Editing Zoo (2007 film) (section)

== Synopsis ==
In July 2005 near the small rural town of Enumclaw, Washington, Kenneth Pinyan also known as "Mr. Hands" died from internal injuries sustained while engaging in a sexual act with a horse. The police investigation of the incident led to the discovery of a network of zoophiles who held animal orgys at a local farm to have sex with horses.<ref>{{Cite web |date=July 18, 2005 |title=When a Man Dies in a Sex Act with a Horse -- What's a Reporter to Do? |url=https://www.editorandpublisher.com/stories/when-a-man-dies-in-a-sex-act-with-a-horse-whats-a-reporter-to-do,31187 |access-date=2022-12-07 |website=Editor and Publisher |language=en}}</ref> At the farm, the police seized videotapes and DVDs that showed several men engaging in sexual acts with the resident Arabian stallions, with one of them showing Kenneth Pinyan. At the time, Washington state had no laws concerning [[bestiality]]; in response to the case, the State Senate swiftly voted to [[Legality of bestiality in the United States|criminalize bestiality]] in 2006. Animal cruelty charges were not filed against the participants because no evidence of injury to the horses was found.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2005-10-18 |title=Charge filed in connection with man who died having horse sex |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/charge-filed-in-connection-with-man-who-died-having-horse-sex/ |access-date=2022-12-07 |website=The Seattle Times |language=en-US}}</ref> The videographer in the Pinyan incident, James Michael Tait, was charged with criminal trespassing.<ref name=":0">{{cite news|last1=Mudede|first1=Charles|author-link=Charles Mudede|date=February 23, 2006|title=The Animal in You|work=The Stranger (newspaper){{!}}The Stranger|url=http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Content?oid=30811|access-date=7 December 2022}}</ref>

Two Seattle-based filmmakers, Robinson Devor and Charles Mudede, curious about the type of people involved in the underground world of zoophilia, interviewed figures close to the case, including other members of the zoophile ring. The three zoophiles interviewed by the filmmakers are identified by their names in the online zoo community—Coyote, H, and the Happy Horseman. H was the man who organized the zoo gatherings. Only one zoo, Coyote, agreed to appear in the film’s re-enactments.

Other interview subjects include Jenny Edwards, the founder of a local animal rescue organization who helped investigate potential animal abuse in the case, and legislators and local law enforcement officers.