Legality of bestiality by country or territory: Difference between revisions

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Legality of bestiality by country or territory concerns the laws governing humans performing sex acts with non-human animals. Laws against humans performing sex acts on animals, where they exist, are concerned with the actual act, which it commonly refers to as bestiality, rather than the sexual attraction to animals. For this reason, prohibitions of zoophilic pornography are more varied; they may be unlawful if an actual sex act with an animal is involved, but the status is not clear-cut if there is a mere representation, such as a painting or cartoon. In that case, normal obscenity laws will normally apply. All zoophilic imagery is widely regarded as pornography.

Political parties

On 21 April 2015, the Liberal Alliance was the only party in the Danish Folketing to oppose and vote against banning bestiality, while the Red-Green Alliance abstained. Liberal Alliance MP Joachim Olsen said about the bill: "Best case, this is a superficial law. Worst case, it is political populism and moralism".^[1]^[2]

Organizations

Denmark's Animal Ethics Council opposed banning bestiality in Denmark in 2006 and 2015, saying existing laws which allow bestiality except in cases where the animal can be proved to have suffered were enough.^[3]^[4]

Objectives

Laws on bestiality tend to be shaped by animal welfare concerns, moral views, and cultural beliefs. In many cultures, humans are seen as fundamentally different from other animals and having sex with animals is seen as defilement.^[5]

One of the primary critiques of bestiality is that it is harmful to animals and necessarily abusive, because animals are unable to give or withhold consent.^[6]

Background

International differences

Some jurisdictions list laws very clearly, such as England and Wales, which specifically prohibits penetration of a human being by the penis of an animal, and penetration of an animal by a human's penis.^[7]

By contrast, many countries and US states are less precise about the scope of law in that they outlaw sex with animals, without defining what constitutes "sex".

Even if bestiality is not explicitly prohibited, there are often many other laws which can be used to effectively prosecute cases. For example, most countries have animal cruelty laws, and a prosecutor will argue that all zoophilia activity is animal abuse.^[8] In some U.S. states, a person who engages in bestiality can be charged with animal cruelty.^[9]

Prohibitions without specific bestiality statutes

Some countries have a range of laws on their books. Sometimes sodomy laws or "crime against nature" laws are used to prosecute people who have sex with animals.

In the case of Kenneth Pinyan, who died from injuries sustained from receiving anal sex from a horse, local law enforcement found that there were no laws that allowed them to prosecute his friend, who had filmed the event and also allowed himself to be sodomized by the horse. The friend was prosecuted for trespassing. That case prompted the Washington State legislature to draw up legislation outlawing sex with animals.^[10]

In a 2005 Florida case, a man who had sex with his dog was charged with disorderly conduct, since the state had no anti-bestiality laws on the books at the time.^[11] On 1 October 2011, the state of Florida State Law 828.126, F.S went into effect, banning sex with animals.^[12]

Laws against sex with animals

Aggrawal has discussed extensively on laws against bestiality.^[13] It is permitted in a few countries although ordinary animal treatment laws apply.

There are also commonly laws against forcing another person to engage in sexual activity with other animals, especially minors (usually considered equivalent to rape), and laws related to exposing others (either non-consensually or minors) to the sight of a sexual act. In some jurisdictions, laws against zoophilia conduct also include provisions for seizure of animals where convicted.

Zoophilic pornography

The legality of pornography has three components: legality of production, legality of sale and transportation, and legality of ownership. In general, animal pornography is legal to produce where both zoophilic activity and the creation of pornography in general are legal. Laws concerning sale, transmission and ownership vary more widely.

Erotic art, such as animal pornography in cartoons and the like, which does not require the recording of an actual sexual act, are not usually considered sex with animals by the law, and so their status depends upon more general laws such as legal limits upon obscenity or pornography alone, and the thin line between erotic art and pornography.

National laws

Laws affecting zoophilic activities vary across different countries and other sub-national jurisdictions. In general, these laws regulate performing or receiving sexual activity from non-human animals, or the sale, distribution, and ownership of zoophilic pornography.

Africa

Northern Africa

Country or territory	Bestiality	Sale and distribution of zoophilic pornography	Ownership of zoophilic pornography
Algeria	❌ Illegal since 8 June 1966 Penalty: Maximum of three years in prison and a fine 10,000 Algerian dinars^[14]	❌ Illegal Sale and distribution of any kind of pornography illegal	❌ Illegal Ownership of any kind of pornography illegal
Canary Islands (Autonomous community of Spain)	❌ Illegal since 30 March 2015 Penalty: Minimum of three months and one day to a maximum of one year of imprisonment and a year's disqualification and a day to three years for the exercise of profession, trade or business that is related to animals and animal husbandry^[15]^[16]	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Ceuta (Autonomous city of Spain)	❌ Illegal since 30 March 2015 Penalty: Minimum of three months and one day to a maximum of one year of imprisonment and a year's disqualification and a day to three years for the exercise of profession, trade or business that is related to animals and animal husbandry^[15]^[16]	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Egypt	❓ Unknown	❌ Illegal Sale and distribution of any kind of pornography illegal	❌ Illegal Ownership of any kind of pornography illegal
Libya	❓ Unknown	❌ Illegal Sale and distribution of any kind of pornography illegal	❌ Illegal Ownership of any kind of pornography illegal
Madeira (Autonomous region of Portugal)	❌ Illegal^[15] Penalty: ❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Melilla (Autonomous city of Spain)	❌ Illegal since 30 March 2015 Penalty: Minimum of three months and one day to a maximum of one year of imprisonment and a year's disqualification and a day to three years for the exercise of profession, trade or business that is related to animals and animal husbandry^[15]^[16]	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Morocco	❓ Unknown	❌ Illegal Sale and distribution of any kind of pornography illegal	❌ Illegal Ownership of any kind of pornography illegal
South Sudan	❓ Unknown	❌ Illegal Sale and distribution of any kind of pornography illegal	❓ Unknown
Sudan	❓ Unknown	❌ Illegal Sale and distribution of any kind of pornography illegal	❌ Illegal Ownership of any kind of pornography illegal
Tunisia	❌ Illegal Penalty: Maximum of three years' imprisonment^[14]	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown

Western Africa

Country or territory	Bestiality	Sale and distribution of zoophilic pornography	Ownership of zoophilic pornography
Benin	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Burkina Faso	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Cape Verde	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Template:Country data Côte d'Ivoire Côte d'Ivoire	❓ Unknown	❌ Illegal Sale and distribution of any kind of pornography illegal	❓ Unknown
Gambia	❌ Illegal Penalty: Maximum of fourteen years' imprisonment^[14]	❌ Illegal Sale and distribution of any kind of pornography illegal	❓ Unknown
Ghana	❌ Illegal Penalty: Maximum of three years' imprisonment^[14]	❌ Illegal Sale and distribution of any kind of pornography illegal	❌ Illegal Ownership of any kind of pornography illegal
Guinea	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Guinea-Bissau	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Liberia	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Mali	❓ Unknown	❌ Illegal Sale and distribution of any kind of pornography illegal	❓ Unknown
Mauritania	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Niger	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Nigeria	❌ Illegal Penalty: Maximum of fourteen years' imprisonment^[14]	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Senegal	❓ Unknown	❌ Illegal Sale and distribution of any kind of pornography illegal	❓ Unknown
Sierra Leone	❌ Illegal Penalty: Maximum of life imprisonment^[14]	❌ Illegal Sale and distribution of any kind of pornography illegal	❓ Unknown
Togo	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown

Central Africa

Country or territory	Bestiality	Sale and distribution of zoophilic pornography	Ownership of zoophilic pornography
Cameroon	❌ Illegal Penalty: Maximum of five years' imprisonment ^[17]	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Central African Republic	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Chad	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Democratic Republic of the Congo	Legal^[18]	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Equatorial Guinea	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Gabon	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Republic of the Congo	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (Overseas territory of the United Kingdom)	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Template:Country data São Tomé and Príncipe São Tomé and Príncipe	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown

Southeast Africa

Country or territory	Bestiality	Sale and distribution of zoophilic pornography	Ownership of zoophilic pornography
Burundi	❌ Illegal Penalty: Minimum of one year's imprisonment, maximum of three years' imprisonment, fine of fifty thousand to one hundred thousand francs, or both^[19]	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Kenya	❌ Illegal Penalty: Maximum of fourteen years' imprisonment or the common law offense^[14]	❌ Illegal Sale and distribution of any kind of pornography illegal	❌ Illegal Ownership of any kind of pornography illegal
Rwanda	❌ Illegal Penalty: Maximum of two years' imprisonment^[20]	❌ Illegal Sale and distribution of any kind of pornography illegal	❓ Unknown
Uganda	❌ Illegal Penalty: Maximum of life imprisonment^[14]	❌ Illegal Sale and distribution of any kind of pornography illegal	❌ Illegal Ownership of any kind of pornography illegal
Tanzania	❌ Illegal Penalty: Maximum of life imprisonment^[14]	❌ Illegal Sale and distribution of any kind of pornography illegal	❌ Illegal Ownership of any kind of pornography illegal

Horn of Africa

Country or territory	Bestiality	Sale and distribution of zoophilic pornography	Ownership of zoophilic pornography
Djibouti	❓ Unknown	❌ Illegal Sale and distribution of any kind of pornography illegal	❓ Unknown
Eritrea	❌ Illegal Penalty: Maximum of six months in prison and a fine 20,000 Nakfas^[21]	❌ Illegal Sale and distribution of any kind of pornography illegal	❓ Unknown
Ethiopia	❌ Illegal Penalty: Imprisonment^[22]	❌ Illegal Sale and distribution of any kind of pornography illegal	❓ Unknown
Somalia	❓ Unknown	❌ Illegal Sale and distribution of any kind of pornography illegal	❓ Unknown
Somaliland	❓ Unknown	❌ Illegal Sale and distribution of any kind of pornography illegal	❌ Illegal Ownership of any kind of pornography illegal

Indian Ocean States

Country or territory	Bestiality	Sale and distribution of zoophilic pornography	Ownership of zoophilic pornography
British Indian Ocean Territory (Overseas territory of the United Kingdom)	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Comoros	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
French Southern and Antarctic Lands (Overseas territory of France)	❌ Illegal since 9 March 2004 Penalty: Maximum of 2 years in prison and €30,000 fine^[23]	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Madagascar	Legal^[18]	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Mauritius	❌ Illegal Penalty: Maximum of five years' imprisonment^[14]	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Mayotte Mayotte (Overseas department of France)	❌ Illegal since 9 March 2004 Penalty: Maximum of 2 years in prison and €30,000 fine^[23]	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Réunion Réunion (Overseas department of France)	❌ Illegal since 9 March 2004 Penalty: Maximum of 2 years in prison and €30,000 fine^[23]	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Seychelles Seychelles	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown

Southern Africa

Country or territory	Bestiality	Sale and distribution of zoophilic pornography	Ownership of zoophilic pornography
Angola	Legal^[18]	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Botswana	❌ Illegal Penalty: Maximum of seven years' imprisonment^[14]	❌ Illegal Sale and distribution of any kind of pornography illegal	❌ Illegal Ownership of any kind of pornography illegal
Eswatini (Swaziland)	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Lesotho	❌ Illegal^[24]	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Malawi	❌ Illegal Penalty: Maximum of fourteen years' imprisonment, with or without corporal punishment^[14]	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Mozambique	Legal^[18]	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Namibia	❌ Illegal Penalty: Determined by judge^[14]	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
South Africa	❌ Illegal Penalty: Determined by judge^[25]	❌ Illegal Penalty: Maximum of five years in prison and R200,000 fine^[26]	❓ Unknown
Zambia	❌ Illegal Penalty: Maximum of life imprisonment^[14]	❌ Illegal Sale and distribution of any kind of pornography illegal	❌ Illegal Ownership of any kind of pornography illegal
Zimbabwe	❌ Illegal Penalty: Up to one year in prison^[27]	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown

