Editing Douglas "Fausty" Spink (section)

== Criminal history ==
After declaring bankruptcy in 2002, Spink began smuggling cocaine and marijuana in and out of Canada for Robert Kesling,<ref name="carter">{{Cite news|last=Carter|first=Mike|date=2014-05-20|title=Man who promotes sex with animals is back in prison|url=https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/man-who-promotes-sex-with-animals-is-back-in-prison/|newspaper=[[wikipedia:The Seattle Times|The Seattle Times]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230531033328if_/https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/man-who-promotes-sex-with-animals-is-back-in-prison/|archive-date=2023-05-31|url-status=live|language=en-US|access-date=2023-10-27|df=mdy-all}}</ref> a regional drug lord. In 2005, he was apprehended when law enforcement stopped him while he was transporting nearly 375 pounds of cocaine, estimated at a value of $34 million.<ref name="ap">{{Cite news|author=Associated Press|date=2010-04-19|title=Coke kingpin Douglas Spink busted for running bestiality farm in Washington state|url=https://www.nydailynews.com/2010/04/19/coke-kingpin-douglas-spink-busted-for-running-bestiality-farm-in-washington-state/|website=[[wikipedia:New York Daily News|New York Daily News]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231027090325if_/https://www.nydailynews.com/2010/04/19/coke-kingpin-douglas-spink-busted-for-running-bestiality-farm-in-washington-state/|archive-date=2023-10-27|url-status=live|language=en-US|access-date=2023-10-24|df=mdy-all}}</ref> Because of his cooperation with investigators, he received a three-year prison sentence. After release, he was placed on parole.<ref name="carter" />

During the 2005 traffic stop, investigators got the first hint that Spink was practicing bestiality. They noted “Spink was strangely protective of a female German shepherd that was with him”, Cmdr. Steve Clopp also clarified they “didn't bother” with the odd behavior due to their “more pressing concerns.” Most important of which was the 372 pounds of cocaine in the car.<ref name="cuniff">{{Cite news|last=Cuniff|first=Meghann|date=2010-04-20|title=Police saw signs smuggler liked bestiality|url=https://www.spokesman.com/blogs/sirens/2010/apr/20/police-saw-signs-smuggler-liked-bestiality/|newspaper=[[wikipedia:The Spokesman-Review|The Spokesman-Review]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110501084551if_/http://www.spokesman.com/blogs/sirens/2010/apr/20/police-saw-signs-smuggler-liked-bestiality/|archive-date=2011-05-01|url-status=live|language=en-US|access-date=2023-11-28|df=mdy-all}}</ref>

The same year, the [[Enumclaw horse sex case]], in which Kenneth Pinyan died as a result of having filmed sex with a horse, occurred on Spink's farm. Spink is reported to have dropped Pinyan off at the hospital; cameras caught his license plate as he fled the scene, leading back to Spink’s ranch.<ref name="mudede">{{Cite news|last=Mudede|first=Charles|date=2015-07-22|title=Revisiting the Town of the Most Famous Horse Sex Death in Recorded History|url=https://www.thestranger.com/features/2015/07/22/22580444/ten-years-later-the-town-of-enumclaw-still-doesnt-want-to-talk-about-you-know-what|newspaper=[[wikipedia:The Stranger (newspaper)|The Stranger]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230816184638if_/https://www.thestranger.com/features/2015/07/22/22580444/ten-years-later-the-town-of-enumclaw-still-doesnt-want-to-talk-about-you-know-what|archive-date=2023-08-16|url-status=live|language=en-US|access-date=2023-10-25|df=mdy-all}}</ref> Spink kept tabs on the case until his arrest, actively supporting James Michael Tait, who was jailed for filming Pinyan.<ref name="brodeur">{{Cite news|last=Brodeur|first=Nicole|date=2010-07-19|title=This guy really needs supervision|url=https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/this-guy-really-needs-supervision/|newspaper=[[wikipedia:The Seattle Times|The Seattle Times]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190629095519if_/https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/this-guy-really-needs-supervision/|archive-date=2019-06-29|url-status=live|language=en-US|access-date=2023-10-25|df=mdy-all}}</ref> Pinyan's death rapidly prompted the enactment of a bill by the Washington State Legislature that prohibits both sex with animals and the videotaping of such an act. Under current Washington law, bestiality is now a Class C felony punishable by up to five years in prison.<ref name="59legislature">{{Cite web|author=Fifty-Ninth Legislature of the State of Washington|date=2006-03-08|title=Animal cruelty in the first degree|url=https://apps.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=16.52.205|work=RCW 16.52.205|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120110003423if_/http://apps.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=16.52.205|archive-date=2012-01-10|url-status=live|language=en-US|access-date=2015-01-17|df=mdy-all}}</ref>

