ===
On May 22, 2012, PZ Myers specifies under what conditions he thinks the practice of bestiality would be acceptable.<ref>[http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2012/05/22/the-objective-morality-gotcha/ The “objective morality” gotcha], PZ Myers, May 22, 2012</ref>
On November 14, 2014, an atheist animal trainer wrote in response:
{{cquote|We now have the PZ Myers [[Humanism|Humanist]] Guide to Bestiality:
*1. IF you are interested in having sex with an animal, AND;
*2. That animal is willing to have sex with you, AND;
*3. No real harm comes to the animal, AND;
*4. You can avoid social stigma by hiding your act;
>> THEN sex with an animal is ethical...
PZ Myers possesses numerous character flaws that make him ill-suited as an A/S/humanism spokesperson and representative: his explosive temper; his violence-tinged threats; his foul language; his preference for personal insults over reasoned debate; his propensity to smear and slander any & all who oppose him;..his willingness to abandon skepticism and science to serve the pomo constructs of radical feminism and social justice warriordom.
Of all these, nothing is more odious, repulsive, or damaging to the reputation of A/S & humanist activism, than Myers’ condoning of bestiality.<ref>[http://skeptischism.com/atheismneat/2014/11/14/pz-myers-animal-lover/ PZ Myers, Animal Lover]</ref>}}
=== Michael Nugent's commentary on PZ Myers' material about human/octopus sexual relations ===
On November 17, 2014, atheist [[Michael Nugent]] wrote:
{{cquote|PZ has several times written about and linked to [[pornography]] involving women and octopuses described as ‘hentai tentacle rape’. In one post, PZ wrote: “I know some people will be aghast at the exposed mammalian flesh and weird exploitation of women… but it’s got tentacles everywhere, and molluscs…” In another post, he wrote: “Although nothing beats a sea slug for that vulval feel, I’m afraid. Mmmm, Aplysia, if you weren’t so cold, I’d… ahem.”<ref>[http://www.michaelnugent.com/2014/11/17/belly-dance-pz-myers-judge-others-sexism/ “Do your belly dance.” “Get off my stage. I’ve got work to do.” What if PZ Myers judged others’ sexism as he judges himself?] by [[Michael Nugent]] on November 17, 2014</ref>}}
=== PZ Myers' daughter Skatje Myers' comments on bestiality ===
''See also:' [[Skeptic Skatje Myers' comments on bestiality]]
Skeptic Skatje Myers, the daughter of [[evolution|evolutionist]] and atheist PZ Myers describes herself as "atheist, [[agnosticism|agnostic]], rationalist, complicated vegetarian (sans dairy and eggs mostly, avec dumpster diving, by-products, and ethical sources), [[Existentialism|existential]] and moral [[nihilism|nihilist]], social democrat”.<ref>[http://www.civitatedei.com/2011/07/skatje-myers-on-the-separation-of-church-and-state/ Skatje Myers on The Separation of Church and State]</ref>
On January 2, 2008 Christian apologist [[Vox Day]] wrote in an article entitled ''Atheist Dad of the Year'':
{{cquote|If I were ever to have attacked [[atheism]] by arguing that on the rare occasions when atheists manage to successfully reproduce, their children would likely grow up possessing beliefs that are utterly immoral by Western moral norms and abhorrent to the average individual, many people would howl that I was unfairly engaging in baseless conjecture, regardless of the logic presented.
So, it's more than a little amusing to see PZ Myers angrily defending his daughter's public argument against anti-bestiality laws. Now, it's certainly the girl's right to advocate on behalf of whatever legal cause she feels is important to her, but this particular choice of subject really doesn't provide the most convincing evidence against the oft-repeated charge that atheists are hopelessly immoral. And if there's nothing rationally objectionable about the practice, then from whence comes this defensive paternal outrage?
The ironic truth is that Miss Myers is absolutely correct; once the basic concept of [[Natural Law]] is abandoned, there is no rational basis for banning anything from necrophilia to cannibalism other than a vague sense of "ickiness" inherited from preceding generations possessed of a more conventional morality.<ref>[http://voxday.blogspot.com/2008/01/atheist-dad-of-year.html Atheist Dad of the Year]</ref>}}
Skatje Myers, the daughter of atheist PZ Myers, wrote:
{{cquote|Sexual relationships between humans and animals come as such a shock to people, but it doesn’t to me. There can be very deep, meaningful relationships between humans and their pets...
That said, I remind you that my position isn’t based on my own personal wants. I just don’t see any reason to ban it other than the same reason things like [[homosexuality]] and sodomy were banned: it’s icky. I think it’s bad practice to put social taboos into legislature when no actual logical argument can be made against it.<ref>[http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2008/01/02/just-when-you-think-slimy-sal/ Just when you think Slimy Sal couldn’t sink any lower - Skatje Myers, Daughter of atheist PZ Myers - in blog comments section of PZ Myers' blog post]</ref><ref>Skatje Myers' Website is currently under construction, RSS feed - Lacrimae Rerum,blog of Skatje Myers, blog article - Zoophilia Oct 2, 2007]</ref>}}
=== Skatje Myers on morality ===
On August 18, 2011, Skatje Myers wrote:
{{cquote|I’m a moral nihilist. I have no reason to believe that morality is anything other than preferences.
I have those preferences, of course — essentially it’s just intuitional leanings. Any need or desire to follow those leanings is purely for my own enjoyment. I decide what is right and wrong based on what I feel is right and wrong, and I follow them only because of a self-created obligation to myself. I demand that others follow the same “rules” I have for myself, because I want them to. It makes the world the way I want it to be.
The way I see it, every other system of morality is based on unjustifiable claims too, so why follow someone else’s invented ideas of right and wrong?<ref>Skatje Myers' website is currently under construction, Morality by Skaje Myers</ref>}}
== British atheist and evolutionist Christopher Hitchens on bestiality ==
''See also:'' [[Bestiality and Britain]] and [[Christopher Hitchens on bestiality]]
[[Image:Hitchens,_Stanford.jpg |left|thumb|200px|[[Britain|British]] atheist [[Christopher Hitchens]] twice refused to condemn bestiality at the [[William Lane Craig]] vs. Christopher Hitchens debate.<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FofDChlSILU Christopher Hitchens vs William Lane Craig - Does God Exist Debate]</ref> See also: [[Bestiality and Britain]] ]]
[[Christopher Hitchens]] is one of the principal leaders of the [[New Atheism]] movement. At the end of the [[Christian apologetics|Christian apologist]] Dr. [[William Lane Craig]] vs. atheist Christopher Hitchens debate there was an audience question and answer period (see: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FofDChlSILU VIDEO]).<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRGOJmD8yYA Atheism and Bestiality - portion of Craig vs. Hitchens debate - audience participation period]</ref> The first audience member to ask a question twice asked [[Christopher Hitchens]] to label bestiality as an immoral act, but he refused to do so.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRGOJmD8yYA Atheism and Bestiality - portion of Craig vs. Hitchens debate - audience participation period]</ref><ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FofDChlSILU Christopher Hitchens vs William Lane Craig - Does God Exist Debate]</ref> Dr. Craig said the question posed to Hitchens was a good one and it helped illustrate that atheism cannot offer objective moral standards (see: [[Atheism and morality]]).<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FofDChlSILU Christopher Hitchens vs William Lane Craig - Does God Exist Debate] </ref>
On August 12, 2012, an article entitled ''Atheism: A religion of degenerates'' declared:
{{cquote|Christopher Hitchens, who was an atheist and a drunkard, was arguably the most popular atheists in the 20th century and at the beginning of the 21st century as well. At the end of his debate with Christian apologists William Lance Craig, there was an audience question and answer period. During this question and answer period, twice Hitchens was asked to condemn bestiality, but he refused to do it each time he was asked.
