Supreme Court Of Canada Legalises ‘Sex’ With Animals In Bizarre Ruling

Canada’s highest court has just ruled that some sex acts between humans and
animals are legal.
In a controversially quixotic ruling, the country’s high court ruled that a man
who was on trial for raping and sexually exploiting his own daughters wasn’t
guilty of “bestiality.” The man reportedly , “smeared peanut butter on the
genitals of his victims and had the family dog lick it off while he videotaped the
act.”
The convicted man took his case to the Canadian Supreme Court, demanding
that the bestiality charge be nullified. In the end, the court agreed.
As a result of the rape case, the court ruled 7 to 1 that humans having sexual
contact with animals is OK if there is no “penetration” involved in the act.
Technically, this means oral sex with animals is legal in Canada.
In its ruling, the court decided that the legislature had not clearly defined the
terms in the country’s bestiality laws and the way the statute is written should
be read to only outlaw animal penetration, whether that penetration is animal
to human or vice versa.
“Although bestiality was often subsumed in terms such as sodomy or buggery,
penetration was the essence — ‘the defining act’ — of the offense,” the court’s
ruling states as reported by The Independent .
The high court’s lone dissenter, though, said the ruling would mean open
season for the sexual exploitation of animals.
“Acts with animals that have a sexual purpose are inherently exploitative
whether or not penetration occurs,” Justice Rosalie Abella wrote in her dissent.
Animal rights activist Camille Labchuk agreed with Justice Abella. “As of today,
Canadian law gives animal abusers license to use animals for their own sexual
gratification,” she told the paper. “This is completely unacceptable, contrary to
societal expectations, and cannot be allowed to continue.”
The question is a troublesome one here in the U.S. as well, dividing liberals and
serving as a watchword to conservatives.
Recently, for instance, animal rights activists in Ohio were rallying for the
legislature to make it more explicit that sex between humans and animals is
forbidden by state law.
In April, animal advocates were seen protesting at the state capital in Columbus
to raise awareness that Ohio has no law outlawing sexual exploitation of
animals after a 61-year-old man was arrested for committing sex acts with
dogs.
Ohio is one of only eleven U.S. states that don’t have any bestiality laws on the
books, advocates say.
The U.S. and Canada are no outliers in having a mixed record when dealing
with bestiality. A recent article from the Daily Mail lamented the troubling new
trend of “animal brothels” rising in Germany as many humans are claiming sex
with animals is just another “lifestyle choice.”
Culled from thetrentonline.com