Alaska Criminalizes Bestiality

[The_Dude 1,142]

Bill to criminalize bestiality advances in Alaska Legislature

by Christopher Eshleman / ceshleman@newsminer.com

JUNEAU - A bill that would criminalize bestiality has continued its path toward state law books.

Supporters say the measure, which cleared the Senate State Affairs Committee today, would close an important gap in Alaska law.

Public animal control commissioners in Fairbanks have lined up unanimously behind the bill, sponsored by Rep. Bob Lynn, R-Anchorage.

Ronnie Rosenberg, the Fairbanks commission's chairwoman, told the State Affairs Commission on Monday that people who work or regularly volunteer at shelters are bound to eventually care for an animal that has been sexually abused by a person. In Fairbanks, an active duty soldier last summer was accused of sodomizing a dachshund that eventually needed medical care and Rosenberg said a more recent case has emerged involving a puppy.

"It's very important that we have the (legal) tools so the troopers can pursue these," Rosenberg said of animal sexual cruelty cases.

The animal cruelty laws already in statute generally make it a misdemeanor to torture or intentionally kill animals outside of standard veterinary care or common farming practices. Lynn's proposed change would add the crime of "knowingly ... engag(ing) in sexual conduct with an animal."

Lynn said studies indicate someone who abuses animals is far more likely that others to move on and abuse children or vulnerable adults.

Rachel Dzuiba, a veterinarian with the Gastineau Humane Society in Juneau, said the bill is well written and would provide one more option to help stop "a cycle of abuse" in Alaska.

The House has already unanimously passed the bill, HB6, which now goes to the Senate Judiciary Committee.

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Is this why Palin moved out?

[Ban Hammer 13,722]

spooky and scandal, alaska is onto your evil ways!

[The_Dude 1,142]

Is this why Palin moved out?

She still keeps that as her residence

[Nagishkaw 510]

Good for them.

[Fandango 1,440]

Bill to criminalize bestiality advances in Alaska Legislature

by Christopher Eshleman / ceshleman@newsminer.com

Lynn's proposed change would add the crime of "knowingly ... engag(ing) in sexual conduct with an animal."

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Can you unknowingly engage in sexual conduct with an animal?

[Ban Hammer 13,722]

Can you unknowingly engage in sexual conduct with an animal?

well it is dark up there for what, 6 months of the year?

[The_Dude 1,142]

well it is dark up there for what, 6 months of the year?

You've had experience with women THAT hairy that you can't tell the difference in the dark? Do tell charles.

[Ban Hammer 13,722]

You've had experience with women THAT hairy that you can't tell the difference in the dark? Do tell charles.

can't tell if it's a parka or a moose.

[spookyturtle 9,466]

spooky and scandal, alaska is onto your evil ways!

I don't know about scandal, but I'm steering clear of Alaska.

[Danno 1,228]

Someone explain this part to me.

<<<Rachel Dzuiba, a veterinarian with the Gastineau Humane Society in Juneau, said the bill is well written and would provide one more option to help stop "a cycle of abuse" in Alaska. >>>

What Cycle?

[Pooky 3,850]

I have no objection to anyone who wishes to have sexual relations with a live, unchained polar bear. It is a good way to clear some of the debris from the gene pool.