The Bible teaches that bestiality is a perversion and, under the Old Testament Jewish Law, punishable by death (Exodus 22:19, Leviticus 18:23, Leviticus 20:15 and Deuteronomy 27:21). I feel sorry for all the sheep and little dogs who have been raped by depraved atheists because prominent atheists have refused to condemn bestiality. Atheism has no basis for [[objective morality]] so it is not surprising that atheist degenerates refuse to condemn bestiality.<ref>[http://conservativetriumphs.blogspot.com/2012/08/atheism-religion-of-degenerates.html ''Atheism: A religion of degenerates'']</ref>}}
== Belief in evolution, sexual immorality and bestiality ==
''See also:'' [[Social effects of the theory of evolution]]
[[File:113320508 2b86fdb94a.jpg|thumb|201px|right|The evolutionist and immunologist Dr. Scott Todd, an immunologist at [[Kansas State University]], "Even if all the data point to an [[Intelligent design|intelligent designer]], such an hypothesis is excluded from science because it is not [[naturalism|naturalistic]]".<ref>http://creation.com/a-designer-is-unscientificeven-if-all-the-evidence-supports-one</ref> ]]
Since [[World War II]] a majority of the most prominent and vocal defenders of the [[evolution|evolutionary position]] which employs [[methodological naturalism]] have been [[Atheism|atheists]].<ref>
* Dr. Don Batten, [http://creation.com/a-whos-who-of-evolutionists A ''Who’s Who'' of evolutionists] ''Creation'' 20(1):32, December 1997.
* [[Jonathan Sarfati]], Ph.D.,F.M., [http://www.creation.com/content/view/3830 ''Refuting Evolution'', Chapter 1, Facts and Bias]
</ref>
In July of 2000, [[Creation Ministries International]] reported:
{{cquote|For years, many people have scoffed at any suggestion that the evils in society could be linked with the teaching of the theory of evolution. But new research has confirmed what Bible-believers have known all along—that the rising acceptance of [[Charles Darwin|Darwin]]’s theory is related to declining morality in the community.
The research survey of 1535 people, conducted by the Australian National University, revealed that belief in evolution is associated with moral permissiveness. Darwin himself apparently feared that belief in evolution by the common man would lead to social decay. The survey showed that people who believed in evolution were more likely to be in favour of premarital sex than those who rejected Darwin’s theory. Another issue which highlighted the contrast between the effect of evolutionary ideas and that of biblical principles was that Darwinians were reported to be ‘especially tolerant’ of [[abortion]].
In identifying the primary factors determining these differences in community attitudes, the author of the research report, Dr Jonathan Kelley, said: ‘The single most important influence after church attendance is the theory of evolution.’<ref>[http://creation.com/morals-decline-linked-to-belief-in-evolution Morals decline linked to evolution]</ref>}}
=== Commentary by the Scientific American and evolutionary belief and bestiality ===
''See also:'' [[Evolutionary belief and bestiality]] and [[Evolutionary belief and sexual immorality]]
The pro-[[evolution]] magazine the ''[[Scientific American]]'' speciously made this unwarranted speculation via their blog:
{{cquote|After all, we are animals....
In any event, philosophical questions aside, I simply find it astounding — and incredibly fascinating from an [[evolution|evolutionary]] perspective — that so many people (as much as a full percent of the general population) are certifiable zoophiles. And scientific researchers appear to be slowly conceding that zoophilia may be a genuine human sexual orientation.<ref>Animal Lovers: Zoophiles Make Scientists Rethink Human Sexuality By Jesse Bering, March 24, 2010</ref>}}
== Atheistic Denmark and bestiality ==
''See also:'' [[Denmark and bestiality]] and [[Evolutionary belief and bestiality]]
[[File:Flag of Denmark.png|right|200px|thumbnail|[[Denmark]] is the third most atheistic country in the world and the website adherents.com reports that 43 - 80% of Danes are [[agnosticism|agnostics]]/atheists/non-believers in God.<ref>[http://www.adherents.com/largecom/com_atheist.html Top 50 Countries With Highest Proportion of Atheists / Agnostics(Zuckerman, 2005)]</ref>
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According to Danish journalist Margit Shabanzahen, a Danish man who ran a business catering to people who have sex with horses said that he had buses of people arriving at his business.<ref>[https://sites.google.com/site/newsreport3738/ Vice News report on bestiality upsurge in Europe], video documentary features testimony of journalist Margit Shabanzadeh</ref> ]]
[[Denmark]] has the highest rate of belief in evolution in the [[Western World]].<ref>[http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/bigphotos/21329204.html Photo: Evolution Less Accepted in U.S. Than Other Western Countries, Study Finds]</ref> In addition, in 2005 [[Denmark]] was ranked the third most atheistic country in the world and the website adherents.com reported that in 2005 43 - 80% of Danes were [[agnosticism|agnostics]]/atheists/non-believers in God.<ref>[http://www.adherents.com/largecom/com_atheist.html Top 50 Countries With Highest Proportion of Atheists / Agnostics(Zuckerman, 2005)]</ref>
A 2006 article entitled ''Animal bordellos draw Norweigans'' the Norway news website Aftenposten reported:
{{cquote|Neither Denmark nor Norway has a prohibition on sex with animals, as long as the animals do not suffer.
On the internet Danish animal owners advertise openly that they offer sex with animals, without intervention from police or other authorities, Danish newspaper 24timer reports.<ref>[http://www.aftenposten.no/english/local/article1458080.ece ''Animal bordellos draw Swedes'']</ref>}}
=== Report of buses of people going to Denmark to engage in bestiality ===
As noted above, in 2014, according to Danish journalist Margit Shabanzahen, a Danish man who ran a business catering to people who have sex with horses said that he had buses of people arriving at his business.<ref>[https://sites.google.com/site/newsreport3738/ Vice News report on bestiality upsurge in Europe], video documentary features testimony of journalist Margit Shabanzadeh</ref>
=== Rise in bestiality tourism in Denmark. Denmark considering a ban on bestiality in 2014 ===
In October of 2014, ''Mashable'' reported: "Banning sex with animals seems like a pretty obvious move in any civilized society, but it took a rise in bestiality tourism for Denmark to make a move."<ref>[http://mashable.com/2014/10/13/denmark-bestiality-tourism/ Denmark Moves to Ban Animal Sex Due to Rise in Bestiality Tourism]</ref>
=== Denmark banned bestiality in 2015 in a narrow vote ===
In 2015, Denmark passed a law banning bestiality.<ref>[http://mashable.com/2015/04/22/denmark-bestiality/ Denmark passes law banning bestiality] by Jessica Plautz,'' Mashable'', Apr 22, 2015</ref>
Mashable reported, "Members of libertarian party Liberal Alliance and Denmark's Ethical Council for Animals, an independent advisory council, among other groups, voiced opposition to the law.<ref>[http://mashable.com/2015/04/22/denmark-bestiality/ Denmark passes law banning bestiality] by Jessica Plautz,'' Mashable'', Apr 22, 2015</ref>
According the ''CBS News'', the bestiality ban passed in a narrow vote.<ref>[http://www.cbsnews.com/news/denmark-outlaws-bestiality-in-narrow-vote/ Denmark outlaws bestiality in narrow vote], ''CBS News''</ref>
A 2015 ''Jerusalem Post'' article indicates "Copenhagen has for long been the bestiality capital of Europe and has attracted many tourists mainly visiting to have sex with animals. Legislation against this practice was only enacted this year."<ref>[http://www.jpost.com/Opinion/Suggestions-for-the-anti-Semitic-slurs-list-434293 Suggestions for the anti-Semitic slurs list] by By MANFRED GERSTENFELD '''Jerusalem Post''', 2015</ref>
== Bestiality and atheistic Sweden ==
''See also:'' [[Bestiality and Sweden]] and [[Evolutionary belief and bestiality]] and [[Sexual immorality and Sweden]]
[[File:Flag of Sweden.png|thumbnail|200px|left|Sweden is one of the most atheistic countries in the world.<ref>[http://www.adherents.com/largecom/com_atheist.html Top 50 Countries With Highest Proportion of Atheists / Agnostics(Zuckerman, 2005)]</ref> In recent years Sweden appears to have faced a growing problem with bestiality.<ref>[http://www.lifesitenews.com/news/archive/ldn/1950/50/5050406 ''Bestiality on the Rise in Sexually Libertine Sweden'']</ref><ref>[http://pub.nettavisen.no/nettavisen/english/article177749.ece Swedes have more and more animal sex]</ref> ]]
[[Sweden]] is one of the most atheistic counties in the world and the website adherents.com reported that in 2005 46 - 85% of Swedes were [[agnosticism|agnostics]]/atheists/non-believers in God.<ref>[http://www.adherents.com/largecom/com_atheist.html Top 50 Countries With Highest Proportion of Atheists / Agnostics(Zuckerman, 2005)]</ref> As noted above, Sweden also has the 3rd highest rate of belief in evolution as far as [[Western World]] nations (see: [[Evolutionary belief and bestiality]]).<ref>[http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/bigphotos/21329204.html Photo: Evolution Less Accepted in U.S. Than Other Western Countries, Study Finds]</ref>
In 2005, ''[[LifeSiteNews]]'' reported in an article entitled ''Bestiality on the Rise in Sexually Libertine Sweden'':
{{cquote|Sweden, known the world over for its avant garde sexual mores has crossed yet another barrier in its moral descent with the news that sexual abuse of animals is on the increase. A government commissioned study has found that more than 200 animals, mostly horses, have been sexually abused in Sweden since the 1970s.
