M Jenny Edwards
SME, Animal Sexual Abuse and Exploitation
It's Complicated
I've traveled the country, and some other parts of the world, educating people on why paying attention to bestiality (a/k/a animal sex abuse) is an important thing to do. Much of what I do is repetitive, and yet I still haven't found a quick and easy way, an elevator speech if you will, that sums up...
Case Study: Petty criminal turned animal sex offender
In the early morning hours of July of 2012, officers responded to a disturbance call from a local veterinary clinic in Washington State. On arrival, they found 25-year-old Michael Heyes inside his vehicle. There was blood on the trunk, and an injured puppy was sitting on the ground near the rear tire....
Sex trafficking on the Internet
On March 19, the Senate passed H.R. 1865 – the Fight Online Sex Traffickers Act, or FOSTA which already passed the House in February – despite heated opposition.
Like most things related to the passage of laws, HR 1865 is not without complications, or even unintended consequences. The goal...
Animal porn, Homemade Videos, and Copyrighted Material
by M. Jenny Edwards
March 23, 2018
Animal porn is quite prevalent among practitioners of bestiality. Individuals take “selfies” with their animal partner, or film someone else to memorialize the event; couples do the family dog for their own sexual pleasure and then post their...
Fetishes: Dogs and Diapers
by M. Jenny Edwards
March 5, 2018
In February, a 57-year-old Oregon man was arrested after an informant handed over a thumb drive containing child porn to the Department of Homeland Security. The tipster told the agents that Terry Mackie has a diaper fetish, and enjoys sex with...
Bestiality is not as rare as you think
Bestiality is not rare; in fact, it's been happening for centuries
by M. Jenny Edwards
For most individuals, the concept of humans having sex with animals is abhorrent, and as a result, the topic is seldom researched, studied, or openly discussed. Abundant historical and anthropological...
Animals as Property
Are animals property, or should they be considered protected sex partners?
In July 2017 on a farm near Bath, South Dakota, a farmer found James Schumacher, 56 in his barn having sex with a baby calf only four weeks old. When the sheriff's deputy arrived to investigate, Schumacher said he...
Aimal Brothels: Real or Not?
by M Jenny Edwards
As the Russian proverb says, Доверяй, но проверяй - “trust, but verify”. Over the years, there have been a few reports of “animal brothels” - places where paying customers can go to have sex with an animal. There is virtually no proof that animal brothels exist, but online...
Female offenders on the rise
Couple arrested for Child Sexual Abuse, and Pornography involving animals and children
October 13, 2017
In 2015 Missouri police arrested Duffy Dean Woodman, 50 in connection with the sexual abuse of a 10 year-old child. After searching his residence, police seized multiple laptops,...
The application of Forensics to Bestiality
Child pornographers are often very good at hiding their stash and finding it can very time consuming as well as costly for local law enforcement agencies. Computers in secret closets, thumb drives in dresser drawers, CD's buried in grain buckets, are all places where porn collections have been found.
Topics of Interest on Zoophilia and Bestiality