Americas

North America

Country or territory	Bestiality	Sale and distribution of zoophilic pornography	Ownership of zoophilic pornography
Bermuda (Overseas territory of the United Kingdom)	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Canada Canada	❌ Illegal Penalty: Up to 10 years in prison^[28]	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Greenland (Constituent country of the Kingdom of Denmark)	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Saint Pierre et Miquelon (Overseas collectivity of France)	❌ Illegal since 9 March 2004 Penalty: Maximum of 2 years in prison and €30,000 fine^[23]	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown

Mexico

Country, federal district, or state	Bestiality	Sale and distribution of zoophilic pornography	Ownership of zoophilic pornography
Mexico	N/A	N/A	N/A
Aguascalientes	❌ Illegal since 2009^[29] Penalty: ❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Baja California	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Baja California Sur	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Campeche	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Chiapas	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Chihuahua	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Coahuila	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Colima	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Durango	❌ Illegal since 2013^[30] Penalty: ❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Guanajuato Guanajuato	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Guerrero	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Hidalgo	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Jalisco	❌ Illegal since 2012^[31] Penalty: ❓ unknown	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Michoacán	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Morelos	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Mexico	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Mexico City Mexico City	❌ Illegal^[32] Penalty: ❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Nayarit	❌ Illegal since 2006^[33] Penalty: ❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Nuevo León	❌ Illegal since 2016^[34] Penalty: ❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Oaxaca	❌ Illegal since 2015 Penalty: Maximum of one year in prison and a fine of 800 days of salary^[35]	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Puebla	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Querétaro	❌ Illegal since 2009^[36] Penalty: ❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
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San Luis Potosí	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Sinaloa	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Sonora	❌ Illegal^[38] Penalty: ❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Tabasco	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Tamaulipas	❌ Illegal since 2010^[39] Penalty: ❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Tlaxcala	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Veracruz	❌ Illegal since 2010^[40] Penalty: ❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Yucatán	❌ Illegal since 2011^[41] 'Penalty: ❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
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United States

United States of America

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Country or territory	Bestiality	Sale and distribution of zoophilic pornography	Ownership of zoophilic pornography
Alabama	❌ Illegal	❌ Illegal	❓ Unknown
Alaska	❌ Illegal	❌ Illegal	❓ Unknown
Arizona	❌ Illegal	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Arkansas	❌ Illegal	❌ Illegal	❓ Unknown
California	❌ Illegal	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Colorado	❌ Illegal	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Connecticut	❌ Illegal	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Delaware	❌ Illegal	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Washington, D.C. District of Columbia	❌ Illegal	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Florida	❌ Illegal	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Georgia	❌ Illegal - Up to 4 years in prison	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Hawaii		❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Idaho	❌ Illegal	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Illinois	❌ Illegal	❌ Illegal	❓ Unknown
Indiana	❌ Illegal	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Iowa	❌ Illegal	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Kansas	❌ Illegal	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Kentucky	❌ Illegal	❌ Illegal	❓ Unknown
Template:Country data Lousiana Lousiana	❌ Illegal	❌ Illegal	❌ Illegal
Maine	❌ Illegal	❌ Illegal	❓ Unknown
Maryland	❌ Illegal	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Massachusetts	❌ Illegal	❌ Illegal	❓ Unknown
Michigan	❌ Illegal	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Minnesota	❌ Illegal	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Mississippi	❌ Illegal	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Missouri	❌ Illegal	❌ Illegal	❓ Unknown
Montana	❌ Illegal	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Nebraska	❌ Illegal	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Nevada	❌ Illegal	❌ Illegal	❌ Illegal
New Hampshire	❌ Illegal	❌ Illegal	❌ Illegal
New Jersey	❌ Illegal	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
New Mexico		❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Template:Country data New York New York	❌ Illegal	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
North Carolina	❌ Illegal	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
North Dakota	❌ Illegal	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Ohio	❌ Illegal	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Oklahoma	❌ Illegal	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Oregon	❌ Illegal	❌ Illegal Sale and distribution of any kind of pornography illegal	❌ Illegal Ownership of any kind of pornography illegal
Pennsylvania	❌ Illegal	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Rhode Island	❌ Illegal	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
South Carolina	❌ Illegal	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
South Dakota	❌ Illegal	❌ Illegal	❓ Unknown
Tennessee	❌ Illegal	❌ Illegal	❌ Illegal
Texas	❌ Illegal	❌ Illegal	❌ Illegal
Utah	❌ Illegal	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Vermont	❌ Illegal	❌ Illegal	❌ Illegal
Virginia	❌ Illegal	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Template:Country data Washington Washington	❌ Illegal	❌ Illegal	❓ Unknown
West Virginia		❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Template:Country data Winsconsin Winsconsin	❌ Illegal	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Wyoming		❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown

Central America

In the early 2000s, sex with animals was legal in all Central American countries except Belize. From 2011 to 2017, all Central American countries banned it.

Country or territory	Bestiality	Sale and distribution of zoophilic pornography	Ownership of zoophilic pornography
Belize	❌ Illegal Penalty: Maximum of ten years' imprisonment^[14]	❌ Illegal Sale and distribution of any kind of pornography illegal	❓ Unknown
France Clipperton Island (Overseas minor territory of France)	❌ Illegal since 9 March 2004 Penalty: Maximum of 2 years in prison and €30,000 fine^[23]	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Costa Rica	❌ Illegal since 2015^[42]^[43] Penalty: ❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
El Salvador	❌ Illegal since 2016^[44]^[45] Penalty: ❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Guatemala	❌ Illegal since 2017^[46]^[47] Penalty: ❓ Unknown	❌ Illegal since 2017^[46]^[47] Penalty: ❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Honduras Honduras	❌ Illegal since 2015^[48] Penalty: Seizure of animals, and 10 minimum salaries to 25 minimum salaries	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Nicaragua	❌ Illegal since 2011^[49] Penalty: ❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Panama	❌ Illegal since 2012^[50] Penalty: ❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown

Caribbean

Country or territory	Bestiality	Sale and distribution of zoophilic pornography	Ownership of zoophilic pornography
Anguilla (Overseas territory of the United Kingdom)	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Antigua and Barbuda	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Aruba (Constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands)	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Bahamas	❓ Unknown	❌ Illegal Sale and distribution of any kind of pornography illegal	❓ Unknown
Barbados	❌ Illegal Penalty: Maximum of life imprisonment^[14]	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
British Virgin Islands (Overseas territory of the United Kingdom)	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Caribbean Netherlands (Bonaire, Sint Eustatius, Saba; Special municipalities of the Netherlands)	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Cayman Islands (Overseas territory of the United Kingdom)	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Cuba	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Template:Country data Curaçao Curaçao (Constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands)	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Dominica	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Dominican Republic	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Grenada	❌ Illegal Penalty: Maximum of ten years' imprisonment^[14]	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Guadeloupe Guadeloupe (Overseas department of France)	❌ Illegal since 9 March 2004 Penalty: Maximum of 2 years in prison and €30,000 fine^[23]	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
United States Guantanamo Bay Naval Base (Extraterritorial jurisdiction of the United States)	Legal for civilians ❌ Illegal for armed service members since 16 September 2016 Penalty: Maximum of dishonorable discharge, forfeiture of all pay and allowances, and confinement for 5 years.^[51]^[52]^[53]	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Haiti	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Jamaica	❌ Illegal Penalty: Maximum of ten years' imprisonment and hard labor^[14]	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Martinique Martinique (Overseas department of France)	❌ Illegal since 9 March 2004 Penalty: Maximum of 2 years in prison and €30,000 fine^[23]	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Montserrat (Overseas territory of the United Kingdom)	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Puerto Rico (Commonwealth of the United States)	❌ Illegal Penalty: Maximum of 6 months in prison and a $25,000 fine^[54]^[55]	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
File:Flag of Saint Barthelemy (local).svg Saint Barthélemy (Overseas collectivity of France)	❌ Illegal since 9 March 2004 Penalty: Maximum of 2 years in prison and €30,000 fine^[23]	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Saint Kitts and Nevis	❌ Illegal Penalty: Maximum of four years' imprisonment, with or without hard labor for buggery Maximum of four years' imprisonment for attempted buggery^[14]	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Saint Lucia	❌ Illegal Penalty: Unknown	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
File:Flag of France.svg Saint Martin (Overseas collectivity of France)	❌ Illegal since 9 March 2004 Penalty: Maximum of 2 years in prison and €30,000 fine^[23]	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	❌ Illegal Penalty: Maximum of ten years' imprisonment^[14]	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Sint Maarten (Constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands)	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Trinidad and Tobago	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Turks and Caicos Islands (Overseas territory of the United Kingdom)	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
United States Virgin Islands (Insular area of the United States)	❌ Illegal Penalty: Maximum of five years' imprisonment^[56]	❌ Illegal^[56] Penalty: ❓ Unknown	❌ Illegal^[56] Penalty: ❓ Unknown

South America

Country or territory	Bestiality	Sale and distribution of zoophilic pornography	Ownership of zoophilic pornography
Argentina	Legal	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Bolivia	❌ Illegal since 1 July 2015 Penalty: Maximum of 1 year's imprisonment and a fine of 60 days, or lose work benefits of 6 months^[57]	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Brazil Brazil	❌ Illegal	❌ Illegal^[58]	❌ Illegal^[58]
Chile	Legal^[59] It can be prosecuted under Law 21020 if the animal is hurt^[60]	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Colombia	❌ Illegal since 2015 Penalty: Maximum of 63 months' imprisonment or a minimum of 21 months' imprisonment, special inability of 1.75 to 5.25 years for the exercise of profession, trade, trade or tenure related to animals, and a maximum fine of 105 minimum wages or a minimum of 8.75 minimum wages^[61]^[62]	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Ecuador	❌ Illegal Penalty: Maximum of 8 years in prison^[63]	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Falkland Islands (Overseas territory of the United Kingdom)	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
French Guiana French Guiana (Overseas department of France)	❌ Illegal since 9 March 2004 Penalty: Maximum of 2 years in prison and €30,000 fine^[23]	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Guyana	❌ Illegal Penalty: Maximum of life imprisonment^[14]	❌ Illegal Sale and distribution of any kind of pornography illegal	❓ Unknown
Paraguay	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Peru	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Suriname	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Uruguay	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Venezuela	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown

Asia

Central Asia

Country or territory	Bestiality	Sale and distribution of zoophilic pornography	Ownership of zoophilic pornography
Kazakhstan	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Kyrgyzstan	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Tajikistan	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Turkmenistan	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Uzbekistan	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown

Eurasia

Country or territory	Bestiality	Sale and distribution of zoophilic pornography	Ownership of zoophilic pornography
Akrotiri and Dhekelia Akrotiri and Dhekelia (Overseas territory of the United Kingdom)	❌ Illegal Penalty: Maximum of three years' imprisonment^[64]	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Armenia	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Cyprus	❌ Illegal Penalty: Maximum of three years' imprisonment^[65]	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Georgia	❌ Illegal Penalty: Minimum of one year's imprisonment, maximum of five years' imprisonment^[66]	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Northern Cyprus	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown

