Editing Douglas "Fausty" Spink (section)

== Zoophilia advocacy ==
Spink was outspoken about his beliefs that animals can consent to sexual activity with humans.<ref name="hay" /> During a 2010 court case, Spink's attorney explained, "He believes it’s a sexual orientation and that the arguments against it are the same ones once made against homosexuality or miscegenation”.<ref name="clarridge" /> Additionally, in a YouTube video, Spink discussed his 10-year romantic relationship with one of the horses on his farm.<ref name="clarridge" />

In addition to his personal actions and advocacy, Spink worked on projects against “zoophobic bigots” to raise legal funds for defending his fellow “[[Zoophiles|zoosexuals]]”.<ref name="brown">{{Cite thesis|last=Brown|first=Meghan Ann|year=2015|title=Animal people|url=https://dr.lib.iastate.edu/server/api/core/bitstreams/90e60fc3-5321-4607-9d0b-957a78b0968b/content|format=PDF|url-status=live|institution=[[wikipedia:Iowa State University|Iowa State University]]|pages=29–31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251224094944if_/https://dr.lib.iastate.edu/server/api/core/bitstreams/90e60fc3-5321-4607-9d0b-957a78b0968b/content|archive-date=2025-12-24|archive-format=PDF|doi=10.31274/etd-180810-4199|doi-access=free|oclc=940589744|access-date=2025-12-24|df=mdy-all}}</ref> Another of his enterprises, [[Baneki]], developed and marketed a [[wikipedia:Darknet|darknet]] [[wikipedia:VPN service|VPN service]] that offered zoophiles a way to access pornography anonymously.<ref name="xspecies4">{{Cite tweet|number=1056753347791855617|user=CrossSpecies|title=Non-consensual castration of male dogs is genuine, intentional, unquestionable abuse. (Part 4 of 4)|archive-url=https://archive.is/https://twitter.com/CrossSpecies/status/1056753347791855617|archive-date=2018-11-12|url-status=live|language=en-US|access-date=2023-11-28|df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref name="ztt_origin">{{Cite web|title=The Origin of Zooier Than Thou|url=https://zoo.wtf/s2e10-bonus-the-origin-of-zooier-than-thou/|website=zoo.wtf|access-date=2023-11-28|df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref name="zemendepo2">{{Cite tweet|number=1299586956729483267|user=zemendepo|title=Doug and I got a pup in December to start our family. Little did we know that just a month later that he would be taken from us. (Part 2 of 2)|language=en-US|access-date=2023-11-28|df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref name="zemendepo4">{{Cite tweet|number=1220895385419440133|user=zemendepo|title=@LeConteSpink I will always Love You. (Part 4 of 4)|language=en-US|access-date=2023-11-28|df=mdy-all}}</ref>