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| | 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. | | 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>}} | | <ref>The Daily Mail online (MailOnline), August 5, 2011 ''The explicit art that shows bestiality with a goat just yards from The Ritz''</ref>}} |
| | + | == British tourist arrested on bestiality farm in Washington state == |
| | + | [[Image:Mouse.jpg|thumb|right|275px|Authorities arrested Douglas Spinks and a [[Britain|British]] tourist in a bestiality farm raid. Police found dogs, horses and [[mouse|mice]]. See also: [[Washington state and bestiality]] ]] |
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| | + | ''See also:'' [[Washington state and bestiality]] |
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| | + | 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.”... |
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| | + | 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>}} |
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| | + | 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>}} |
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| | == Godlessness and Britain == | | == Godlessness and Britain == |