Western Asia

Country or territory	Bestiality	Sale and distribution of zoophilic pornography	Ownership of zoophilic pornography
Bahrain	❓ Unknown	❌ Illegal Sale and distribution of any kind of pornography illegal	❓ Unknown
Iran	❌ Illegal Penalty: The first three convictions are determined by a judge and the fourth offense is capital punishment^[67]	❌ Illegal Sale and distribution of any kind of pornography illegal	❌ Illegal Ownership of any kind of pornography illegal
Iraq	❓ Unknown	❌ Illegal Sale and distribution of any kind of pornography illegal	❌ Illegal Ownership of any kind of pornography illegal
Israel	❌ No specific laws against bestiality^[68], but prosecuted as animal abuse^[69]	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Jordan	❓ Unknown	❌ Illegal Sale and distribution of any kind of pornography illegal	❓ Unknown
Kuwait	❓ Unknown	❌ Illegal Sale and distribution of any kind of pornography illegal	❌ Illegal Ownership of any kind of pornography illegal
Lebanon	❌ Illegal since 1 March 1943 Penalty: Maximum of one year's imprisonment^[14]^[70]	❌ Illegal Sale and distribution of any kind of pornography illegal	❓ Unknown
Oman	❓ Unknown	❌ Illegal Sale and distribution of any kind of pornography illegal	❌ Illegal Ownership of any kind of pornography illegal
Palestine	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Qatar	❌ Illegal Penalty: Maximum of capital punishment^[14]	❌ Illegal Sale and distribution of any kind of pornography illegal	❌ Illegal Ownership of any kind of pornography illegal
Saudi Arabia	❌ Illegal Penalty: Maximum of capital punishment^[14]	❌ Illegal Sale and distribution of any kind of pornography illegal	❓ Unknown
Syria	❌ Illegal since 22 June 1949 Penalty: Maximum of three years' imprisonment^[14]^[71]	❌ Illegal Sale and distribution of any kind of pornography illegal	❓ Unknown
United Arab Emirates	❌ Illegal Penalty: Maximum of capital punishment^[14]	❌ Illegal Sale and distribution of any kind of pornography illegal	❌ Illegal Ownership of any kind of pornography illegal
Yemen	❓ Unknown	❌ Illegal Sale and distribution of any kind of pornography illegal	❌ Illegal Ownership of any kind of pornography illegal

Southern Asia

Country or territory	Bestiality	Sale and distribution of zoophilic pornography	Ownership of zoophilic pornography
Afghanistan	❓ Unknown	❌ Illegal Sale and distribution of any kind of pornography illegal	❓ Unknown
Bangladesh	❌ Illegal since 25 July 1828 (As part of Company rule in India) Penalty: Maximum of life imprisonment (Unenforced)^[14]^[72]	❌ Illegal Sale and distribution of any kind of pornography illegal	❌ Illegal Ownership of any kind of pornography illegal
Bhutan	❌ Illegal Penalty: Maximum of one year imprisonment^[14]	❌ Illegal Sale and distribution of any kind of pornography illegal	❓ Unknown
India India	❌ Illegal since 25 July 1828 (As part of Company rule in India) Penalty: Maximum of life imprisonment^[14]^[72]	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Maldives	❌ Illegal Penalty: Maximum of thirty months' imprisonment^[14]^[73]	❌ Illegal Sale and distribution of any kind of pornography illegal	❌ Illegal Ownership of any kind of pornography illegal
Nepal	❓ Unknown	❌ Illegal Sale and distribution of any kind of pornography illegal	❓ Unknown
Pakistan	❌ Illegal since 25 July 1828 (As part of Company rule in India) Penalty: Maximum of life imprisonment^[14]^[72]	❌ Illegal Sale and distribution of any kind of pornography illegal	❌ Illegal Ownership of any kind of pornography illegal
Sri Lanka	❌ Illegal Penalty: Maximum of ten years' imprisonment (Unenforced)^[14]	❌ Illegal Sale and distribution of any kind of pornography illegal	❓ Unknown

Eastern Asia

Country or territory	Bestiality	Sale and distribution of zoophilic pornography	Ownership of zoophilic pornography
China China	❓ Unknown	❌ Illegal Sale and distribution of any kind of pornography illegal	❓ Unknown
Hong Kong (Special administrative region of China)	❌ Illegal Penalty: Maximum of 10 years in prison and $50,000 fine^[74]	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Japan Japan	Legal	Legal	Legal
Macau (Special administrative region of China)	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Mongolia	❓ Unknown	❌ Illegal Sale and distribution of any kind of pornography illegal	❓ Unknown
North Korea	❓ Unknown	❌ Illegal Sale and distribution of any kind of pornography illegal	❓ Unknown
South Korea	❌ Illegal Penalty: Maximum of one year in prison or fines which can total up to ₩ 20 million	❌ Illegal Sale and distribution of any kind of pornography illegal	❓ Unknown
Taiwan	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown

Southeast Asia

Country or territory	Bestiality	Sale and distribution of zoophilic pornography	Ownership of zoophilic pornography
Brunei	❌ Illegal Penalty: Maximum of capital punishment^[75]	❌ Illegal Sale and distribution of any kind of pornography illegal	❌ Illegal Ownership of any kind of pornography illegal
Myanmar	❌ Illegal Penalty: Maximum of life imprisonment^[14]	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Cambodia	Legal	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
East Timor	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Laos	❓ Unknown	❌ Illegal Sale and distribution of any kind of pornography illegal	❓ Unknown
Malaysia	❌ Illegal Penalty: Maximum of twenty years' imprisonment and shall also be liable to whipping^[14]	❌ Illegal Sale and distribution of any kind of pornography illegal	❌ Illegal Ownership of any kind of pornography illegal
Philippines	❓ Unknown	❌ Illegal Sale and distribution of any kind of pornography illegal	❓ Unknown
Singapore	❌ Illegal Penalty: Maximum of two years in prison and fine (Unenforced)^[76]	❌ Illegal Sale and distribution of any kind of pornography illegal	❓ Unknown
Thailand	❌ Illegal since 2014 Penalty: Maximum of one year in prison and a fine of up to Bt20,000^[77]	❌ Illegal Sale and distribution of any kind of pornography illegal	❓ Unknown
Vietnam	❓ Unknown	❌ Illegal Sale and distribution of any kind of pornography illegal	❓ Unknown

Republic of Indonesia

Country or territory	Bestiality	Sale and distribution of zoophilic pornography	Ownership of zoophilic pornography
Indonesia	❓ Unknown	❌ Illegal Sale and distribution of any kind of pornography illegal	❌ Illegal Ownership of any kind of pornography illegal
Aceh Aceh	❌ Illegal Penalty: Maximum of being whipped one hundred times^[78]	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Bali	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Bangka Belitung Islands	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Banten	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Bengkulu	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Central Java	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Central Kalimantan	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Central Sulawesi	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
East Java	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
East Kalimantan	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
East Nusa Tenggara	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Gorontalo	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Jakarta Jakarta	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Jambi	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Lampung	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Maluku	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
North Kalimantan	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
North Maluku	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
North Sulawesi	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
North Sumatra	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Papua	❓ Unknown	❌ Illegal Sale and distribution of any kind of pornography illegal	❌ Illegal Ownership of any kind of pornography illegal
Riau	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Riau Islands	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Southeast Sulawesi	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
South Kalimantan	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
South Sulawesi	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
South Sumatra South Sumatra	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
West Java West Java	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
West Kalimantan	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
West Nusa Tenggara	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
West Papua (province) West Papua	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
West Sulawesi West Sulawesi	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
West Sumatra	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Yogyakarta	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown

Europe

Central Europe

Country or territory	Bestiality	Sale and distribution of zoophilic pornography	Ownership of zoophilic pornography
Austria	❌ Illegal^[15] Penalty: ❓ Unknown	❌ Illegal Penalty: Maximum of a year's imprisonment and a fine of 360 days' rates^[79]	Legal^[80]
Croatia	❌ Illegal^[15] Penalty: ❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Czech Republic	❌ Illegal^[15] Penalty: ❓ Unknown	❌ Illegal Penalty: Maximum of a 1 year's imprisonment, prohibition to undertake an activity, or to confiscation of a thing or another property value^[81]	Legal^[82]
Germany Germany	❌ Illegal since 2013 13th provision.^[83] The law was unsuccessfully challenged in 2016^[84]^[85]^[86]^[87]^[88] Penalty: Maximum of a €25,000 fine^[89]	❌ Illegal Penalty: Maximum of a fine or 3 years' imprisonment^[90]^[91]	Legal (as long as it is not owned with intention of publicizing, sharing or selling)^[92]^[91]
Hungary	Legal^[15]^[93]	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Liechtenstein	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Poland Poland	❌ Illegal Penalty: Maximum of 3 years in prison, donation to animal welfare charity and prohibition of owning an animal for up to 10 years (if done in order to distribute or sell the penalty is increased to a minimum of 6 months and maximum of 8 years in prison)^[15]^[94]	❌ Illegal Penalty: Maximum 5 years' to a minimum of 3 months' imprisonment^[95]	Legal (if not possessed with intent to sell or distribute)
Romania	Legal^[15]	❓ Unknown; Law only mentions a ban on "sites with […] zoophilic content", which are to be blocked by ISPs at the request of the National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications^[96]	Legal^[96]
Slovakia	❌ Illegal^[15] Penalty: ❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Slovenia	❌ Illegal^[15] Penalty: ❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Switzerland	❌ Illegal Penalty: Imprisonment (In the case of repeated or serious infringements, authorities may prohibit the keeping or breeding of animals for trade or professional occupation)^[97]	❌ Illegal^[98] Penalty: A fine or a Maximum of 3 years imprisonment	❌ Illegal Penalty: A fine or a Maximum of 1 year imprisonment

Eastern Europe

Country or territory	Bestiality	Sale and distribution of zoophilic pornography	Ownership of zoophilic pornography
Abkhazia	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Armenia	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Azerbaijan	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Belarus	Legal^[99]	❌ Illegal Sale and distribution of any kind of pornography illegal	❓ Unknown
Georgia	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Kazakhstan	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Moldova	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Artsakh	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Russia Russia	Legal, unless animal is hurt (no explicit law)^[100]	❌ Illegal^{[citation needed]} Penalty: Minimum 1 year of imprisonment. Maximum 2 years. Or a fine.	Legal
South Ossetia	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Transnistria^[101]	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Ukraine	❓ Unknown	❌ Illegal Sale and distribution of any kind of pornography illegal	❓ Unknown

Northern Europe

Country or territory	Bestiality	Sale and distribution of zoophilic pornography	Ownership of zoophilic pornography
Denmark	❌ Illegal since 1 July 2015 Penalty: Fine or a maximum of 4 months in prison^[102]^[103]	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Estonia	❌ Illegal^[15] Penalty: ❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Faroe Islands (Constituent country of the Kingdom of Denmark)	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Finland	Legal since 15 January 1971^[104]^[105]	❓ Unknown	❌ Illegal Penalty: ❓ Unknown
Iceland	Legal since 12 August 1940 (As part of Denmark)^[104]	❌ Illegal Sale and distribution of any kind of pornography illegal	❓ Unknown
Latvia	❌ Illegal^[15] Penalty: ❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Lithuania	❌ Illegal^[15] Penalty: ❓ Unknown	❌ Illegal Sale and distribution of any kind of pornography illegal	❓ Unknown
Norway	❌ Illegal since 2008^[106] Penalty: Fine and/or maximum of 3 years in prison.^[107]	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Sweden	❌ Illegal since 2014 Penalty: Fine, maximum of 2 years' imprisonment, or both^[108]	❓	❓

