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AK - House passes bill outlawing beastiality

View the article here 04/18/2009 JUNEAU (AP) - The state House has unanimously approved a bill that outlaws sex with an animal. State Rep. Bob Lynn, R-Anchorage, filed the bill in response to an incident last year in Klawock in which a 26-year-old man was accused of taking a family's dog, tying it to a tree, taping its muzzle and having sex with it. The man was a registered sex offender. He was charged with theft. Lynn says there's no Alaska law that applies to such an attack on an animal. He says research indicates links between the animal attacks and abuse of children. His bill would ban bestiality by expanding the animal cruelty law to include sexual conduct. The offense would be a Class A misdemeanor punishable by up to a year in jail and a $10,000 fine...continue to full post

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