In April 2010, investigators in Tennessee contacted Spink's probation officer to inform him that Spink had become involved in the criminal proceedings against Tait,<ref name="carter" /> who had been convicted of trespassing in the Enumclaw horse sex case and was currently charged with bestiality.<ref name="clarridge">{{Cite news|last=Clarridge|first=Christine|date=2010-07-16|title=Man who ran animal-sex operation sentenced for probation violation|url=https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/man-who-ran-animal-sex-operation-sentenced-for-probation-violation/|website=[[wikipedia:The Seattle Times|The Seattle Times]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210130092706if_/https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/man-who-ran-animal-sex-operation-sentenced-for-probation-violation/|archive-date=2021-01-30|url-status=live|language=en-US|access-date=2023-10-24|df=mdy-all}}</ref> On April 14, a 19-member SWAT team raided Spink’s compound for violating the parole of his 2005 arrest.<ref name="brodeur" /><ref name="clarridge" /> While there, they arrested a man who was on the property and ultimately plead guilty to animal cruelty charges.<ref name="clarridge" /> Spink received a sentence of three years in federal prison and two years of probation under the condition that "he shut down his websites promoting zoophilia and bestiality; and that he not possess, produce or distribute any bestiality videos or photos".<ref name="brodeur" />

In 2013, following Spink's prison sentence, he was placed on parole with several conditions, including agreeing to regular checks of any hard drives for inappropriate pornographic material and refraining from voluntary contact with animals. Additionally, courts ordered him to "shut down all websites owned, operated, or under his control that promote or contain zoophilia, bestiality or any sexual act with animal[s]". Further, the hard drives that were taken during the 2010 investigation were not returned due to Spink's skill and knowledge regarding technology under the assumption that he may be able to recover deleted inappropriate files and/or encrypted data.<ref name="justia">{{Cite web|author=Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals|date=2013-05-09|title=USA V. DOUGLAS SPINK, No. 12-30068 (9th Cir. 2013)|url=https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/ca9/12-30068/12-30068-2013-05-09.html|website=[[wikipedia:Justia Law|Justia Law]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231027090343if_/https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/ca9/12-30068/12-30068-2013-05-09.html|archive-date=2023-10-27|url-status=live|language=en|access-date=2023-10-25|df=mdy-all}}</ref>

Almost immediately, Spink returned to bestiality websites, obtained a dog, and boarded horses at a nearby farm. In 2014, he was sentenced to nine months in prison for violating parole, "the longest sentence U.S. District Court Judge Ricardo Martinez could impose".<ref name="carter" /> In an 2014 interview, Spink stated of his public crimes, "A core precedent was set: No longer can zoophobes in this country batter and coerce people like me into silence with threats of violence."<ref name="hay">{{Cite web|last=Hay|first=Mark|date=2014-07-11|title=Animals Can Consent to Sex with Humans, Claims Human Accused of Running Animal Brothel|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/nnqdpx/apparently-animals-consent-to-sex-in-the-beastiality-brothel|website=[[wikipedia:Vice Media|Vice]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230722020158if_/https://www.vice.com/en/article/nnqdpx/apparently-animals-consent-to-sex-in-the-beastiality-brothel|archive-date=2023-07-22|url-status=live|language=en|access-date=2023-10-27|df=mdy-all}}</ref>

After his release from prison, Spink crossed the border into Canada and was arrested and jailed at least twice for entering the country and obtaining dogs, actions disallowed by his parole.<ref name="sims">{{Cite news|last=Sims|first=Jane|date=2016-02-23|title=Douglas Spink ordered returned to United States where he is wanted for animal cruelty|url=https://lfpress.com/2016/02/23/douglas-spink-ordered-returned-to-united-states-where-he-is-wanted-for-animal-cruelty|newspaper=[[wikipedia:The London Free Press|The London Free Press]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210611170046if_/https://lfpress.com/2016/02/23/douglas-spink-ordered-returned-to-united-states-where-he-is-wanted-for-animal-cruelty|archive-date=2021-06-11|url-status=live|language=en-GB|access-date=2023-10-27|df=mdy-all}}</ref>

Spink ignored this and continued to keep dogs as companions in his home and went on to start the [[Zooier Than Thou]] podcast while continuing his activism in many other ways until his death from lymphoma in 2020.