Southern Europe

Country or territory	Bestiality	Sale and distribution of zoophilic pornography	Ownership of zoophilic pornography
Albania	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Andorra	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Bosnia and Herzegovina	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Bulgaria	❌ Illegal	❌ Illegal	❌ Illegal
Gibraltar (Overseas territory of the United Kingdom)	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Greece	❌ Illegal^[109]	❌ illegal^[109]	❌ illegal^[109]
Italy Italy	❌ No specific laws against bestiality, but in 2012 the Supreme Court of Cassation sentenced a man to six months in jail for forcing his dogs to have sex with women.^[15] Penalty: ❓ Unknown	Legal^[80]	Legal^[80]
North Macedonia	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Malta	❌ Illegal^[15] Penalty: ❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Montenegro	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Portugal	❌ Illegal^[15] Penalty: ❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
San Marino	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Serbia	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Spain Spain	❌ Illegal since 30 March 2015 Penalty: Minimum of three months and one day to a maximum of one year of imprisonment and a year's disqualification and a day to three years for the exercise of profession, trade or business that is related to animals and animal husbandry^[110]^[15]^[16] On Feb. 9, 2023 a change in the bill created controversy that bestiality was considered legal. This has been proved false. The bill was amended: All sexual acts with animals will be punishable. In the event that they produce injuries, they will be considered crimes; in the rest – less serious offenses – they will be classified as abuse without visible signs of injury (maltrato de obra). ^[111]^[111]	Legal^[80]	Legal^[80]
Turkey	❌ Illegal Penalty: Maximum of 2 years' imprisonment^[112]	❌ Illegal Penalty: Minimum of one year's imprisonment and a maximum of four years' imprisonment	❌ Illegal Penalty: Minimum of one year's imprisonment and a maximum of four years' imprisonment
Vatican City	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown

Western Europe

Country or territory	Bestiality	Sale and distribution of zoophilic pornography	Ownership of zoophilic pornography
Belgium	❌ Illegal since 2007 Penalty: Maximum of 6 months in prison and a fine of €1,000^[113]	❓ Unknown	❌ Illegal Penalty: ❓ Unknown
France France	❌ Illegal since 9 March 2004 Penalty: Maximum of 2 years in prison and €30,000 fine^[23]	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Guernsey (Crown dependency of the United Kingdom)	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Ireland	❌ Illegal since 1634^[115] Penalty: Maximum of life in prison^[116]^[117]	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Isle of Man (Crown dependency of the United Kingdom)	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Jersey (Crown dependency of the United Kingdom)	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Luxembourg	❌ Illegal^[15] Penalty: ❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Monaco	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Netherlands	❌ Illegal since 2010 Penalty: Maximum of 1 year in prison and €19,500 fine^[118]	❌ Illegal since 2010 Penalty: Maximum 6 months' imprisonment or a fine of €7,800^[119]	❌ Illegal since 2010 Penalty: Maximum 6 months' imprisonment or a fine of €7,800^[119]
United Kingdom United Kingdom	❌ Illegal since 1558 (As part of Kingdom of England for England and Wales only) ❌ Illegal since 1634 (As part of Kingdom of Ireland for Northern Ireland only)^[115] ❌ Illegal (As part of United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland for Scotland only) Penalty: Maximum of 2 years in prison for conviction on indictment Maximum of 6 months in prison and a fine for summary conviction^[7]^[120]	❌ Illegal since 26 January 2009 Penalty: Maximum of 12 months' imprisonment in England or 6 months' imprisonment in Northern Ireland, a fine, or both on summary conviction Maximum of 2 years' imprisonment, a fine, or both on conviction on indictment^[121]	❌ Illegal since 26 January 2009 Penalty: Maximum of 12 months' imprisonment in England or 6 months' imprisonment in Northern Ireland, a fine, or both on summary conviction Maximum of 2 years' imprisonment, a fine, or both on conviction on indictment^[121]

Oceania

Australasia

Country or territory	Bestiality	Sale and distribution of zoophilic pornography	Ownership of zoophilic pornography
New Zealand	❌ Illegal Penalty: Maximum of 7 years in prison ("bestiality") Maximum of 3 years in prison ("indecency with animal")^[122]^[123]	❓ Unknown	❌ Illegal Penalty: Maximum of a $2000 fine for an individual ("possession an objectionable publication") Maximum of 10 years in prison or a $50,000 fine for an individual ("possession of objectionable publications with knowledge")^[124]^[125]^[126]

Commonwealth of Australia

Country, state, or territory	Bestiality	Sale and distribution of zoophilic pornography	Ownership of zoophilic pornography
Australia Australia	❌ Illegal	❌ Illegal^[127] Penalty: ❓ Unknown	Importation (including downloading) illegal.
Australia Ashmore and Cartier Islands	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Australia Australian Antarctic Territory	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Australian Capital Territory	❌ Illegal since 2011 Penalty: Maximum ten years' imprisonment^[128]	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Christmas Island	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Template:Country data Cocos (Keeling) Islands Cocos (Keeling) Islands	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Australia Coral Sea Islands	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Australia Heard Island and McDonald Islands	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Australia Jervis Bay Territory	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
New South Wales	❌ Illegal Penalty: Maximum fourteen years' imprisonment^[128]	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Norfolk Island	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Northern Territory	❌ Illegal Penalty: Maximum three years' imprisonment^[128]	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Queensland	❌ Illegal Penalty: Maximum seven years' imprisonment^[128]	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
South Australia	❌ Illegal Penalty: Maximum ten years' imprisonment^[128]	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Tasmania	❌ Illegal Penalty: Maximum 21 years' imprisonment^[128]	❌ Illegal Penalty: Maximum two years' imprisonment and/or fine^[129]	❌ Illegal Penalty: Maximum one year imprisonment and/or fine^[130]
Victoria (Australia) Victoria	❌ Illegal Penalty: Maximum five years' imprisonment^[128]	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Western Australia	❌ Illegal Penalty: Maximum seven years' imprisonment^[128]	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown

Melanesia

Country or territory	Bestiality	Sale and distribution of zoophilic pornography	Ownership of zoophilic pornography
Fiji	❌ Illegal Penalty: Maximum of fourteen years in prison with corporal punishment^[131]	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
New Caledonia (Overseas collectivity of France)	❌ Illegal since 9 March 2004 Penalty: Maximum of 2 years in prison and €30,000 fine^[23]	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Papua New Guinea	❌ Illegal Penalty: Maximum of fourteen years in prison^[14]	❌ Illegal Sale and distribution of any kind of pornography illegal	❌ Illegal Ownership of any kind of pornography illegal
Solomon Islands	❌ Illegal Penalty: Maximum of fourteen years in prison^[14]	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Vanuatu	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown

Micronesia

Country or territory	Bestiality	Sale and distribution of zoophilic pornography	Ownership of zoophilic pornography
Guam (Unincorporated territory of the United States)	Legal	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Federated States of Micronesia Federated States of Micronesia	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Kiribati	❌ Illegal Penalty: Maximum of fourteen years in prison^[14]	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Marshall Islands	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Nauru	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Northern Mariana Islands (Unincorporated territory of the United States)	Legal	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Palau	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown

Polynesia

Country or territory	Bestiality	Sale and distribution of zoophilic pornography	Ownership of zoophilic pornography
American Samoa (Unincorporated territory of the United States)	Legal	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Easter Island Easter Island (Overseas territory of Chile)	Legal^[59]	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Cook Islands (Part of the Realm of New Zealand)	❌ Illegal Penalty: Maximum of seven years in prison^[14]	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
French Polynesia (Overseas collectivity of France)	❌ Illegal since 9 March 2004 Penalty: Maximum of 2 years in prison and €30,000 fine^[23]	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Niue (Part of the Realm of New Zealand)	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Pitcairn Islands (Overseas territory of the United Kingdom)	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Samoa	❌ Illegal Penalty: Maximum of five years in prison^[14]	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Tokelau (Part of the Realm of New Zealand)	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Tonga	❌ Illegal Penalty: Maximum of ten years in prison^[14]	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Tuvalu	❌ Illegal Penalty: Maximum of fourteen years in prison^[14]	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
United States United States Minor Outlying Islands (Unincorporated organized territory of the United States)	Legal	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown
Wallis and Futuna (Overseas collectivity of France)	❌ Illegal since 9 March 2004 Penalty: Maximum of 2 years in prison and €30,000 fine^[23]	❓ Unknown	❓ Unknown

History

Mentions in the press

Wisconsin, USA (2007) - Bryan James Hathaway was convicted for having sex with a dead deer. The court case raised some interesting legal issues because the statute prohibits sex with animals, but not carcasses. The defence raised the issue that if a dead animal was an animal, at what point would it cease to be an animal. He was sentenced to 6 months probation and labeled as a sex offender.^[132]
Kansas, USA (2012) - Joshua Coman was convicted in Kansas of criminal sodomy (a misdemeanor), but the Kansas Supreme Court ruled that he did not have to register as a sex offender.^[133]^[134]
Vancouver, Canada (2012) - Brian Cutteridge, bestiality proponent, was arrested after the SPCA claims to have a video of him engaging in sex with one of his dogs.^[135]
Arizona, USA (2012) - Sarah Dae Walker and her husband pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit bestiality in a case where Craigslist was used.^[136]

Notes

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↑ "Denmark outlaws bestiality in narrow vote". www.cbsnews.com. Archived from the original on 29 May 2019. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
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↑ The argument that "all sexual activity with animals is automatically abuse" was made for example, in 1) the 2004 case of State vs. Mitchell Archived 16 July 2006 at the Wayback Machine (Florida), 2) the 2004 Pony case in Utrecht, Holland (cited below), and 3) the 2006 Washington state law which asserts as its foundational premise that "animal cruelty in the first degree is committed when a person knowingly engages in sexual conduct or sexual contact with an animal." SB-6417 2006
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v t e Zoophilia
Zoophilia	Formicophilia History of zoophilia Human–animal marriage Ophidiophilia
Related subjects	Animal sexuality Hani Miletski Sexual ethics Sexual norm Sodomy Zoosadism
Animal Health	STI & Zoophilia Syphilis and Zoophilia Allergic Response To Intimate Interspecies Contact Assisting Decision-Making on Age of Neutering for 35 Breeds of Dogs Brucellosis
Category

v t e Sexual ethics
Human sexuality	Adolescent sexuality Rainbow party Adultery Education Fetishism Incest law Miscegenation Objectification Orientation Pregnancy Abortion Prostitution law Survival sex
Child sexuality	Child marriage Child pornography law Child prostitution Child sex tourism
Sexual abuse	Child-on-child sexual abuse Child sexual abuse law Cybersex trafficking Harassment Rape law Sex trafficking Sexual slavery
Age of consent (reform)	Africa Asia Europe North America United States Oceania South America
Topical outline

v t e Lists of countries by laws and law enforcement rankings
Age of	Consent Legal candidacy for political office Criminal responsibility Legal drinking Legal driving Majority Legal marriage Retirement age Mandatory retirement School-leaving age Legal smoking Voting Suffrage Youth suffrage Working age
Drugs	Drug and precursor laws by country or territory Psychedelics Amanita mushroom Legality Ayahuasca Legality Cannabis Legality annual use lifetime use Ibogaine Legality LSD Legality Psilocybin mushroom Legality Salvia divinorum Legality Other Alcohol Legality of moonshine by country or territory Alcohol consumption Alcohol law Bath salts Legal status of Mephedrone Legal status of MPDV Legal status of Methylone Cocaine use Legality Methamphetamine Legality Opiate use
Death	Legality of euthanasia Homicide by decade Law enforcement killings Legality of suicide Legality of assisted suicide
Guns	Deaths Ownership Laws
Punishment	Corporal punishment At home At school In court Death penalty Incarceration Life imprisonment
Obscenity	Incest Laws Pornography Child pornography Simulated child pornography Drawn pornography depicting minors Internet pornography Prostitution Sexual assault Child sexual abuse Rape Sodomy law Sex trafficking Zoophilia
Reproduction	Abortion law Minors and abortion Adoption law International adoption Human cloning Surrogacy
Censorship	Censorship by country Book censorship by country Film censorship by country Internet censorship by country Cartographic censorship Political censorship Video gaming censorship by country
Human rights	Children's rights Children in the military Intersex rights LGBT rights Slavery Human trafficking
Freedom of movement	by country In the air Abode
Property and Environmental	Air Estate Land Minerals Mining Mortgage Water Riparian water
Business	Corporate Corporate liability Competition Mergers and acquisitions Monopoly Legality of bitcoin by country or territory
International ownership	International waters Sea law Maritime law Antarctic Treaty System
Other	Animal rights Immigration law National legal systems Police brutality prisoner abuse Religious law separation of church and state Sharia Size of police forces World Justice Project
List of international rankings List of top international rankings by country Lists by country

