Animal sexual abuse - a reality in Portugal and Spain

The sexual abuse of animals has persisted prehistoric times and is currently studied in the disciplines of history, medicine, psychiatry, veterinary medicine and law. The Portuguese legislation has no explicit reference to sexual contact with animals and the Spanish legislation had recently added “...

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Autor principal:	Mariana Monteiro Campos Castanheira
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Lenguaje:	EN ES
Publicado:	Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona. Facultat de Dret 2019
Materias:	Sexual abuse of animals Zoophilia Animal pornography. Animal culture SF1-1100 Law in general. Comparative and uniform law. Jurisprudence K1-7720
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:1524c5e259d14e628221a00d742221152021-11-27T08:42:27ZAnimal sexual abuse - a reality in Portugal and Spain10.5565/rev/da.4552462-7518https://doaj.org/article/1524c5e259d14e628221a00d742221152019-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://revistes.uab.cat/da/article/view/455https://doaj.org/toc/2462-7518 The sexual abuse of animals has persisted prehistoric times and is currently studied in the disciplines of history, medicine, psychiatry, veterinary medicine and law. The Portuguese legislation has no explicit reference to sexual contact with animals and the Spanish legislation had recently added “sexual exploitation of animals” which could be interpreted as implying the element of profit. The principal aim of this thesis is to prove that cases of animal sexual abuse in Portugal and Spain are not so infrequent as we may believe. We aim to establish the incidence and frequency of cases of sexual abuse detected by veterinarians in Portugal and Spain and to show that people are actively searching for zoophilic content online in these two countries. An online survey was made and directed to Spanish and Portuguese veterinarians. Our results left no doubt about the existence of such abuses in Portugal and Spain (8.2% of veterinarians in our study had encountered or at least suspected of cases of sexual abuse). Moreover, our analyses via Google Trends proved that people are currently looking for zoophilic content online. With that said, we hope to authenticate the urgent need to change legislation to protect the victims of these abuses and to encourage other investigators to focus on this neglected subject. Mariana Monteiro Campos CastanheiraUniversitat Autonoma de Barcelona. Facultat de DretarticleSexual abuse of animalsZoophiliaAnimal pornography.Animal cultureSF1-1100Law in general. Comparative and uniform law. JurisprudenceK1-7720ENESDerecho Animal, Vol 10, Iss 4 (2019)
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topic	Sexual abuse of animals Zoophilia Animal pornography. Animal culture SF1-1100 Law in general. Comparative and uniform law. Jurisprudence K1-7720
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description	The sexual abuse of animals has persisted prehistoric times and is currently studied in the disciplines of history, medicine, psychiatry, veterinary medicine and law. The Portuguese legislation has no explicit reference to sexual contact with animals and the Spanish legislation had recently added “sexual exploitation of animals” which could be interpreted as implying the element of profit. The principal aim of this thesis is to prove that cases of animal sexual abuse in Portugal and Spain are not so infrequent as we may believe. We aim to establish the incidence and frequency of cases of sexual abuse detected by veterinarians in Portugal and Spain and to show that people are actively searching for zoophilic content online in these two countries. An online survey was made and directed to Spanish and Portuguese veterinarians. Our results left no doubt about the existence of such abuses in Portugal and Spain (8.2% of veterinarians in our study had encountered or at least suspected of cases of sexual abuse). Moreover, our analyses via Google Trends proved that people are currently looking for zoophilic content online. With that said, we hope to authenticate the urgent need to change legislation to protect the victims of these abuses and to encourage other investigators to focus on this neglected subject.
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Animal sexual abuse - a reality in Portugal and Spain

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