Animals, Bestiality | featured news

There may be some terrible news to report out of Florida today, depending on how the state's residents have collectively decided to apply the basic science of biological classification to their lives. Last week, we noted some good news: The Florida legislature had finally passed a law that would outlaw bestiality and preserve the innocence of Florida's native fauna.

A former Orange County police officer surrendered to authorities Tuesday after he was charged with defrauding clients while working as a private investigator and engaging in a conspiracy to commit sexual assault of an animal by posting ads on Craigslist to have women engage in bestiality with his dog, authorities said.

A man caught having sex with a horse in a South Carolina stable is sentenced to three years in prison.

A South Carolina man has been charged a second time with having sex with the same horse, according to news reports from the Palmetto State. Police say Rodell Vereen, 50, was charged with buggery. He'll be in court Monday. If convicted, he faces up to five years in jail. Last July Vereen pleaded guilty to having sex with the same horse on Thanksgiving 2007. He was declared a sex offender, sentenced to three years of...

Shocked by cases of involving humans having sex with animals, lawmakers in Florida and Alaska are considering bans on bestiality. They are among 15 states where the practice is not explicitly illegal.