The Swedish Animal Welfare Agency collected its information based on responses received from 1,600 questionnaires sent to veterinarians, animal welfare inspectors and police agencies across the country. In the period 2000 to 2004, 119 cases of bestiality were documented, compared to just three known cases in the 1970s, 17 in the 1980s and 70 in the 1990s.
The author of the report indicated that the numbers may not correctly reflect the real problem. Katarina Andersson, said that the rise in documented cases did not necessarily mean that there was a de facto increase.
“We know that there must be cases that have not been documented,” she said, adding that people have also become more aware of the problem in recent years and are therefore more likely to report suspected cases to the authorities.<ref>[http://www.lifesitenews.com/news/archive/ldn/1950/50/5050406 ''Bestiality on the Rise in Sexually Libertine Sweden'']</ref>}}
On April 26, 2001, in an article entitled ''Swedes have more and more animal sex'' the Swedish news website Nettavision reported:
{{cquote|Animal sex is not illegal in Sweden, and every year between 200 and 300 pets are injured because of sexual assaults.
The estimate was presented by Svenska Veterinärforbundet, the Swedish veterinary organization, and it is now trying to make the authorities and the public more aware of animals’ suffering. The organization claim the problem has increased during the last couple of years, even if most people are unaware of it.
“We have seen an increase since 1999 when child pornography became illegal,” said Johan Beck-Friis. “It appears, in other words, as there are some people who have replaced children with animals. In both circumstances, it is sex with defenceless individuals.”<ref>[http://pub.nettavisen.no/nettavisen/english/article177749.ece Swedes have more and more animal sex]</ref>}}
=== Swedish bestiality ring ===
See also: [[Sexual immorality and Sweden]]
On November 11, 2008, the Swedish news website ''The Local'' reported:
{{cquote|A Swedish newspaper has exposed a network of self-proclaimed zoophiles who meet regularly in locations around the country to have sex with animals.
The group, consisting of an estimated thirty people, is headed by a 45-year-old father of two, Expressen reports.
The unmarried former managing director is also moderator of a large internet animal sex forum and has a number of dogs and horses on his farm in southern Sweden.
Having infiltrated the network over a period of several months, Expressen eventually confronted the 45-year-old over his alleged mistreatment of animals.<ref>[http://www.thelocal.se/15610/20081111/#.UOcrlqwxFZo Swedish bestiality ring exposed]</ref>}}
[[Image:Ro0304F8Treponema.jpg|thumbnail|190px|right|In 2011, it was reported that [[Syphilis]] is making a comeback in Sweden with the number of reported cases soaring by nearly 60 percent in 2010.<ref>[http://www.thelocal.se/33616/20110506/ ''Swedish women hit harder by [[STD]] rise'']</ref> ]]
=== Bestiality was made illegal in Sweden in 2014 ===
In 2014, bestiality was made illegal in Sweden.<ref>[http://www.thelocal.se/20140331/bestiality-now-illegal-in-sweden Bestiality is now illegal in Sweden]</ref>
=== Sexual immorality/diseases and Sweden ===
''See also:'' [[Sexual immorality and Sweden]]
On May 5, 2011 the Swedish news website ''The Local'' reported in an article entitled ''Swedish women hit harder by [[STD]] rise'':
{{cquote|[[Gonorrhea|Gonorrhoea]] and [[syphilis]] are making a comeback in Sweden, with the number of reported cases among young women soaring by nearly 60 percent in 2010.
According to new statistics from the Swedish Institute for Communicable Disease Control (Smittskyddsinstitutet), there was a 38 percent rise in reported cases of the two diseases among Swedes in general.
Worst hit, however, are young women between 15 and 24, where the number of cases increased by 57 percent.<ref>[http://www.thelocal.se/33616/20110506/ ''Swedish women hit harder by [[STD]] rise'']</ref>}}
=== Libertine Sweden ===
''See also:'' [[Sexual immorality and Sweden]]
In November 0f 2008, the [[UK]] newspaper ''The Times'' reported:
{{cquote|Sweden, one of the world's most sexually tolerant societies, is in the throes of a strange, emotionally charged debate about the last taboo: bestiality.
The unmasking this week of an animal sex network by the Stockholm newspaper Expressen has again highlighted the issue. Members of parliament are urging a tightening of the laws (bestiality was decriminalised along with [[homosexuality]] in 1944) but the government is resisting the pressure...
Sweden has had a pioneering approach towards sex, at least since the 1960s when critically acclaimed films such as I am Curious Yellow depicted the society's free-wheeling attitudes. The country was one of the first to shed the stigma of single motherhood and, while Swedes talk less about sexual matters nowadays than 30 years ago, they are still pushing back the boundaries... Legal limits are set mainly on the commercial exploitation of sex: thus, while prostitution is technically legal, customers are seen as offenders who exploit and abuse women. Cameras have been set up near the entrances of brothels and clients leaving the premises can be fined on the spot.
