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INCREASING PROBLEM:

Swedes have more and more animal sex

Av =C3=98yvind Ludt og Carin Pettersson 26.01.04 12:24

Animal sex is not illegal in Sweden, and every year between 200 and 300=20
pets are injured because of sexual assaults.=20

The estimate was presented by Svenska Veterin=C3=A4rforbundet, the Swedis=
h=20
veterinary organization, and it is now trying to make the authorities=20
and the public more aware of animals=E2=80=99 suffering. The organization=
 claim=20
the problem has increased during the last couple of years, even if most=20
people are unaware of it.=20

=E2=80=9CWe have seen an increase since 1999 when child pornography becam=
e=20
illegal,=E2=80=9D said Johan Beck-Friis. =E2=80=9CIt appears, in other wo=
rds, as there=20
are some people who have replaced children with animals. In both=20
circumstances, it is sex with defenceless individuals.=E2=80=9D

The injuries inflicted on animals after sexual assaults are of the same=20
character of those children get. Beck-Friis said that the most common=20
injuries are wounds on the sex organs and blisters.=20

Animal porn
The fact that animal sex is becoming an increasing problem can be=20
indicated by the mere fact that there is an increasing selection of=20
animal porn at video rentals and there an increasingly number of=20
websites with animal pornography is surfacing.=20

No one knows for sure how many animals that are abused, but a British=20
study from 2001 indicates that every 20th dog or cat that receives=20
treatment at veterinaries, the injuries are not a result of a direct=20
accident, but the animal has been inflicted the injury as a result of a=20
sexual assault.=20

According to the Swedish paper Expressen, if the same estimate can be=20
used in Sweden that will indicate that 200 to 300 dogs and cats every=20
year are injured as a result of sexual assaults.=20

Not illegal
In contrast with most other countries, animal sex is not illegal in=20
Sweden. It was decriminalized in 1944 in connection with the=20
decriminalization of homosexual sex.=20
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dep

History doesn't move in a straight line, and irony is a dialectical=20
hairpin. -- Christopher Hitchens


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