Editing Peter Singer (section)

====Zoophilia====
In a 2001 review of Midas Dekkers's ''[[Dearest Pet: On Bestiality]]'',<ref name="heavy">"[http://www.nerve.com/Opinions/Singer/heavyPetting/main.asp Heavy Petting]", ''Nerve'', March 2001.</ref> Singer stated that "mutually satisfying activities" of a sexual nature may sometimes occur between humans and animals and that writer Otto Soyka would condone such activities. Singer states that Dekkers believes that zoophilia should remain illegal if it involves what he sees as "cruelty", but otherwise is no cause for shock or horror. Singer believes that although sex between species is not normal or natural,<ref>In one decidedly non-academic interview, Singer said that he is "not in favor" of having sex with animals, and that having sex with other people is "more fun." (''The Colbert Report'', Comedy Central, December 11, 2006.)</ref> it does not constitute a transgression of our status as human beings, because human beings are animals or, more specifically, we are great apes.<ref name="heavy"/> Religious groups, animal rights groups, and others (such as the Christian Vegetarian Association{{Fact|date=February 2007}}) have condemned this view, while the animal rights organization PETA has supported them.<ref>Sarah Boxer, "[http://www.nytimes.com/2001/06/09/arts/09TANK.html?ex=1152504000&en=f35bfd2b6dbe11f7&ei=5070 Yes, but Did Anyone Ask the Animals' Opinion?]", ''The New York Times'', June 9, 2001.</ref>