But bestiality and the whole seedy sub-culture surrounding it is straining Swedish tolerance to bursting point. Religious Swedes say it violates a fundamental taboo: a passage from Leviticus 18 states: “And you shall not lie with any beast and defile yourself with it, neither shall any woman give herself a beast to lie with it: it is a perversion." In the [[Middle Ages]], men were typically burned to death for having sex with animals. Most countries nowadays either outlaw the practice entirely (most states in the US) or prosecute penetrative sex with animals (Britain). Sweden, though, has not taken a religion-based stance. Rather, it seems to accept the idea that sex with animals can be in some way consensual. If it causes injury to the animal it can be prosecuted, although in practice only two out of the 115 cases registered have ever been investigated.<ref>[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article5140576.ece Sweden urged to ban animals sex after newspaper expose on bestiality - The Times - November 12, 2008]</ref>}}
== Bestiality and Germany ==
''See also:'' [[Bestiality and Germany]]
[[File:Loc of Germany.PNG|thumbnail|200px|left|On July 1, 2013 the ''Daily Mail'' reported that bestiality brothels were spreading quickly through [[Germany]]. In addition, there "are even 'erotic zoos' which people can visit to abuse animals ranging from llamas to goats."<ref>[http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2352779/Bestiality-brothels-spreading-Germany-campaigner-claims-abusers-sex-animals-lifestyle-choice.html]</ref>]]
[[Germany]] has the highest rates of belief in [[evolution]] in the [[world]].<ref>[http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/bigphotos/21329204.html Photo: Evolution Less Accepted in U.S. Than Other Western Countries, Study Finds]</ref> In 2005, it was estimated that 70% of Germans believed in evolution.<ref>[http://www.data360.org/dsg.aspx?Data_Set_Group_Id=507 Evolutionary belief statistics]</ref> In addition, Germany is one of the most atheistic countries in the world and the website adherents.com reports that 41-49% of Germans are [[agnosticism|agnostics]]/atheists/non-believers in God.<ref>[http://www.adherents.com/largecom/com_atheist.html Top 50 Countries With Highest Proportion of Atheists / Agnostics(Zuckerman, 2005)]</ref>
A July 1, 2013,'' Daily Mail'' article on bestiality and Germany declared:
{{cquote|Bestiality brothels are spreading through [[Germany]] faster than ever thanks to a law that makes animal porn illegal but sex with animals legal, a livestock protection officer has warned.
Madeleine Martin told the Frankfurter Rundschau that current laws were not protecting animals from predatory zoophiles who are increasingly able to turn to bestiality as a 'lifestyle choice'.
She highlighted one case where a farmer in the Gross-Gerau region of southwest Germany, noticed his once friendly flock of sheep were beginning to shy away from human contact....
There are even 'erotic zoos' which people can visit to abuse animals ranging from llamas to goats.<ref>[http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2352779/Bestiality-brothels-spreading-Germany-campaigner-claims-abusers-sex-animals-lifestyle-choice.html]</ref>}}
In 2012, ''Russia Today'' reported that is estimated that there are approximately 100,000 zoophiles in Germany (a zoophile is someone who is sexually attracted to animals). <ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAnfFbRCgzw Animal Urges: Bestiality banned by Bundestag amid zoophilia rise]</ref>
In July of 2013, Tom Miller reported:
{{cquote|Animal rights groups warn of erotic zoo epidemic.
Move over, Japan and Thailand, there is a new leader going into the weird sex stuff clubhouse. To put it SAT terms, Germany is to weird sex stuff what Florida is to weird felonies/ prescription pill abuse. Yeah, that odd.
Per the Daily Mail, there is growing concern in Deutschland that bestiality is becoming a popular attraction in the nation's brothels.<ref>[http://www.yourtango.com/2013188025/sex-animals-head-germany Weird News: Into Sex With Animals? Head To Germany]</ref>}}
It was reported in July of 2013 that due to a sharp rise of bestiality in Germany and websites promoting it, German authorities had planned to reinstall an old law banning sex with animals.<ref>[http://scallywagandvagabond.com/2013/07/bestiality-brothels-are-now-the-rage-in-germany/ Bestiality brothels are now the rage in Germany]</ref>
On February 13, 2013, ''The Local'' reported:
{{cquote|As Germany tightened its laws against having sex with animals, zoophile advocates gathered in central Berlin...
On Thursday night, there was a screening of a bestiality documentary “Coming Soon” in Berlin. It was followed by a discussion on leading a zoophilic lifestyle.<ref>[http://www.thelocal.de/society/20130201-47711.html Zoophiles protest against German bestiality ban]</ref>}}
In 2012, the Germany government tightened its bestiality law and now imposes a fine for engaging in bestiality with a €25,000 maximum fine. Bestiality had been stricken from Germany’s penal code in 1969 and since then had merel been against the law if “significant harm” is inflicted on the animal.<ref>[http://www.thejournal.ie/germany-new-law-bestiality-715465-Dec2012/ Germany tightens bestiality law – but Bill could be challenged]</ref>
== Netherlands and Bestiality ==
[[File:Netherlands location.PNG|thumbnail|150px|A 2007 survey found that distributors in the [[Netherlands]] were responsible for some 80 percent of bestiality videos worldwide.<ref>[http://www.metro.co.uk/weird/811523-bestiality-video-industry-hit-as-dutch-give-animal-sex-the-thumbs-down]</ref>]]
''See also:'' [[Netherlands and bestiality]] and [[Evolutionary belief and bestiality]]
In 2005, the [[Netherlands]] was ranked the 13th most atheistic country in the world and the website adherents.com reported that in 2005 39 - 44%% of the Dutch are agnostics/atheists/non-believers in God.<ref>[http://www.adherents.com/largecom/com_atheist.html Top 50 Countries With Highest Proportion of Atheists / Agnostics(Zuckerman, 2005)]</ref> The Netherlands also has the 11th highest rate of belief in evolution as far as [[Western World]] nations (see: [[Evolutionary belief and bestiality]]).<ref>[http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/bigphotos/21329204.html Photo: Evolution Less Accepted in U.S. Than Other Western Countries, Study Finds]</ref>
In February of 2010, the UK news website'' Metro'' reported:
{{cquote|Given the illicit nature of the product, precise figures on animal pornography video sales are difficult to find, but the Dutch newspaper Algemeen Dagblad, in a 2007 survey, found that distributors in the [[Netherlands]] were responsible for some 80 percent of bestiality videos worldwide.<ref>[http://www.metro.co.uk/weird/811523-bestiality-video-industry-hit-as-dutch-give-animal-sex-the-thumbs-down]</ref>}}
In 2010, the Netherlands banned bestiality.<ref>[http://www.abc.net.au/news/2010-02-03/dutch-finally-ban-bestiality/319622 Dutch Finally Ban Bestiality, ABC News]</ref>
== Bestiality and godless Britain ==
''See also:'' [[Bestiality and Britain]] and [[Britain and morality]]
[[File:Union jack.jpg|thumbnail|left|200px|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> See also: [[Bestiality and Britain]] ]]
In 2011, in an article entitled ''Godless Britain'' Shmuley Boteach reported in the ''[[Wall Street Journal]]'':
{{cquote|[[Britain]] today has become one of the most godless societies on earth. Its principle religious exports today are thinkers who despise religion. From [[Richard Dawkins]], who has compared religion to child abuse, to my friend [[Christopher Hitchens]], who titled his 2007 book "God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything," the British have cornered the market on being anti-God, at least the Christian and Jewish varieties.
While 92% of Americans believe in God, only 35% in Britain do and 43% say they have no religion, according to Britain's National Centre for Social Research. The number of people who affiliate themselves with the Church of England was 23% of the population in 2009 from 40% in 1983. In truth though, if Britain's Christian tradition is dying out, the leaders of the faith have only themselves to blame, for perpetuating the country's highly centralized religious structure.<ref>[http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304447804576413362436264204.html Godless Britain, Wall Street Journal, Shmuley Boteach]</ref>}}
=== 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>
=== UK TV regulators and bestiality ===
''See also:'' [[Britain and morality]]
On May 26, 2005, [[LifeSiteNews]] reported:
{{cquote|Richard Hooper, deputy chairman of Ofcom (the UK’s TV and radio regulating body), has indicated that the long-anticipated new broadcasting code makes no definite provisions against the broadcasting of so-called ‘challenging material’ on public air-waves, including shows which deal with sex with animals, so long as it is in the proper ‘context’.
