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WHAT IS BESTIALITY?
WHERE CAN I LEARN MORE?
WHO DOES IT?
FLORIDA, USA - Update ... Scott Ernest Allen has been sentenced to three lifetime sentences - to be served consecutively - totalling more than 700 years in prison, after being convicted on infant and child sexual abuse charges. Officers were called to a local Goodwill store in 2016 after a young girl told her father a man had slid a cellphone under the dressing room door in an attempt to videotape her changing clothes.
After Allen's arrest, officers found numerous images and videos of bestiality and child pornography, including incidents where Allen had filmed himself sexually assaulting of an infant and other young children.
Investigators were able to tie Allen to the photos based on tattoos and a thumbprint from one of the digital images.
ABOUT 5% OF THE POPULATION
There is no single profile that fits all animal sex offenders, just as there is no single profile that fits all human sex offenders.
While the majority of offenders are white, middle-aged men, the number of women and couples has risen in recent years, and cases have been reported worldwide, so ethnicity, race, gender, and even primary sexual preference can vary.
Bestiality has been linked to a number of other criminal acts such as pedophilia, making and distribution of extreme pornography, and aggravated cruelty toward humans and animals.
On this site, you'll find cases grouped by primary behaviors. New cases and updates can be found on our Facebook page.
ARTICLES, RESEARCH, and TRAINING
Bestiality is a topic that generally provokes a strong reaction, whether its disgust, derision, or discussion.
Although reports of bestiality may seem to be rare, it actually happens far more often than you think, and is likely happening someplace in the world right now.
Based on proprietary research, the number of arrests for bestiality has risen by more than 600% in the past seven years.
In the RESOUCES section, you find links to academic publications, research papers and articles, and commentary on current issues.
Specialized TRAINING is available for enforcement officers,veterinarians, social workers, and legal professionals.
THE BEST KEPT CRIMINAL SECRET
Bestiality (sometimes incorrectly referred to as zoophilia) is the intentional sexual conduct or contact between a human and an animal. Penetration may or may not occur. Semen emission may or may not occur. Physical injury may or may not occur. What's important is the sexual motivation or intent of the human toward the animal and how the act is defined by the jurisdiction in which it occurs.
Scott Heiser, an attorney with the Animal Legal Defense Fund, says the lack of bestiality laws in states without them is due more to a lack of awareness than a lack of desire.
Bestiality is specifically illegal in most US states; please check for current laws in your jurisdiction.
TOP STORY
Video voyeurism and sexual battery of an infant leads to conviction
July 19, 2018
Scott Ernest Allen, 35; photo by Lynn Haven Police Deparment