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-{{multiple issues|
+{{short description|Laws governing humans performing sex acts with non-human animals}}
-{{Expert-subject|talk=Needs to be supervised by an expert(s) on law and/or anthropology to give a more critical view on the article's subject|date=March 2014}}
+{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2020}}
+{{Sex and the law}}
+'''[[Legality of Bestiality by Country|Legality of bestiality by country]] or territory''' concerns the laws governing humans performing sex acts with non-human animals. Laws against humans performing sex acts on animals, where they exist, are concerned with the actual act, which it commonly refers to as ''[[bestiality]]'', rather than the sexual attraction to animals. For this reason, prohibitions of zoophilic pornography are more varied; they may be unlawful if an actual sex act with an animal is involved, but the status is not clear-cut if there is a mere representation, such as a painting or cartoon. In that case, normal [[obscenity law]]s will normally apply. All [[Animal pornography|zoophilic imagery]] is widely regarded as [[pornography]].
-{{refimprove|date=August 2012}}
+== Political parties ==
-{{POV-check|date=July 2011}}
-}}
+On 21 April 2015, the [[Liberal Alliance (Denmark)|Liberal Alliance]] was the only party in the Danish [[Folketing]] to oppose and vote against banning bestiality, while the [[Red-Green Alliance (Denmark)|Red-Green Alliance]] abstained. Liberal Alliance MP [[Joachim Olsen]] said about the bill: "Best case, this is a superficial law. Worst case, it is political populism and moralism".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thelocal.dk/20150225/denmarks-bestiality-ban-moves-forward|title=Denmark's bestiality ban moves forward|date=25 February 2015|website=www.thelocal.dk|language=en-GB|access-date=29 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171106152515/https://www.thelocal.dk/20150225/denmarks-bestiality-ban-moves-forward|archive-date=6 November 2017|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thelocal.dk/20150421/denmark-officially-bans-bestiality|title=Denmark officially bans bestiality|date=21 April 2015|website=www.thelocal.dk|language=en-GB|access-date=29 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170914172855/https://www.thelocal.dk/20150421/denmark-officially-bans-bestiality|archive-date=14 September 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>
-{{sex and the law}}
-'''Zoophilia and the law''' looks at the laws governing humans performing sex acts on animals. Laws against humans performing sex acts on animals, where they exist, are concerned with the actual act, which it commonly refers to as ''[[bestiality]]'', rather than the sexual attraction to animals. For this reason, prohibitions of zoophilic pornography is more varied; they may be unlawful if an actual sex act with an animal is involved, but the status is not clear cut if there is a mere representation, such as a painting or cartoon. In that case, normal [[obscenity law]]s will normally apply. All [[Animal pornography|zoophilic imagery]] is widely regarded as [[pornography]].
+== Organizations ==
+Denmark's Animal Ethics Council opposed banning bestiality in Denmark in 2006 and 2015, saying existing laws which allow bestiality except in cases where the animal can be proved to have suffered were enough.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/denmark-outlaws-bestiality-in-narrow-vote/|title=Denmark outlaws bestiality in narrow vote|website=www.cbsnews.com|language=en-US|access-date=29 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190529114403/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/denmark-outlaws-bestiality-in-narrow-vote/|archive-date=29 May 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="dkjusticeanimalrights">[http://www.justitsministeriet.dk/fileadmin/downloads/Dyrevaernsraad/Udtalelser_og_tilhoerende_pressemeddelelser/Udtalelse_om_menneskers_seksuelle_omgang_med_dyr__november_2006_.pdf Det Dyreetiske Råd: Udtalelse om menneskers seksuelle omgang med dyr] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120312163226/http://www.justitsministeriet.dk/fileadmin/downloads/Dyrevaernsraad/Udtalelser_og_tilhoerende_pressemeddelelser/Udtalelse_om_menneskers_seksuelle_omgang_med_dyr__november_2006_.pdf |date=12 March 2012}}, ''The Animal Ethics Council: Statement on the sexual relations of humans with animals''</ref>
 == Objectives ==
-Laws on zoophilic activity tend to be shaped by animal welfare concerns, moral views, and cultural beliefs. In many cultures, humans are viewed as different from other animals and having sex with animals is seen as defilement (see [[speciesism]]).<ref name="sciamer">{{cite web |url=http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=animal-lovers-zoophiles-make-scient-2010-03-24 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050203183132/http://www.news24.com/News24/Backpage/Crime_Court/0,,2-1343-1345_1655555,00.html |archivedate=2005-02-03 |title=Hubby does it doggy style}}</ref>
+Laws on bestiality tend to be shaped by animal welfare concerns, moral views, and cultural beliefs. In many cultures, humans are seen as fundamentally different from other animals and having sex with animals is seen as defilement.<ref name="sciamer">{{cite web|url=http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=animal-lovers-zoophiles-make-scient-2010-03-24|title=Hubby does it doggy style|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050203183132/http://www.news24.com/News24/Backpage/Crime_Court/0%2C%2C2-1343-1345_1655555%2C00.html|archivedate=3 February 2005|url-status=dead|df=}}</ref>
+One of the primary critiques of bestiality is that it is harmful to animals and necessarily abusive, because animals are unable to give or withhold consent.<ref name=Regan63>Regan, Tom. ''Animal Rights, Human Wrongs''. Rowman & Littlefield, 2003, pp. 63–4, 89.</ref>
+== Background ==
+=== International differences ===
+Some jurisdictions list laws very clearly, such as [[England and Wales]], which specifically prohibits penetration of a human being by the penis of an animal, and penetration of an animal by a human's penis.<ref name="UKlaw69">{{cite web |url=http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/42/section/69 |title=Sexual Offences Act 2003, Section 69 |work=HM Government |year=2003 |accessdate=13 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140828030316/http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/42/section/69 |archive-date=28 August 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref>
+By contrast, many countries and US states are less precise about the scope of law in that they outlaw sex with animals, without defining what constitutes "sex".
+Even if bestiality is not explicitly prohibited, there are often many other laws which can be used to effectively prosecute cases. For example, most countries have [[cruelty to animals|animal cruelty]] laws, and a prosecutor will argue that all [[zoophilia]] activity is animal abuse.<ref>The argument that "all sexual activity with animals is automatically abuse" was made for example, in 1) the 2004 case of [http://pet-abuse.com/cases/2206/FL/US/1 State vs. Mitchell] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060716203106/http://pet-abuse.com/cases/2206/FL/US/1 |date=16 July 2006}} (Florida), 2) the 2004 Pony case in Utrecht, Holland (cited below), and 3) the 2006 Washington state law which asserts as its foundational premise that "animal cruelty in the first degree is committed when a person knowingly engages in sexual conduct or sexual contact with an animal." [http://washingtonvotes.org/2006-SB-6417 SB-6417 2006] </ref> In some U.S. states, a person who engages in bestiality can be charged with animal cruelty.<ref name="shelby">{{cite web |url=http://www.10tv.com/content/stories/2011/06/16/story-shelby-man-charged-with-animal-abuse-sex.html |title=Man Charged With Sexually Abusing Animals |work=WBNS-10TV |date=16 June 2011 |accessdate=13 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714152651/http://www.10tv.com/content/stories/2011/06/16/story-shelby-man-charged-with-animal-abuse-sex.html |archive-date=14 July 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref>
+=== Prohibitions without specific bestiality statutes ===
+Some countries have a range of laws on their books. Sometimes [[sodomy law]]s or "[[crime against nature]]" laws are used to prosecute people who have sex with animals.
+In the case of [[Kenneth Pinyan]], who died from injuries sustained from receiving anal sex from a [[horse]], local law enforcement found that there were no laws that allowed them to prosecute his friend, who had filmed the event and also allowed himself to be sodomized by the horse. The friend was prosecuted for trespassing. That case prompted the Washington State legislature to draw up legislation outlawing sex with animals.<ref name="thestranger">{{cite news|url=http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Content?oid=30811|accessdate=30 April 2006|title=The Animal In You|publisher=The Stranger|date=February–March 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060411073145/http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Content?oid=30811|archive-date=11 April 2006|url-status=live}}</ref>
-The practice of humans having sex with animals sometimes involves [[animal cruelty]] or [[animal abuse]], a practice sometimes called [[zoosadism]]. However, not all sexual activity with animals involves cruelty.
+In a 2005 [[Florida]] case, a man who had sex with his dog was charged with disorderly conduct, since the state had no anti-bestiality laws on the books at the time.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.guidehorse.org/news_guide_dog_abuse.htm |title=Man charged with having intercourse with his Guide Dog |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080521055021/http://www.guidehorse.org/news_guide_dog_abuse.htm |archivedate=21 May 2008}}</ref> On 1 October 2011, the state of Florida State Law 828.126, F.S went into effect, banning sex with animals.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2011/0344/BillText/er/PDF |title=Section 828.126, Florida Statutes |work=The Florida Senate |year=2011 |accessdate=13 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130408134821/http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2011/0344/BillText/er/PDF |archive-date=8 April 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref>
-== Recent legislation ==
+== Laws against sex with animals ==
-[[image:World-map(zoo_act).png|thumb|500px|centre|legality of the act - legal, illegal, varies by state, legal in some circumstances]]
+Aggrawal has discussed extensively on laws against bestiality.<ref name="aggrawal">{{cite book |first=Anil |last=Aggrawal |title=Forensic and Medico-legal Aspects of Sexual Crimes and Unusual Sexual Practices |publisher=[[CRC Press]] |location=Boca Raton |year=2009 |isbn=978-1-4200-4308-2 |url=http://crcpress.com/product/isbn/9781420043082 |access-date=9 August 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100210072056/http://crcpress.com/product/isbn/9781420043082 |archive-date=10 February 2010 |url-status=live}}</ref> It is permitted in a few countries although ordinary animal treatment laws apply.
-[[image:World-map(zoo_media).png|thumb|500px|centre|legality of [[animal pornography]] - legal, illegal, may be illegal to distribute]]
+There are also commonly laws against forcing another person to engage in sexual activity with other animals, especially minors (usually considered equivalent to [[rape]]), and laws related to exposing others (either non-consensually or minors) to the sight of a sexual act. In some jurisdictions, laws against zoophilia conduct also include provisions for seizure of animals where convicted.