“A programme about sex with animals? Yes, it’s potentially possible,” said Ofcom deputy chairman, Richard Hooper. “It all comes down to context.” Mr. Hooper may have been thinking of a channel 4 documentary on bestiality, Animal Passions, which was aired last year. According to a Media Guardian article that particular documentary received seventy-five complaints at the time, from viewers who were concerned that it “normalized bestiality”.
Mr. Hooper’s statement serves to confirm what pro-family activists have long prophesied. That is, this new age of sexual libertarianism, which, amongst other things, allows for and normalizes homosexuality, will quickly become an age of ‘no-holds-barred’ in regards to sexual deviation unless a return to a proper understanding of sexuality is initiated.<ref>[http://www.lifesitenews.com/news/uk-tv-regulators-ok-bestiality UK TV Regulators OK Bestiality - LifeSiteNews - May 26, 2005]</ref>}}
=== The Guardian and bestiality ===
On September 19, 2011, the British newspaper ''The [[Guardian]]'' published a favorable article on bestiality entitled ''Improbable research: bestiality saddled with the wrong image'' which mentioned a man's "long courtship" with a horse and also his two "mare-wives".<ref>[http://www.theguardian.com/education/2011/sep/19/improbable-research-bestiality-horses-intelligence ''Improbable research: bestiality saddled with the wrong image'']</ref>
=== Publicly displayed bestiality artwork expected to fetch a price of around £30,000 in Britain ===
''See also:'' [[Britain and morality]] and [[Liberalism and bestiality]]
[[File:Keldaby goats.jpg|thumbnail|200px|right|An exclusive British art gallery was criticised for displaying a highly offensive bestiality oriented painting which featured a [[goat]] just yards from The Ritz hotel and where it could be seen by children.<ref>The Daily Mail online (MailOnline), August 5, 2011 ''The explicit art that shows bestiality with a [[goat]] just yards from The Ritz''</ref>]]
In August of 2011 the British newspaper the Daily Mail ran a story entitled ''The explicit art that shows bestiality with a [[goat]] just yards from The Ritz'' which declared:
{{cquote|An exclusive art gallery has been criticised for displaying a highly offensive painting just yards from The Ritz hotel and where it could be seen by children.
Hotel guests were said to have been disgusted after seeing the image by the late British artist Robert Lenkiewicz – which depicts bestiality with a goat.
It was displayed on a revolving plinth in the front window of the Clarendon Fine Art gallery, around the corner from the five-star hotel in Piccadilly.
The picture – which is owned by a private collector and is expected to sell for around £30,000 – was still on display yesterday, although last night the gallery said it had been removed.
<ref>The Daily Mail online (MailOnline), August 5, 2011 ''The explicit art that shows bestiality with a goat just yards from The Ritz''</ref>}}
=== Sexual immorality/diseases and the UK ===
''See also:'' [[Britain and morality]]
In August of 2010, it was reported by that there was sharp increase in sexually transmitted infections in [[United Kingdom]] with almost half a million new cases last year.<ref> [http://www.thefamilygp.com/Sharp-rise-in-sexually-transmitted-diseases-in-the-UK.htm Sharp increase in sexually transmitted infections in UK]</ref>
== Bestiality and Australia ==
''See also:'' [[Bestiality and Australia]]
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|left|thumbnail|200px|The Australian, [[atheism|atheist]] philosopher [[Peter Singer]] defends the practice of [[bestiality]] (as well as [[abortion]], infanticide and [[euthanasia]]). Despite holding these immoral views, he was given Australia's highest civic honor. He was made a Companion of the Order of [[Australia]] (AC) <ref>
*[http://www.lifesitenews.com/news/infanticide-and-bestiality-advocate-given-australias-highest-civic-award Infanticide and bestiality advocate given Australia’s highest civic award]
*[http://creation.com/the-basis-of-a-christian-worldview The Basis of a Christian Worldview - Creation Ministries International]
*[http://creation.com/answer-to-philosophy-religion-professor-on-biblical-exegesis-and-the-problem-of-evil CMI answers philosophy/religion professor on biblical exegesis and the problem of evil]
*[http://www.firstthings.com/onthesquare/2011/06/the-dangerous-mind-of-peter-singer ''The Dangerous Mind''] by Joe Carter, ''[[First Things]]''</ref>]]
In a June 14, 2012 article entitled ''Infanticide and bestiality advocate given Australia’s highest civic award'', LifeSiteNews reported:
{{cquote|Notorious infanticide and [[bestiality]]-promoting ‘ethicist’ [[Peter Singer]] was made a Companion of the Order of [[Australia]] (AC) this week, sparking strong criticism by [[pro-life]] advocates, ethicists, and columnists.
Singer was presented with the award, which is the greatest civic honour in Australia and given for “merit of the highest degree in service to Australia or humanity at large,” on Monday at the 2012 Queen’s Birthday honours. It was granted for his “eminent service to philosophy and bioethics as a leader of public debate and communicator of ideas in the areas of global poverty, animal welfare and the human condition.”<ref>[http://www.lifesitenews.com/news/infanticide-and-bestiality-advocate-given-australias-highest-civic-award Infanticide and bestiality advocate given Australia’s highest civic award]</ref>}}
Peter Singer is an Australian [[Atheism|atheist]] [[philosophy|philosopher]] and [[evolution]]ist. See also: [[Evolutionary belief and bestiality]]
According to the ''Sydney Morning Herald'':
{{Cquote|Australia is one of the least devout countries in the Western world, although two-thirds of its population identifies itself as Christian, an international survey comparing religious expression in 21 countries has found.
Religion does not play a central part in the lives of many Australians: 48 per cent of Australians surveyed said they did not partake in personal prayer and 52 per cent said they rarely attended a place of worship for religious reasons.<ref>[http://www.smh.com.au/news/world-youth-day/gods-ok-its-just-the-religion-bit-we-dont-like/2008/07/10/1215658037568.html God's OK, it's just the religion bit we don't like]</ref>}}
A 2004 study by Pippa Norris and Ronald Inglehart found that 25% of Australians do not believe in God/gods.<ref>Norris, Pippa and Ronald Inglehart. 2004. Sacred and Secular: Religion and Politics Worldwide. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press</ref> In 2006 study was done by Monash University, the Australian Catholic University and the Christian Research Association which found that 52 per cent of Australians born between 1976 and 1990 have no belief in God/gods.<ref> Fenton, Andrew. [http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/faith-no-more-atheists-in-the-city-of-churches/story-e6frebsu-1225698664255 Faith no more – atheists in the city of churches], ''The Advertiser'', 2009</ref>
In 2009, Australia's newspaper ''The Age'' reported:
{{cquote|The surprising findings from an Age Nielsen poll show Australia is a credulous nation, willing to mix and match religious faith with belief in other phenomena.
Australians are more religious than we might have thought - 68 per cent of us believe in God or a universal spirit, and 50 per cent say religion is important or very important in their lives.
But atheists and agnostics also had a strong showing in the national survey of 1000 respondents, which was taken early this week.
Almost one in four Australians (24 per cent) do not believe in either God or a universal spirit, and 7 per cent are not sure or say they ''don't know''.
