- Animal sex is not illegal in Sweden, and every year between
200 and 300 pets are injured because of sexual assaults.
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- The estimate was presented by Svenska Veterinärforbundet,
the Swedish veterinary organization, and it is now trying to make the authorities
and the public more aware of animals' suffering. The organization claim
the problem has increased during the last couple of years, even if most
people are unaware of it.
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- "We have seen an increase since 1999 when child
pornography became illegal," said Johan Beck-Friis. "It appears,
in other words, as there are some people who have replaced children with
animals. In both circumstances, it is sex with defenceless individuals."
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- The injuries inflicted on animals after sexual assaults
are of the same character of those children get. Beck-Friis said that the
most common injuries are wounds on the sex organs and blisters.
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- Animal Porn
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- The fact that animal sex is becoming an increasing problem
can be indicated by the mere fact that there is an increasing selection
of animal porn at video rentals and there an increasingly number of websites
with animal pornography is surfacing.
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- No one knows for sure how many animals that are abused,
but a British study from 2001 indicates that every 20th dog or cat that
receives treatment at veterinaries, the injuries are not a result of a
direct accident, but the animal has been inflicted the injury as a result
of a sexual assault.
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- According to the Swedish paper Expressen, if the same
estimate can be used in Sweden that will indicate that 200 to 300 dogs
and cats every year are injured as a result of sexual assaults.
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- Not Illegal
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- In contrast with most other countries, animal sex is
not illegal in Sweden. It was decriminalized in 1944 in connection with
the decriminalization of homosexual sex.
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