-{{Globalize/West | section=yes | date=March 2014}}
+== Zoophilic pornography ==
+{{Main|Animal pornography}}
+The legality of pornography has three components: legality of production, legality of sale and transportation, and legality of ownership. In general, animal pornography is legal to produce where both zoophilic activity and the creation of pornography in general are legal. Laws concerning sale, transmission and ownership vary more widely.
-For centuries, sexual acts on animals were illegal under [[sodomy law]]s or "crime against nature" laws. Since the 1950s most sodomy laws have been repealed and in some places specific anti-bestiality laws have been enacted.
+Erotic art, such as animal pornography in cartoons and the like, which does not require the recording of an actual sexual act, are not usually considered sex with animals by the law, and so their status depends upon more general laws such as legal limits upon obscenity or pornography alone, and the thin line between erotic art and pornography.
-As of 2012, bestiality is illegal in 37 U.S. states. Most state bestiality laws were enacted between 1999 and 2012.<ref name="StateLaws">{{cite web |first=Rebecca F. |last=Wisch |url=http://www.animallaw.info/articles/State%20Tables/tbusanimalassault.htm |title=Table of State Animal Sexual Assault Laws |publisher=Michigan State University College of Law | |year=2013  |accessdate=2013-01-04}}</ref> Laws were enacted in [[Pennsylvania]] in 1999,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://articles.philly.com/1999-06-04/news/25497636_1_bestiality-pennsylvania-lawmakers-sexual-activity |title=Accidentally Decriminalized, Bestiality To Go Back On Books - Philly.com |publisher=Articles.philly.com |date=2009-09-24 |accessdate=2013-10-13}}</ref> [[Iowa]] in 2001,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animallaw.info/statutes/stusiast717B_1_717E.htm#s717C_1 |title=Iowa Animal Anti-Cruelty Statute |publisher=Animallaw.info |date=2004-04-09 |accessdate=2013-10-13}}</ref> [[Illinois]] in 2002,<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-11614863.html |title=Ryan signs anti-bestiality legislation - The Pantagraph Bloomington |first=Kurt |last=Erickson |work=HighBeam Research |date=July 27, 2002 |accessdate=July 13, 2014}}</ref> [[Maryland]] in 2002,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animallaw.info/statutes/stusmd10_601_622.htm#s3_322 |title=Maryland Consolidated Cruelty Statutes |publisher=Animallaw.info |date= |accessdate=2013-10-13}}</ref> [[Washington (state)|Washington]] in 2006,<ref>{{cite news| url=http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2002838346_bestiality02m.html | work=The Seattle Times | first=Jennifer | last=Sullivan | title=Lawmakers vote to make bestiality illegal in this state | date=2 March 2006}}</ref> [[Arizona]] in 2006,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tucsoncitizen.com/morgue/2006/05/24/13598-governor-signs-bill-to-ban-bestiality/ |title=Governor signs bill to ban bestiality - Tucson Citizen Morgue, Part 1 (2006-2009) |publisher=Tucsoncitizen.com |date=2006-05-24 |accessdate=2013-10-13}}</ref> [[Indiana]] in 2007,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animallaw.info/statutes/stusinst35_46_3_1_13.htm |title=Indiana Consolidated Cruelty Statutes |publisher=Animallaw.info |date= |accessdate=2013-10-13}}</ref> [[Tennessee]] in 2007,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ohmygov.com/blogs/general_news/archive/2009/03/21/states-considering-laws-against-bestiality.aspx |title=States considering laws against bestiality - OhMyGov News |publisher=Ohmygov.com |date= |accessdate=2013-10-13}}</ref> [[Colorado]] in 2007,<ref name="zoocolorado">{{cite news| url=http://www.denverpost.com/legislature/ci_5682180 |title=Bill adds bestiality to animal cruelty law  | work=Denver Post | first=Jennifer | last=Brown |date=April 17, 2007 }}</ref> [[Alaska]] in 2010,<ref name="politicsdaily.com">{{cite web|last=Drake |first=Bruce |url=http://www.politicsdaily.com/2010/01/27/bill-to-criminalize-bestiality-advances-in-alaska-legislature/ |title=Bill to Criminalize Bestiality Advances in Alaska Legislature |publisher=Politicsdaily.com |date= |accessdate=2013-10-13}}</ref> and [[Florida]] in 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://miami.cbslocal.com/2011/05/05/anti-bestiality-law-finally-passes-in-florida/ |title=Anti-Bestiality Law Finally Passes In Florida « CBS Miami |publisher=Miami.cbslocal.com |date=2011-05-05 |accessdate=2013-10-13}}</ref> Laws which prohibit non-abusive bestiality have been criticized for being discriminatory, unjust and unconstitutional.<ref name="interdis">{{cite web |url= http://www.inter-disciplinary.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/cutteridgepaper.pdf |title=For the Love of Dog: On the Legal Prohibition of Zoophilia in Canada and the United States |first=Brian Anthony |last=Cutteridge |work=inter-disciplinary.net |year=2010 |accessdate=July 13, 2014}}</ref><ref name="mroberts">{{cite journal |doi=10.2139/ssrn.1328310 |title=The Unjustified Prohibition against Bestiality: Why the Laws in Opposition Can Find No Support under the Harm Principle |year=2009 |last1=Roberts |first1=Michael |journal=SSRN Electronic Journal}}</ref>
+== National laws ==
+Laws affecting [[zoophile|zoophilic]] activities vary across different countries and other sub-national jurisdictions. In general, these laws regulate performing or receiving [[sexual activity]] from non-human animals, or the sale, distribution, and ownership of [[zoophilic pornography]].
-Outside the U.S., bestiality was outlawed in [[Norway]] in 2008,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://africanpress.me/2007/11/17/sex-with-animals-to-be-banned-in-norway/ |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120326084927/http://africanpress.me/2007/11/17/sex-with-animals-to-be-banned-in-norway/ |archivedate=2012-03-26 |title=Sex with animals to be banned in Norway}}</ref> [[The Netherlands]] in 2010,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.last.fm/forum/23/_/599411 |title=Dutch Parliament OKs Ban on Beastiality – In the News – |publisher=Last.fm |date= |accessdate=2013-10-13}}</ref>, [[Australian Capital Territory]] in 2011, <ref name="ACT">{{cite web |url= http://www.legislation.act.gov.au/b/db_40369/20101209-46298/pdf/db_40369.pdf |title=Crimes Legislation Amendment Bill 2010 |work=Australian Capital Territory Legislation Register |year=2010 |accessdate=July 13, 2014}}</ref>, Sweden in 2013 <ref>http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2341789/Sweden-set-ban-bestiality-scrapping-legal-loophole-legal-animal-did-suffer.html</ref> and Denmark in 2014 <ref>http://www.independent.co.uk/news/weird-news/denmark-moves-to-ban-bestiality-controversial-right-to-have-sex-with-animals-will-be-outlawed-9790829.html</ref>.
+[[File:1050px-Legality of zoophilia by country or territory.svg.png]]
-== Background ==
+[[File:Legalggzoo.PNG]]
-{{Globalize/West | section | date=March 2014}}
+=== Africa ===
+==== Northern Africa ====
-=== International differences ===
+{|class="wikitable" style="text-align: left;"
-Some jurisdictions list laws very clearly, such as [[England and Wales]], which specifically prohibits penetration of a human being by the penis of an animal, and penetration of an animal by a human's penis.<ref name="UKlaw69">{{cite web |url= http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/42/section/69 |title=Sexual Offences Act 2003, Section 69 |work=HM Government |year=2003 |accessdate=13 July 2014}}</ref>
+! Country or territory
+! Bestiality
+! Sale and distribution of zoophilic pornography
+! Ownership of zoophilic pornography
+|-
+|{{flagicon|Algeria}} [[Algeria]]
+|❌ Illegal since 8 June 1966
+----
+'''Penalty:''' Maximum of three years in prison and a fine 10,000 Algerian dinars<ref name="ILGA" />
+|❌ Illegal <br/> Sale and distribution of any kind of pornography illegal
+|❌ Illegal <br/> Ownership of any kind of pornography illegal
+|-
+|{{flagicon|Canary Islands}} [[Canary Islands]]<br /><small>([[Autonomous communities of Spain|Autonomous community]] of [[Spain]])</small>
+|❌ Illegal since 30 March 2015
+----
+'''Penalty:''' Minimum of three months and one day to a maximum of one year of imprisonment and a year's disqualification and a day to three years for the exercise of profession, trade or business that is related to animals and animal husbandry<ref name="Denmark passes law to ban bestiality" /><ref name="Spain" />
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{flagicon|Ceuta}} [[Ceuta]]<br /><small>([[Autonomous communities of Spain|Autonomous city]] of [[Spain]])</small>
+|❌ Illegal since 30 March 2015
+----
+'''Penalty:''' Minimum of three months and one day to a maximum of one year of imprisonment and a year's disqualification and a day to three years for the exercise of profession, trade or business that is related to animals and animal husbandry<ref name="Denmark passes law to ban bestiality" /><ref name="Spain" />
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{flagicon|Egypt}} [[Egypt]]
+|❓ Unknown
+|❌ Illegal <br/> Sale and distribution of any kind of pornography illegal
+|❌ Illegal <br/> Ownership of any kind of pornography illegal
+|-
+|{{flagicon|Libya}} [[Libya]]
+|❓ Unknown
+|❌ Illegal <br/> Sale and distribution of any kind of pornography illegal
+|❌ Illegal <br/> Ownership of any kind of pornography illegal
+|-
+|{{flagicon|Madeira}} [[Madeira]]<br /><small>(Autonomous region of [[Portugal]])</small>
+|❌ Illegal<ref name="Denmark passes law to ban bestiality" />
+----
+'''Penalty:''' ❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{flagicon|Melilla}} [[Melilla]]<br /><small>([[Autonomous communities of Spain|Autonomous city]] of [[Spain]])</small>
+|❌ Illegal since 30 March 2015
+----
+'''Penalty:''' Minimum of three months and one day to a maximum of one year of imprisonment and a year's disqualification and a day to three years for the exercise of profession, trade or business that is related to animals and animal husbandry<ref name="Denmark passes law to ban bestiality" /><ref name="Spain" />
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{flagicon|Morocco}} [[Morocco]]
+|❓ Unknown
+|❌ Illegal <br/> Sale and distribution of any kind of pornography illegal
+|❌ Illegal <br/> Ownership of any kind of pornography illegal
+|-
-By contrast, many countries and US states are less precise about the scope of law in that they outlaw sex with animals, without defining what constitutes "sex".{{citation needed|date=August 2012}}
+|{{flagicon|South Sudan}} [[South Sudan]]
+|❓ Unknown
+|❌ Illegal <br/> Sale and distribution of any kind of pornography illegal
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{flagicon|Sudan}} [[Sudan]]
+|❓ Unknown
+|❌ Illegal <br/> Sale and distribution of any kind of pornography illegal
+|❌ Illegal <br/> Ownership of any kind of pornography illegal
+|-
+|{{flagicon|Tunisia}} [[Tunisia]]
+|❌ Illegal
+----
+'''Penalty:''' Maximum of three years' imprisonment<ref name="ILGA" />
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|}