Nearly a quarter of us believe the biblical account of human origins over the Darwinian account. Forty-two per cent of people believe in a wholly scientific explanation for the origins of life and 32 per cent believe in an evolutionary process ''guided by God''.<ref>[http://www.theage.com.au/national/god-is-still-tops-but-angels-rate-well-20091218-l5v9.html God is still tops, but angels rate well]</ref>}}
=== Law Journal mentions three Australians plead guilty to bestiality and refers to Peter Singer ===
Australia's ''Alternative Law Journal'' reported:
{{cquote|For what appears to be the first time in the state’s history, the District Court of South Australia has had to consider bestiality offences. In November 2011, two women and one man, all in their 50s and without prior convictions, pleaded guilty to bestiality offences involving domestic dogs that occurred from 2008 to 2010. After protracted sentencing hearings throughout 2012, the three defendants each received suspended prison sentences....
Neither the SA parliament nor courts have engaged with the argument, most prominently promoted by ethicist Peter Singer, that sexual activity between animals and humans is not necessarily exploitative or abusive of the animal and not an affront to an individual’s humanity, as human beings are also animals. The comparison with the penalty for incest demonstrates the seriousness with which the parliament views bestiality. Until now, the judicial attitude to the offence was untested.<ref>[https://www.altlj.org/news-and-views/downunderallover/duao-vol-37-4/466-three-plead-guilty-to-bestiality-offences Three plead guilty to bestiality offences] by Kellie Toole, (2012) 37(4) AltLJ 289</ref>}}
=== Australian man on bike accused of bestiality while women were walking dogs ===
On September 15, 2015, the ''Sydney Morning Herald'' reported:
{{cquote|A man will appear in court on Tuesday to answer charges that he hopped off his bike to allegedly perform sexual acts on two dogs in a shock attack in Sydney's west.
The man is alleged to have cycled up to two young women walking their dogs through an enclosed bicycle path in the western Sydney suburb of Greystanes last month.
Police will allege he exposed himself to both and assaulted one of their dogs. The pair fled as the man allegedly began to turn and attack another animal.
The 39-year-old man has been charged with bestiality and committing an act of indecency.<ref>[
http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/man-allegedly-attempted-to-commit-bestiality-on-dog-in-greystanes-police-20150831-gjc3mq.html Man on bike accused of bestiality while women were walking dogs], ''Sydney Morning Herald''</ref>}}
=== Australian nurse with bestiality conviction deregistered ===
In 2014, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation reported that Kathleen Modystack, an Australian woman, convicted of bestiality in 2012 has been deregistered as a nurse and banned from working in the nursing field for three years.<ref>[http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-08-29/nurse-with-bestiality-conviction-deregistered/5705756 Nurse with bestiality conviction deregistered for damaging profession's reputation], Australian Broadcasting Corporation</ref> The Nursing and Midwifery Board (NMB) won its legal case with the Health Practitioners Tribunal (HPT) after accusing Kathleen Modystack of damaging the nursing profession's reputation.<ref>[http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-08-29/nurse-with-bestiality-conviction-deregistered/5705756 Nurse with bestiality conviction deregistered for damaging profession's reputation], Australian Broadcasting Corporation</ref>
=== Australian television station puts up a bestiality billboard in 2013 ===
In 2013, an Australian television station put up a bestiality billboard.<ref>[http://theurbandaily.com/2013/05/01/australian-bestiality-billboard/ Australian TV Station Receives Backlash For Bestiality Billboard] By Jonathan Hailey</ref>
== Godless Finland and bestiality ==
[[File:Finland location.png|thumbnail|200px|Minna Ruotsalo, chief inspector at Finland's Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, said concerning bestiality, "some persons that engage in the activity have contacted us saying that they would be concerned were the act to be criminalised in Finland".<ref>[http://yle.fi/uutiset/yes_in_finland_you_can_have_sex_with_your_pet/8153974 Yes, in Finland you can have sex with your pet], July 14, 2015</ref>]]
''See also:'' [[Godless Finland and bestiality]]
According to a 2010 Eurobarometer Poll, 33% of [[Finland|Finnish]] citizens "believe there is a God". (In 2005, the figure was 41%).<ref name=EUROBAROMETER>{{cite web|url=http://ec.europa.eu/public_opinion/archives/ebs/ebs_341_en.pdf|title=Special Eurobarometer Biotechnology|page= 204|date=Fieldwork: January–February 2010;Publication: October 2010|accessdate=2012-10-17|format=PDF}}</ref>
A Finnish news website reported in July of 2015:
{{cquote|Finland is indeed a last bastion of bestiality. Here a person can have sex with an animal as long as the animal is not harmed. The absence of legislation against bestiality makes the nation one of the last in the European Union not to institute a legal ban.
As the law currently stands in Finland, a person can engage in sexual intercourse with an animal as long as it cannot be proved that the animal has been treated too roughly or cruelly or that the act has caused unnecessary pain and suffering.
...Finland legalised bestiality in 1971, following in the footsteps of other European countries. It was thought that criminalising the act was not the right way to deal with people who are likely to suffer from mental illness or who are simply lonely.<ref>[http://yle.fi/uutiset/yes_in_finland_you_can_have_sex_with_your_pet/8153974 Yes, in Finland you can have sex with your pet], July 14, 2015</ref>}}
See also: [[Godless Finland and loneliness]]
Minna Ruotsalo, chief inspector at Finland's Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, said concerning bestiality, "some persons that engage in the activity have contacted us saying that they would be concerned were the act to be criminalised in Finland".<ref>[http://yle.fi/uutiset/yes_in_finland_you_can_have_sex_with_your_pet/8153974 Yes, in Finland you can have sex with your pet], July 14, 2015</ref>
== Washington state had the highest number of reported cases of bestiality in the USA in 2010 ==
See also: [[Washington state and bestiality]]
According to the CUNY 2000 religious survey, [[Washington]] was declared to have the second highest [[per capita]] number of people in the United States who answered "no religion" on a survey.<ref>http://www.positiveatheism.org/crt/cunywdat.pdf</ref> 27% of the Washington state population declared they had "no religion".<ref>http://www.positiveatheism.org/crt/cunywdat.pdf</ref> In addition, in 2007 the pro-evolution magazine the ''[[Scientific American]]'' said that Washington state did a "satisfactory/good" job of teaching evolution (see: [[Evolutionary belief and bestiality]])<ref>[http://bigthink.com/ideas/21147 Teaching of evolution by state - map]</ref>
On January 26, 2011, the ''Seattle Met'' published an article entitled ''Washington Is the Worst State in the Country for Bestiality--Here's Why'' which declared that "Washington is steeped in man-on-beast history".<ref>[http://www.seattlemet.com/news-and-profiles/publicola/articles/washington-state-is-no-1-in-bestiality Is the Worst State in the Country for Bestiality--Here's Why]</ref>
In 2010, the state of Washington has the highest number of reported cases of bestiality in the United States even though it was merely the 13th most populous state according to the 2010 United States census.<ref>[http://www.pet-abuse.com/pages/cruelty_database/statistics/state_ranking.php?year=2010&search=go Pet Abuse -2010]</ref><ref>[http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/apportionment-pop-text.php 2010 United States Census data]</ref>
A 2011 study reported by [[CNN]] indicated that Washington state was a politically liberal state (see: [[Liberalism and bestiality]]).<ref>[http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2011/02/25/new-poll-identifies-most-liberal-and-conservative-states/ 2011 Political map - CNN]</ref>
=== 2005 horse bestiality stories apparently most popular articles in history of Seattle Times ===
[[File:Blackstallion.jpg|thumbnail|right|100px|[[Horse]] ]]
''See also:'' [[Washington state and bestiality]]
In 2005, columnist Danny Westneat reported in the ''Seattle Times'':
{{cquote|Which brings me back to sex with [[horse|horses]]. The story last summer about the man who died from a perforated colon while having sex with a horse in Enumclaw was by far the year's most read article.
