Zoosadism

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{{Original research|date=November 2007}}
'''Zoosadism''' is a term coined by [[Ernest Borneman]] referring to [[pleasure]] (sometimes [[Human sexuality#Sexual pleasure|sexual pleasure]]) derived from [[cruelty to animals]]. Zoosadism is part of the [[Macdonald triad]], a set of three behaviors that are a precursor to [[Psychopathy|sociopathic behavior]].<ref name=macdonald>{{cite journal|author=J. M. MacDonald|title=The Threat to Kill|journal=American Journal of Psychiatry|volume=120|issue=2|pages=125–130|year=1963}}</ref>

==Research==

Schedel-Stupperich (2001) state that some [[horse-ripping]] incidences have a sexual connection, and in general, the link between [[Sadomasochism|sadistic]] sexual acts with animals and sadistic practices with humans or lust murders has been heavily researched. Some murderers [[tortured]] animals in their childhood, with some of them also practicing [[bestiality]]. Ressler et al. (1988) found that 36% of sexual murderers described themselves as having abused animals during childhood, with 46% of them reporting that they had abused animals during adolescence, and (1986) that eight of their sample of thirty-six sexual murderers showed an interest in [[zoosexual]] acts.

In 1971, American researchers profiled the typical animal harmer as being a nine-and-a-half-year-old boy, with an [[Intelligence quotient|I.Q.]] of 91 and a history of [[Child abuse|gross parental abuse]]. The UK "[[Young Abusers Project]]" sees children as young as five who have a record of sexual offences or "extremely" violent behavior. Of such people, child psychiatrist Dr Eileen Vizard, commented:
{{quote|"They stomp on small hamsters or mice. Squeeze them or burst them, set fire to their fur. Gratuitous cruelty for which there can be no justification."<ref name=bbc20000509>{{cite web | last = | first = | authorlink = | coauthors = | title = The chain of cruelty | work = | publisher = BBC News | date = 9 May 2000 | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/741856.stm | format = | doi = | accessdate = }}</ref>}}

Dr Vizard commented:
{{quote|"…cruelty to animals, if accompanied by a sexual interest in animals, is a high-risk indicator of a future sex offender."<ref name=bbc20000509/>}}

Studies have shown that individuals who enjoy or are willing to inflict harm on animals are more likely to do so to humans. One of the known warning signs of certain psychopathologies, including [[antisocial personality disorder]], is a history of torturing pets and small animals. According to the ''[[New York Times]]'':
{{quote|"the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation|FBI]] has found that a history of cruelty to animals is one of the traits that regularly appear in its computer records of [[Serial rape|serial rapists]] and [[Serial killer|murderers]], and the standard diagnostic and treatment manual for psychiatric and emotional disorders lists cruelty to animals as a diagnostic criterion for [[conduct disorder]]s."<ref>{{Cite news | last = Goleman | first = Daniel | author-link = | last2 = | first2 = | author2-link = | title = Child's Love of Cruelty May Hint at the Future Killer | newspaper = New York Times | pages = | year = | date = 7 August 1991 | url = | postscript =  }}</ref>}}

Alan R. Felthous reported in his paper "Aggression Against Cats, Dogs, and People" (1980) that
{{quote|"A survey of psychiatric patients who had repeatedly tortured dogs and cats found all of them had high levels of aggression toward people as well, including one patient who had murdered a boy."<ref>{{Cite journal | last = Felthous | first = Alan R. | author-link = | last2 = | first2 = | author2-link = | title = Aggression Against Cats, Dogs, and People | journal = Child Psychiatry and Human Development | volume = | issue = 10 | pages = 169–177 | date = | year = 1980 | url = | doi = | id = | postscript =  }}</ref>}}

This is a commonly reproduced finding, and for this reason, violence (including sexually oriented violence) toward animals is considered a serious warning sign of potential serious violence towards humans.

==Legal status==
In the [[United States]], since 2010, it has been a federal offense to create or distribute "obscene" depictions of "living non-human mammals, birds, reptiles, or amphibians ... subjected to serious bodily injury".<ref>[[Ruthann Robson|Robson, Ruthann]] (2010-12-14) [http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/conlaw/2010/12/animal-porn-criminalized-by-federal-law-again.html Animal Porn - Criminalized by Federal Law Again], ''Constitutional Law Prof Blog''</ref> This statute replaced an overly broad 1999 statute<ref>[http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/18/48.html US Code TITLE 18 > PART I > CHAPTER 3 > § 48]</ref> which was found unconstitutional in ''[[United States v. Stevens]]''.

==Insects==
Zoosadism towards [[insect]]s is also exhibited by some. The classic example of this subvariety of "schoolyard viciousness" is the child who pulls off a fly's wings. The [[Ancient Rome|Roman]] writer [[Plutarch]], in his ''[[Parallel Lives]]'', claims that the Emperor [[Domitian]] amused himself by catching flies and impaling them with needles.

==Notable zoosadists==
* [[Dennis Rader]]
* [[Luka Magnotta]]
* [[2002 Japan animal cruelty case|Jun Matsubara]]
* [[Kenny Glenn]]
* [[Jim Jones]]
* [[Henry Lee Lucas]]
* [[Ottis Toole]]
* [[Rostislav Bogoslevsky]]<ref>
[http://fr.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1178708624234&pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull Police arrest suspected serial killer | Jerusalem Post]</ref>
* [[John Duffy and David Mulcahy]]<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/animalrights/story/0,11917,1546812,00.html | work=The Guardian | location=London | title=Childhood cruelty to animals may signal violence in future | first=Rosie | last=Cowan | date=11 August 2005 | accessdate=20 April 2010}}</ref>
* [[Richard Chase]]<ref>[http://www.crimelibrary.com/serial_killers/weird/chase/index_1.html CrimeLibrary.com/Serial Killers/Truly Weird & Shocking/Richard Trenton Chase: The Vampire of Sacramento]</ref>

==See also==
* [[Animal abuse]]
* [[Bearbaiting]]
* [[Bloodsport]]
* [[Cat-burning]]
* [[Crush film]]
* [[Zoophilia]]

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.forensicnursemag.com/articles/411clinical.html Four-legged Forensics: What Forensic Nurses Need to Know and Do About Animal Cruelty]

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