Post by Logan on Jan 11, 2017 8:57:18 GMT -6
When neighboring Ohio last month enacted a law making bestiality a felony, it left Kentucky in the embarrassing position of being one of only nine states where having sex with animals is not a crime.
Now a Republican lawmaker from Richmond is trying to fix that – but with a catch.
House Bill 143 would ban the sexual assault of a pet dog or cat, but it wouldn’t address sex with other animals.
Dee Robinson of Kentucky Citizens Against Animal Abuse and Domestic Violence, who drafted the bill, said the omission in part is designed to avoid antagonizing hunters and farmers.
Read more: www.courier-journal.com/story/news/politics/ky-legislature/2017/01/09/bill-would-ban-sex-pets-not-other-animals/96262280/
Now a Republican lawmaker from Richmond is trying to fix that – but with a catch.
House Bill 143 would ban the sexual assault of a pet dog or cat, but it wouldn’t address sex with other animals.
Dee Robinson of Kentucky Citizens Against Animal Abuse and Domestic Violence, who drafted the bill, said the omission in part is designed to avoid antagonizing hunters and farmers.
Read more: www.courier-journal.com/story/news/politics/ky-legislature/2017/01/09/bill-would-ban-sex-pets-not-other-animals/96262280/