It’s surprising to find that sex with animals is not currently illegal in Germany. Nor is this the result of some historic oversight: it used to be a crime, but the law was changed in 1969, at the same time as sex between adult men was decriminalised. Supposedly there are even “erotic zoos”, which people “can visit to abuse animals ranging from llamas to goats.” That’s according to the Daily Mail, though. A possibly more reliable report quotes Madeleine Martin, an animal protection officer from Hesse, who refers to the existence of “animal brothels”.
Martin, who voiced her concerns in February, claimed that the sexual abuse of animals was “increasing rapidly”. She blamed the internet, as is traditional in such cases, and called for the government to re-introduce the ancient crime of bestiality. And indeed the German Parliament is now debating plans to make sex with animals punishable with a fine of up to €25,000. The same penalty would also apply to those “pimping out” their pets to zoophiles.
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