What's more, four more of the year's 20 most clicked-upon local news stories were about the same horse-sex incident. We don't publish our Web-traffic numbers, but take it from me — the total readership on these stories was huge.
So much so, a case can be made that the articles on horse sex are the most widely read material this paper has published in its 109-year history.
I don't know whether to ignore this alarming factoid or to embrace it.<ref>[http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/horse-sex-story-was-online-hit/ Horse sex story was online hit by Danny Westneat, Seattle Times - December 30, 2005]</ref>}}
=== Bestiality farm in Washington state ===
''See also:'' [[Washington state and bestiality]] and [[Bestiality and Britain]]
[[Image:Mouse.jpg|thumb|left|210px|Authorities arrested Douglas Spinks and a British tourist in a bestiality farm raid. Police found dogs, horses and [[mouse|mice]]. See also: [[Bestiality and Britain]] ]]
On April 17, 2011, the Examiner ran a story entitled ''Bestiality farm raided in Washington state, Douglas Spink arrested'' which declared:
{{cquote|Douglas Spink, 39, had been arrested in 2005 for smuggling cocaine and was on supervised release after serving three years for his crime. Under the conditions of Douglas Spink’s release, he must adhere to all local, state, and federal laws for five years. Now authorities believe that Spink violated the terms of that release by providing animals for sex acts on an alleged bestiality farm. It has also been suggested that there is a mutual connection between Douglas Spink and Kenneth Pinyan. Pinyan was a Gig Harbor, Washington man who died after engaging in sexual acts with a horse. The case drew national attention and became known as the “Enumclaw horse sex case.”...
On Wednesday, April 14, 2010 authorities raided Douglas Spink’s animal farm and arrested Spinks and a tourist, Stephen Clarke from Peterborough, England. Authorities described some of the evidence found at the scene as ‘bizarre.’ The raid was conducted by the Whatcom County Sheriff’s Office in assistance with the U.S. Probation Department, U.S. Marshals Office, and the FBI. Reports state that authorities seized [[dog]]s, horses, and [[mouse|mice]]. There were reportedly thousands of images of bestiality and child pornography found on the property as well.<ref>[http://www.examiner.com/us-headlines-in-national/bestiality-farm-raided-washington-state-douglas-spink-arrested ''Bestiality farm raided in Washington state, Douglas Spink arrested'' April 17, 2011, Examiner - Charisse Van Horn, US Headlines Examiner]</ref>}}
The Huffington Post reported:
{{cquote|When agents searched Spink's home, they found a video of a man sexually abusing dogs -- and that man, Clarke, was still on the property, wearing the same clothes as in the video, Elfo said. He was charged with animal cruelty and made an initial appearance in Whatcom County Superior Court on Thursday.<ref>[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/04/16/douglas-spink-arrested-in_n_541379.html Douglas Spink Arrested In BESTIALITY Case: Mice In Vaseline, Dogs, Horses Found At Exitpoint Stallions Limitee]</ref>}}
==== Douglas Spink previously lived in Oregon ====
Douglas Spink previously lived in [[Oregon]].<ref>[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/04/16/douglas-spink-arrested-in_n_541379.html Douglas Spink Arrested In BESTIALITY Case: Mice In Vaseline, Dogs, Horses Found At Exitpoint Stallions Limitee]</ref> As noted above, according to the CUNY 2000 religious survey, [[Oregon]] was declared to have the highest [[per capita]] number of people in the United States who answered "no religion" on a survey.<ref>http://www.positiveatheism.org/crt/cunywdat.pdf</ref> 28% of the Oregon population declared they had "no religion".<ref>http://www.positiveatheism.org/crt/cunywdat.pdf</ref> In addition, in 2007 the pro-[[evolution]] magazine the ''[[Scientific American]]'' said that Oregon state did a "satisfactory/good" job of teaching evolution (see: [[Evolutionary belief and bestiality]])<ref>[http://bigthink.com/ideas/21147 Teaching of evolution by state - map]</ref> A 2011 study reported by [[CNN]] indicated that Oregon state was a politically liberal state.<ref>[http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2011/02/25/new-poll-identifies-most-liberal-and-conservative-states/ 2011 Political map - CNN]</ref>
== Wikipedia on bestiality ==
''See also:'' [[Wikipedia on bestiality]] and [[liberal]] and [[Leftist roots of Wikipedia]] and [[Atheism and morality]]
The [[Wikipedia]] project was initiated by [[atheism|atheist]] [[Jimmy Wales]] and the [[agnosticism|agnostic]] [[philosophy]] [[professor]] [[Larry Sanger]] on January 15, 2001.<ref>http://www.nndb.com/lists/288/000092012/</ref> An irony of internet history is that Jimmy Wales, despite being an atheist, refers to himself as Wikipedia's "spiritual leader".<ref>http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/05/09/wikimedia_pron_purge/</ref> Despite its official "neutrality policy," [[Examples of Bias in Wikipedia|Wikipedia has a strong liberal bias.]]
As of September 22, 2011, [[Wikipedia]]'s article on zoophilia/bestiality has an entire section on "arguments for zoophilia" plus pictures depicting zoophilia as well as a section on "arguments against zoophilia". No worthwhile encyclopedia in existence has an article on zoophilia/bestiality with an entire section on "arguments for zoophilia" plus pictures depicting zoophilia. In addition, as of September 24, 2011, Wikipedia has a "Zoophilia and the law" article which has a section on the impact of zoophilia laws where 6 alleged negative impacts of zoophilia laws are given, but no positive impacts of the laws are given.
== Prominent homosexual activist and atheist Frank Kameny's comments on bestiality ==
''See also:'' [[Homosexuality and bestiality]]
[[Image:Peter.jpg|left|thumb|150px|[[Peter LaBarbera]] of [[Americans for Truth about Homosexuality]] ]]
Homosexual activist Frank Kameny is a fervent [[Atheism|atheist]].<ref>[http://americansfortruth.com/2006/11/15/gay-hero-frank-kameny-calls-believers-christianofascists-says-gay-is-moral-and-virtuous-at-task-force-conference/ ‘Gay’ Hero Frank Kameny Calls Believers “Christianofascists”; Library of Congress Honors “Gay Is Godly” Atheist]</ref><ref>Leaders from the 1960s: a biographical sourcebook of American activism By David De Leon, page 253</ref>
On Jun 04, 2008, [[LifeSiteNews]] wrote:
{{cquote|Long-time homosexual activist Frank Kameny’s claim to fame is successfully manipulating the American Psychiatric Association into declassifying homosexuality as a mental disorder, and today the Smithsonian honoree is now busily advocating [[bestiality]] "as long as the animal doesn’t mind."
Kameny, 83, has had a long career advocating the removal of any restrictions on human acts long considered by sane societies as obscene, dangerous, and disordered...
Kameny describes his mission as "Americanism in action" by advocating bestiality and encouraging the saturation of American culture with what he calls "more and better and harder-core pornography."
According to [[Americans For Truth|Americans for Truth about Homosexuality]] (AFTAH), Kameny wrote an e-mail to them saying that while he was personally opposed to bestiality, he found it an otherwise "harmless" quirk, so long as it was consensual with the animal involved.