-Even if bestiality is not explicitly prohibited, there are often many other laws which can be used to effectively prosecute cases. For example, most countries have animal cruelty laws, and a prosecutor will argue that all zoophilia activity is animal abuse.<ref>The argument that "all sexual activity with animals is automatically abuse" was made for example, in 1) the 2004 case of [http://pet-abuse.com/cases/2206/FL/US/1 State vs. Mitchell] (Florida), 2) the 2004 Pony case in Utrecht, Holland (cited below), and 3) the 2006 Washington state law which asserts as its foundational premise that "animal cruelty in the first degree is committed when a person knowingly engages in sexual conduct or sexual contact with an animal." [http://washingtonvotes.org/2006-SB-6417 SB-6417 2006]</ref> In some U.S. states, a person who engages in bestiality can be charged with animal cruelty.<ref name="shelby">{{cite web |url= http://www.10tv.com/content/stories/2011/06/16/story-shelby-man-charged-with-animal-abuse-sex.html |title=Man Charged With Sexually Abusing Animals |work=WBNS-10TV |date=June 16, 2011 |accessdate=July 13, 2014}}</ref>
+==== Western Africa ====
-=== Prohibitions without specific bestiality statutes ===
+{|class="wikitable" style="text-align: left;"
-Some countries have a range laws on their books. Sometimes [[sodomy law]]s or "[[crime against nature]]" laws are used to prosecute people who have sex with animals.
+! Country or territory
+! Bestiality
+! Sale and distribution of zoophilic pornography
+! Ownership of zoophilic pornography
+|-
+|{{flagicon|Benin}} [[Benin]]
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{flagicon|Burkina Faso}} [[Burkina Faso]]
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{flagicon|Cape Verde}} [[Cape Verde]]
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{flagicon|Côte d'Ivoire}} [[Côte d'Ivoire]]
+|❓ Unknown
+|❌ Illegal <br/> Sale and distribution of any kind of pornography illegal
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{flagicon|Gambia}} [[Gambia]]
+|❌ Illegal
+----
+'''Penalty:''' Maximum of fourteen years' imprisonment<ref name="ILGA" />
+|❌ Illegal <br/> Sale and distribution of any kind of pornography illegal
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{flagicon|Ghana}} [[Ghana]]
+|❌ Illegal
+----
+'''Penalty:''' Maximum of three years' imprisonment<ref name="ILGA" />
+|❌ Illegal <br/> Sale and distribution of any kind of pornography illegal
+|❌ Illegal <br/> Ownership of any kind of pornography illegal
+|-
+|{{flagicon|Guinea}} [[Guinea]]
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{flagicon|Guinea-Bissau}} [[Guinea-Bissau]]
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{flagicon|Liberia}} [[Liberia]]
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{flagicon|Mali}} [[Mali]]
+|❓ Unknown
+|❌ Illegal <br/> Sale and distribution of any kind of pornography illegal
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{flagicon|Mauritania}} [[Mauritania]]
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{flagicon|Niger}} [[Niger]]
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{flagicon|Nigeria}} [[Nigeria]]
+|❌ Illegal
+----
+'''Penalty:''' Maximum of fourteen years' imprisonment<ref name="ILGA" />
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{flagicon|Senegal}} [[Senegal]]
+|❓ Unknown
+|❌ Illegal <br/> Sale and distribution of any kind of pornography illegal
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{flagicon|Sierra Leone}} [[Sierra Leone]]
+|❌ Illegal
+----
+'''Penalty:''' Maximum of life imprisonment<ref name="ILGA" />
+|❌ Illegal <br/> Sale and distribution of any kind of pornography illegal
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{flagicon|Togo}} [[Togo]]
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|}
-In the case of [[Kenneth Pinyan]], who died from injuries sustained from receiving anal sex from a horse, local law enforcement found that there were no laws that allowed them to prosecute his friend, who had filmed the event and also allowed himself to be sodomized by the horse. The friend was prosecuted for trespassing. That case prompted the Washington State legislature to draw up legislation outlawing sex with animals.<ref name="thestranger">{{cite news|url=http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Content?oid=30811|accessdate=2006-04-30|title=The Animal In You|publisher=The Stranger|date=February–March 2006}}</ref>
+==== Central Africa ====
-In a 2005 [[Florida]] case, a man who had sex with his dog was charged with disorderly conduct, since the state had no anti-bestiality laws on the books at the time.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.guidehorse.org/news_guide_dog_abuse.htm |title=Man charged with having intercourse with his Guide Dog |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080521055021/http://www.guidehorse.org/news_guide_dog_abuse.htm |archivedate=2008-05-21}}</ref> On October 1, 2011 the state of Florida State Law 828.126, F.S went into effect, banning sex with animals.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2011/0344/BillText/er/PDF |title=Section 828.126, Florida Statutes |work=The Florida Senate |year=2011 |accessdate=July 13, 2014}}</ref>
+{|class="wikitable" style="text-align: left;"
+! Country or territory
+! Bestiality
+! Sale and distribution of zoophilic pornography
+! Ownership of zoophilic pornography
+|-
+|{{flagicon|Cameroon}} [[Cameroon]]
+|❌ Illegal
+----
+'''Penalty:''' Maximum of five years' imprisonment
+<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wipo.int/edocs/lexdocs/laws/en/cm/cm014en.pdf|title=Penal Code of Cameroon|accessdate=26 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190125183311/https://www.wipo.int/edocs/lexdocs/laws/en/cm/cm014en.pdf|archive-date=25 January 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{flagicon|Central African Republic}} [[Central African Republic]]
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{flagicon|Chad}} [[Chad]]
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{flagicon|Democratic Republic of the Congo}} [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]]
+|[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px]] Legal<ref name=toto/>
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{flagicon|Equatorial Guinea}} [[Equatorial Guinea]]
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{flagicon|Gabon}} [[Gabon]]
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{flagicon|Republic of the Congo}} [[Republic of the Congo]]
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{flagicon|Saint Helena}} [[Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha]]<br /><small>([[British overseas territory|Overseas territory]] of the [[United Kingdom]])</small>
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{flagicon|São Tomé and Príncipe}} [[São Tomé and Príncipe]]
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|}
-== Laws against zoophilia ==
+==== Southeast Africa ====
-Aggrawal has discussed extensively on laws against zoophilia.<ref name="aggrawal">{{cite book | first=Anil | last=Aggrawal | coauthors= | title=Forensic and Medico-legal Aspects of Sexual Crimes and Unusual Sexual Practices | publisher=[[CRC Press]] | location=Boca Raton | year=2009 | isbn=978-1-4200-4308-2 |url=http://crcpress.com/product/isbn/9781420043082}}</ref> It is permitted in a few countries, such as [[Denmark]], although ordinary animal treatment laws apply.
-There are also commonly laws against forcing another person to engage in zoophilia activity, especially minors (usually considered equivalent to [[rape]]), and laws related to exposing others (either non-consensually or minors) to the sight of a sexual act. In some jurisdictions, laws against zoophilia conduct also include provisions for seizure of animals where convicted.
+{|class="wikitable" style="text-align: left;"
+! Country or territory
+! Bestiality
+! Sale and distribution of zoophilic pornography
+! Ownership of zoophilic pornography
+|-
+|{{flagicon|Burundi}} [[Burundi]]
+|❌ Illegal
+----
+'''Penalty:''' Minimum of one year's imprisonment, maximum of three years' imprisonment, fine of fifty thousand to one hundred thousand francs, or both<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=fr&u=http://defensewiki.ibj.org/index.php/Code_P%25C3%25A9nal_du_Burundi_(Burundi_Penal_Code)&prev=search|title=Google Translate|website=translate.google.com|accessdate=26 February 2020}}</ref>
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{flagicon|Kenya}} [[Kenya]]
+|❌ Illegal
+----
+'''Penalty:''' Maximum of fourteen years' imprisonment or the common law offense<ref name="ILGA" />
+|❌ Illegal <br/> Sale and distribution of any kind of pornography illegal
+|❌ Illegal <br/> Ownership of any kind of pornography illegal
+|-
+|{{flagicon|Rwanda}} [[Rwanda]]
+|❌ Illegal
+----
+'''Penalty:''' Maximum of two years' imprisonment<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.unodc.org/res/cld/document/rwa/1999/penal-code-of-rwanda_html/Penal_Code_of_Rwanda.pdf|title=Penal Code of Rwanda|accessdate=26 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180114020248/https://www.unodc.org/res/cld/document/rwa/1999/penal-code-of-rwanda_html/Penal_Code_of_Rwanda.pdf|archive-date=14 January 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>
+|❌ Illegal <br/> Sale and distribution of any kind of pornography illegal
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{flagicon|Uganda}} [[Uganda]]
+|❌ Illegal
+----
+'''Penalty:''' Maximum of life imprisonment<ref name="ILGA" />
+|❌ Illegal <br/> Sale and distribution of any kind of pornography illegal
+|❌ Illegal <br/> Ownership of any kind of pornography illegal
+|-
+|{{flagicon|Tanzania}} [[Tanzania]]
+|❌ Illegal
+----
+'''Penalty:''' Maximum of life imprisonment<ref name="ILGA" />
+|❌ Illegal <br/> Sale and distribution of any kind of pornography illegal
+|❌ Illegal <br/> Ownership of any kind of pornography illegal
+|}
-===Exceptions===
+==== Horn of Africa ====
-{{see also|Artificial insemination#In livestock and pets|Semen collection#By species|Horse sheath cleaning}}
-Sexual handling of an animal for the purposes of [[Veterinarian|veterinary]] practice, or [[animal husbandry]] (breeding), is normally exempted where such laws exist. In public discussion for the recently passed Oregon law, however, one animal shelter's spokesperson wanted the husbandry exemption kept out, as he was concerned that someone might use these "accepted farming practices" as a legal loophole to then have (legal) sexual contact with an animal only for personal enjoyment. One of the legislators responded by asking if they were trying to outlaw an act (of sexual contact), or a state of mind. The veterinary and husbandry exemption was left out of Oregon's law in the final, enacted version.
-==Zoophilic pornography==
+{|class="wikitable" style="text-align: left;"
-{{main|Animal pornography}}
+! Country or territory
-The legality of pornography has three components: legality of production, legality of sale and transportation, and legality of ownership. In general, animal pornography is legal to produce where both zoophilic activity and the creation of pornography in general are legal. Laws concerning sale, transmission and ownership vary more widely.
+! Bestiality
+! Sale and distribution of zoophilic pornography
+! Ownership of zoophilic pornography
+|-
+|{{flagicon|Djibouti}} [[Djibouti]]
+|❓ Unknown
+|❌ Illegal <br/> Sale and distribution of any kind of pornography illegal
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{flagicon|Eritrea}} [[Eritrea]]
+|❌ Illegal
+----
+'''Penalty:''' Maximum of six months in prison and a fine 20,000 Nakfas<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.refworld.org/pdfid/55a51ccc4.pdf|title=Criminal Code of Eritrea|accessdate=26 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191206194345/https://www.refworld.org/pdfid/55a51ccc4.pdf|archive-date=6 December 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>
+|❌ Illegal <br/> Sale and distribution of any kind of pornography illegal
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{flagicon|Ethiopia}} [[Ethiopia]]
+||❌ Illegal
+----
