Editing The Truth Behind Interspecies Relationships/Love (section)

=== Zoophilia ===
The term ''zoophilia'' was introduced into the field of research on [[sexuality]] in ''[[Psychopathia Sexualis (Richard von Krafft-Ebing book)|Psychopathia Sexualis]]'' (1886) by [[Richard Freiherr von Krafft-Ebing|Krafft-Ebing]], who described a number of cases of "violation of animals (bestiality)",<ref>Richard von Krafft-Ebing: [[Psychopathia Sexualis (Richard von Krafft-Ebing book)|Psychopathia Sexualis]], p. 561.</ref> as well as "zoophilia erotica",<ref>Richard von Krafft-Ebing: [[Psychopathia Sexualis (Richard von Krafft-Ebing book)|Psychopathia Sexualis]], p. 281.</ref> which he defined as a sexual attraction to animal skin or fur. The term ''zoophilia'' derives from the combination of two nouns in [[Greek language|Greek]]: '''''ζῷον''''' (''zṓion'', meaning "animal") and '''''φιλία''''' (''[[wiktionary:-philia|philia]]'', meaning "(fraternal) [[love]]"). In general contemporary usage, the term ''zoophilia'' may refer to sexual activity between human and non-human animals, the desire to engage in such, or to the specific [[paraphilia]] (''i.e.,'' the atypical arousal) which indicates a definite preference for non-human animals over humans as sexual partners. Although Krafft-Ebing also coined the term ''[[zooerasty]]'' for the paraphilia of exclusive sexual attraction to animals,<ref name="deviance 391">D. Richard Laws and William T. O'Donohue: [https://books.google.com/books?id=yIXG9FuqbaIC&pg=PA391&dq=zoophilia+paraphilia Books.Google.co.uk], Sexual Deviance, page 391. [[Guilford Press]], 2008. {{ISBN|978-1-59385-605-2}}.</ref> that term has fallen out of general use.