Editing Zoophilia in Society - A 2000 Survey (section)

==Disadvantages of wider acceptance==
Again most respondents here had disadvantages that were selfishly motivated. I'm not saying this is necessarily a bad thing, it's what you would expect in a survey of this nature. What was a bad thing in my opinion though is just how few respondents cited increased animal abuse as a disadvantage. Only 10 of the 38 who responded to this question mentioned this. Of course it's possible that I'm wrong, and that there isn't a risk of increased animal abuse, but it's a disadvantage that swings my decision.
The most common disadvantages quoted include increased attacks on zoophiles, and reduced privacy. I'm not sure about the privacy thing, but it's certainly true any wider acceptance would mean that zoophilia becomes a real target for those who believe it's a problem, whereas at present it's largely not even acknowledged. There certainly aren't any organised campaigns against zoophilia that I know of.

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The above table shows a summary of respondents asked how willing they were to stand for increased acceptance. The responses here match the responses to the earlier question on how concerned zoophiles were about their sexuality; 38% of respondents who are not concerned about their sexuality are also not willing to stand for greater acceptance, compared with only 25% of those who are very concerned.