Bestiality Soon to Be Outlawed in Florida
Lawmakers Consider Felony Charges For Sex With Animals
By BRIAN HAMACHER
Updated 3:00 PM EST, Wed, Mar 18, 2009
It looks like man and dog are going to legally remain best friends if the state of Florida has its say.
The State's Senate agriculture committee, in a long overdue measure, has voted unanimously to charge anyone who has sex with animals with a third-degree felony.
Amazingly, Florida is one of 16 states that still permits bestiality, despite the obvious harm caused to the victim - in most cases the family pet or farm animal.
"There's a tremendous correlation between sexually deviant behavior and crimes against children and crimes against animals," said Sen. Nan Rich, a Sunrise Democrat, told the Miami Herald. "This is long overdue. These are heinous crimes. And people belong in jail."
In stressing the need for such a law, Rich cited cases of bestiality including a Panhandle man who was suspected of accidentally asphyxiating a family goat during a sex act and the abuse of a horse in the Keys.
Rich predicted the bill would pass easily this year.
First Published: Mar 10, 2009 4:20 PM EST
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