"Bestiality is not my thing," Kameny wrote. "But it seems to be a harmless foible or idiosyncrasy of some people. So, as long as the animal doesn’t mind (and the animal rarely does), I don’t mind, and I don’t see why anyone else should."<ref>[http://www.lifesitenews.com/news/archive/ldn/2008/jun/08060403 Prominent Homosexual Activist Says Bestiality OK “As Long as the Animal Doesn’t Mind”]</ref>}}
== French bestiality advertisement ==
''See also:'' [[Evolutionary belief and bestiality]] and [[Homosexuality and bestiality]] and [[Liberalism and bestiality]]
[[File:Flag of France.png|thumbnail|205px|right|[[France]] has the 8th highest rate of atheism in the world with 43 - 54% of the population being atheists/agnostics/non-believers in God.<ref>[http://www.adherents.com/largecom/com_atheist.html Top 50 Countries With Highest Proportion of Atheists / Agnostics(Zuckerman, 2005)]</ref> In addition, France has 4rth highest belief in evolution in the [[Western World]].<ref>[http://www.adherents.com/largecom/com_atheist.html Top 50 Countries With Highest Proportion of Atheists / Agnostics(Zuckerman, 2005)]</ref><ref>[http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/bigphotos/21329204.html Photo: Evolution Less Accepted in U.S. Than Other Western Countries, Study Finds]</ref> In 2010, a French advertisement appeared which was bestiality oriented.<ref>[http://gawker.com/5571805/this-gay-bestiality-ad-is-crazy-even-for-france This Gay Bestiality Ad Is Crazy Even For France]</ref> ]]
[[France]] has the 8th highest rate of atheism in the world with 43 - 54% of the population being atheists/agnostics/non-believers in God.<ref>[http://www.adherents.com/largecom/com_atheist.html Top 50 Countries With Highest Proportion of Atheists / Agnostics(Zuckerman, 2005)]</ref> In addition, France has the 4rth highest belief in evolution in the [[Western World]].<ref>[http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/bigphotos/21329204.html Photo: Evolution Less Accepted in U.S. Than Other Western Countries, Study Finds]</ref>
On June 24, 2010 the website ''Gawker'' wrote in an article entitled ''This Gay Bestiality Ad Is Crazy Even For France'' wrote:
{{cquote|If [[Bill O'Reilly]] was upset about a harmless [[homosexuality|gay]]-themed [[France|French]] commercial for [[McDonalds]] just wait until he sees this insane spot for Orangina where a humanoid mountain lion shaves and then embraces his gay lover. Um, what?
So we see a mountain lion made to look like a man shaving his face, but instead of shaving cream, he uses Orangina, the sticky sweet carbonated beverage that is the European equivalent of Sunkist. That's strange enough, but what sends this over the edge is that his hunky boyfriend comes over and feels how smooth his shave is at the last second.<ref>[http://gawker.com/5571805/this-gay-bestiality-ad-is-crazy-even-for-france This Gay Bestiality Ad Is Crazy Even For France]</ref>}}
The French atheist [[Marquis de Sade]] wrote sadomasochistic novels which featured rape, bestiality and necrophilia. During a portion of his life, the Marquis de Sade had problems maintaining a healthy weight and he was grotesquely [[obesity|obese]] (see: [[Atheism and obesity]]). <ref>http://www.neilschaeffer.com/sade/bibliography/quills.htm</ref>
See also:
*[[Homosexuality and bestiality]]
== American study found that necrobestiality is seen as being representative of atheists ==
''See also:'' [[Atheism and incest]]
The abstract of a 2014 peer-reviewed study in the journal'' Plos One'' reported:
{{cquote|American participants intuitively judged a wide variety of immoral acts (e.g., serial murder, consensual incest, necrobestiality, cannibalism) as representative of atheists, but not of eleven other religious, ethnic, and cultural groups. Even atheist participants judged immoral acts as more representative of atheists than of other groups. These findings demonstrate a prevalent intuition that belief in God serves a necessary function in inhibiting immoral conduct, and may help explain persistent negative perceptions of atheists.<ref>[http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0092302 Everything Is Permitted? People Intuitively Judge Immorality as Representative of Atheists]</ref>}}
== Christian apologist and author Michael Caputo on atheist morality and the issue of bestiality ==
''See also:'' [[Atheism and morality]] and [[Atheism, pederasty and NAMBLA]]
The [[Christian apologetics|Christian apologist]] and author Michael Caputo writes:
{{cquote|Although bestiality is not openly supported by well known [[Militant atheism|Militant Atheist]] sites, support for it is inherent in their insistence that decisions of a sexual nature should be left up to the individual adults to determine. [[God]] disagrees.<ref>[http://atheismexposed.tripod.com/god_bible_bestiality.htm GOD, THE BIBLE AND BESTIALITY]</ref>}}
For more information please see: [[Atheism and morality]]
== Richard Dawkins, Peter Singer and bestiality ==
[[File:Richard Dawkins at Global Atheism Convention.jpg|thumbnail|left|200px|[[Richard Dawkins]] ]]
In their book ''Answering the New Atheism: Dismantling Dawkins' Case Against God'', Scott Hahn and Benjamin Wiker indicate about [[Richard Dawkins]]:
{{cquote|In this regard, Dawkins praises the evolutionist and atheist “philosopher Peter Singer” as the most eloquent advocate against the speciesist notion that human beings are somehow morally superior...
Given that both he and Singer work according to the same principle — that species distinctions are morally insignificant and that morality must therefore be determined by the capacity to feel pleasure and pain — Dawkins cannot offer a good reason that Singer's affirmation of bestiality is illicit.<ref>''Answering the New Atheism: Dismantling Dawkins' Case Against God'' By Scott Hahn and Benjamin Wiker, 2008, pages 136 and 138</ref>}}
Dawkins says in his ten commandments: “Enjoy your own sex life (so long as it damages nobody else) and leave others to enjoy theirs in private whatever their inclinations, which are none of your business;” “Do not discriminate or oppress on the basis of sex, race or (as far as possible) species.”<ref>[http://www.albertmohler.com/2006/09/26/the-dawkins-delusion-3/ The Dawkins Delusion] by Albert Mohler, Jr., 2006</ref>
== Militant atheist Joseph Stalin's ape-men experiments ==
[[File:Joseph-stalin.jpg|right|200px|thumb|[[Joseph Stalin]]'s atheistic regime killed tens of millions of people.]]
''See also:'' [[Joseph Stalin's ape-men experiments]]
In an article entitled ''Stalin’s ape-man Superwarriors'' [[Creation Ministries International]] declares:
{{cquote|[[Soviet Union|Soviet]] dictator [[Joseph Stalin]] wanted to rebuild the Red Army, in the mid-1920s, with Planet-of-the-Apes-style troops by crossing humans with apes. This was according to a report in The Scotsman newspaper on 20 December 2005.
The report claimed that Stalin ordered Russia’s top animal-breeding scientist, Ilya Ivanov, to use his skills to produce a super warrior. Stalin is said to have told Ivanov, ‘I want a new invincible human being, insensitive to pain, resistant and indifferent about the quality of food they eat.’ In 1926, the Politburo in Moscow passed this request to build a ‘living war machine’ on to the Academy of Sciences, who engaged Ivanov and sent him to West Africa with many thousands of dollars to conduct experiments in impregnating chimpanzees by artificial insemination. In the USSR, a centre was set up in Georgia, Stalin’s birthplace, for the ‘apes’ to be raised.
Ivanov’s experiments in Africa were a total failure. Further experiments in Georgia to use monkey sperm in human volunteers also failed. Ivanov was now in disgrace. For his expensive failure, he was sentenced to five years’ jail, commuted to five years’ exile in Kazakhstan, where he died in 1932, aged 61.<ref>[http://creation.com/stalins-ape-man-superwarriors Stalin’s ape-man Superwarriors]</ref>}}
== Liberalism and bestiality ==
== Liberalism and bestiality ==