Bestiality video industry hit as Dutch give animal sex the thumbs down

A sheep: relieved

www.metro.co.uk

The source of four fifths of the internet’s bestiality videos may be on the way out, after Dutch lawmakers approved a ban on having sex with animals.

Currently, animal sex is not itself illegal in the Netherlands as long, as it could be proven the animals were not injured – a situation rectified by the legislation approved on Tuesday by the upper house of the Dutch parliament.

The new law bans human sex with animals, including in private situations where the animals are not injured, and prohibits the production or distribution of animal pornography, a summary of the law posted on the upper chamber’s website said.

Given the illicit nature of the product, precise figures on animal pornography video sales are difficult to find, but the Dutch newspaper Algemeen Dagblad, in a 2007 survey, found that distributors in the Netherlands were responsible for some 80 percent of bestiality videos worldwide. Read more…

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