+'''Penalty:''' Imprisonment<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.lexadin.nl/wlg/legis/nofr/oeur/arch/eth/TheRevisedCriminalCode.pdf|title=Criminal Code of Ethiopia 2004 - Article 633.- Sexual Intercourse with an Animal.|accessdate=26 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091008080141/http://www.lexadin.nl/wlg/legis/nofr/oeur/arch/eth/TheRevisedCriminalCode.pdf|archive-date=8 October 2009|url-status=live}}</ref>
+|❌ Illegal <br/> Sale and distribution of any kind of pornography illegal
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{flagicon|Somalia}} [[Somalia]]
+|❓ Unknown
+|❌ Illegal <br/> Sale and distribution of any kind of pornography illegal
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{flagicon|Somaliland}} [[Somaliland]]
+|❓ Unknown
+|❌ Illegal <br/> Sale and distribution of any kind of pornography illegal
+|❌ Illegal <br/> Ownership of any kind of pornography illegal
+|}
-Erotic art, such as animal pornography in cartoons and the like, which does not require the recording of an actual sexual act, are not usually considered sex with animals by the law, and so their status depends upon more general laws such as legal limits upon obscenity or pornography alone, and the thin line between erotic art and pornography.
+==== Indian Ocean States ====
-== National laws ==
+{|class="wikitable" style="text-align: left;"
+! Country or territory
+! Bestiality
+! Sale and distribution of zoophilic pornography
+! Ownership of zoophilic pornography
+|-
+|{{flagicon|British Indian Ocean Territory}} [[British Indian Ocean Territory]]<br/><small>([[British overseas territory|Overseas territory]] of the [[United Kingdom]])</small>
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{flagicon|Comoros}} [[Comoros]]
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{flagicon|French Southern and Antarctic Lands}} [[French Southern and Antarctic Lands]]<br/><small>(Overseas territory of [[France]])</small>
+||❌ Illegal since 9 March 2004
+----
+'''Penalty:''' Maximum of 2 years in prison and €30,000 fine<ref name="France" />
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{flagicon|Madagascar}} [[Madagascar]]
+|[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px]] Legal<ref name=toto/>
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{flagicon|Mauritius}} [[Mauritius]]
+|❌ Illegal
+----
+'''Penalty:''' Maximum of five years' imprisonment<ref name="ILGA" />
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{flagicon|Mayotte}} [[Mayotte]] <br /> <small>(Overseas department of [[France]])</small>
+||❌ Illegal since 9 March 2004
+----
+'''Penalty:''' Maximum of 2 years in prison and €30,000 fine<ref name="France" />
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{flagicon|Réunion}} [[Réunion]] <br /> <small>(Overseas department of [[France]])</small>
+||❌ Illegal since 9 March 2004
+----
+'''Penalty:''' Maximum of 2 years in prison and €30,000 fine<ref name="France" />
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{flagicon|Seychelles}} [[Seychelles]]
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|}
-{{anchor|by country}}
+==== Southern Africa ====
-{{Unreliable sources|section|date=March 2014}}
-{| class="wikitable"
+{|class="wikitable" style="text-align: left;"
-|-  style="background:#ccc; text-align:center;"
+! Country or territory
-! style="width:12.5%;"| Country or territory
+! Bestiality
-! style="width:12.5%;"| Zoosexual activity
+! Sale and distribution of zoophilic pornography
-! style="width:12.5%;"| Sale and distribution of zoophilic pornography
+! Ownership of zoophilic pornography
-! style="width:12.5%;"| Ownership of zoophilic pornography
+|-
+|{{flagicon|Angola}} [[Angola]]
+|[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px]] Legal<ref name=toto>{{cite web |url=http://www.rr-africa.oie.int/docspdf/en/2011/Animal_Welfare_Summary.pdf |title=Animal welfare in OIE member countries & territories in the SADC region |accessdate=24 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190130053304/http://www.rr-africa.oie.int/docspdf/en/2011/Animal_Welfare_Summary.pdf |archive-date=30 January 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref>
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
 |-
-|{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Australia]]
+|{{flagicon|Botswana}} [[Botswana]]
-||[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Illegal<br>(Legality varies by state/territory)<ref name="au_state_laws">Ref: Halsbury's Laws of Australia #9 page 247662:
+|❌ Illegal
-Criminal offence: [[New South Wales]] (Crimes Act 1900 s79, not more than 14 years imprisonment), [[Northern Territory]] (Criminal Code s138, not more than 3 years imprisonment), [[Queensland]] (Criminal Code s211: "carnal knowledge of an animal", not more than 7 years imprisonment), [[South Australia]] (Criminal Law Consolidation Act 1935 s69, "buggery with an animal", not more than 10 years imprisonment), [[Tasmania]] (Criminal Code s122(b), not more than 21 years imprisonment), [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]] (Crimes Act 1958 s59, not more than 5 years imprisonment), [[Western Australia]] (Criminal Code s181: "carnal knowledge of an animal", not more than 7 years imprisonment), [[Australian Capital Territory]] (Crimes Act 1900, s63A inserted in 2011, "Bestiality", not more than 10 years imprisonment).</ref>
+----
-||[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]]
+'''Penalty:''' Maximum of seven years' imprisonment<ref name="ILGA" />
-||[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]]
+|❌ Illegal <br/> Sale and distribution of any kind of pornography illegal
+|❌ Illegal <br/> Ownership of any kind of pornography illegal
+|-
+|{{flagicon|Eswatini}} [[Eswatini|Eswatini (Swaziland)]]
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{flagicon|Lesotho}} [[Lesotho]]
+|❌ Illegal<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://lesotholii.org/ls/legislation/num-act/6|title=Penal Code Act, 2010 {{!}} Lesotho Legal Information Institute|website=lesotholii.org|access-date=29 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190126000756/https://lesotholii.org/ls/legislation/num-act/6|archive-date=26 January 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{flagicon|Malawi}} [[Malawi]]
+|❌ Illegal
+----
+'''Penalty:''' Maximum of fourteen years' imprisonment, with or without corporal punishment<ref name="ILGA" />
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{flagicon|Mozambique}} [[Mozambique]]
+|[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px]] Legal<ref name=toto/>
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{flagicon|Namibia}} [[Namibia]]
+|❌ Illegal
+----
+'''Penalty:''' Determined by judge<ref name="ILGA" />
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
 |-
-|{{flagicon|Belgium}} [[Belgium]]
+|{{flagicon|South Africa}} [[South Africa]]
-||[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Illegal since 2007<br />(penalty: up to 6 months in prison and a fine of 1.000 € maximum)<ref>{{cite journal |journal=Moniteur Belge / Belgisch Staatsblad |title=Lois, Decrets, Ordonnances Et Reglements / Wetten, Decreten, Ordonnanties En Verordeningen |page=38259-38260 |date=13 July 2007 |accessdate=13 July 2014|language=fr}}/{{nl icon}}</ref>
+||❌ Illegal
-||[[File:Emblem-question.svg|15px]]
+----
-||[[File:Emblem-question.svg|15px]]
+'''Penalty:''' Determined by judge<ref>[http://www.justice.gov.za/legislation/acts/2007-032.pdf Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Related Matters) Amendment Act 32 of 2007] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120523214416/http://www.justice.gov.za/legislation/acts/2007-032.pdf |date=23 May 2012}}, s. 13.</ref>
+||❌ Illegal
+----
+'''Penalty:''' Maximum of five years in prison and R200,000 fine<ref>[http://www.fpb.org.za/profile-fpb/legislation/doc_download/293-films-and-publications-act-no-65 Films and Publications Act 65 of 1996]{{Dead link|date=February 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes}} s. 24A(2) read with s. 18(3)(b)(ii).</ref>
+|❓ Unknown
 |-
-|{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Brazil]]
+|{{flagicon|Zambia}} [[Zambia]]
-||[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal<ref>{{cite web|url=http://revistaepoca.globo.com/Saude-e-bem-estar/noticia/2011/10/sexo-com-animais-por-que-fingir-que-isso-nao-existe.html|title=Revista Época - Sexo com animais: por que fingir que isso não existe? - notícias em Saúde e bem-estar|publisher=|accessdate=14 January 2015}}</ref>{{qn|date=November 2013}}<ref name="ecce bestia">[http://issuu.com/eziofb/docs/ezioflaviobazzo Ecce Bestia: Vice with Animals {{pt icon}}]</ref>{{qn|date=November 2013}} since 1830 (via [[Legal status of homosexuality in Brazil|repeal of sodomy laws]])
+|❌ Illegal
-||[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal, never criminalized<ref name="ecce bestia"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?pid=S0104-83332012000100009&script=sci_arttext|title=Cadernos Pagu - Sex with animals as an extreme practice in bizarre porn|publisher=|accessdate=14 January 2015}}</ref>
+----
-||[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal, never criminalized
+'''Penalty:''' Maximum of life imprisonment<ref name="ILGA" />
+|❌ Illegal <br/> Sale and distribution of any kind of pornography illegal
+|❌ Illegal <br/> Ownership of any kind of pornography illegal
+|-
+|{{flagicon|Zimbabwe}} [[Zimbabwe]]
+|❌ Illegal
+----
+'''Penalty:''' Up to one year in prison<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://zimlii.org/zw/legislation/num-act/2004/23/Criminal%20Law%20%28Codification%20and%20Reform%29%20Act%20%5BChapter%209-23%5D.pdf|title=CRIMINAL LAW (CODIFICATION AND REFORM) ACT [CHAPTER 9:23|accessdate=26 February 2020}}</ref>
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|}
+=== Americas ===
+==== North America ====
+{|class="wikitable" style="text-align: left;"
+! Country or territory
+! Bestiality
+! Sale and distribution of zoophilic pornography
+! Ownership of zoophilic pornography
 |-
-|{{flagicon|Cambodia}} [[Cambodia]]
+|{{flagicon|Bermuda}} [[Bermuda]]<br /><small>([[British overseas territory|Overseas territory]] of the [[United Kingdom]])</small>
-||[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal<ref name="sciamer"/>
+|❓ Unknown
-||[[File:Emblem-question.svg|15px]]
+|❓ Unknown
-||[[File:Emblem-question.svg|15px]]
+|❓ Unknown
 |-
 |{{flagicon|Canada}} [[Canada]]
-||[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Illegal<br />(Penalty: Maximum of 10 years in prison)<ref>{{cite web |url= http://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/C-46/section-160-20120809.html |title=Criminal Code, Section 160 |work=Canadian Dept. of Justice |year=2012 |accessdate=July 13, 2014}}</ref>
+||❌ Illegal
-||[[File:Emblem-question.svg|15px]]
+----
-||[[File:Emblem-question.svg|15px]]
+'''Penalty:''' Up to 10 years in prison<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.parl.ca/LegisInfo/BillDetails.aspx?billId=10082996&Language=E |title=An Act to amend the Criminal Code (bestiality and animal fighting) |year=2019 |accessdate=18 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190712093109/https://www.parl.ca/LegisInfo/BillDetails.aspx?billId=10082996&Language=E |archive-date=12 July 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref>
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{flagicon|Greenland}} [[Greenland]]<br /><small>(Constituent country of the [[Denmark|Kingdom of Denmark]])</small>
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|[[Image:Flag of Saint-Pierre and Miquelon.svg|25px]] [[Saint Pierre et Miquelon]]<br /><small>(Overseas collectivity of [[France]])</small>
+||❌ Illegal since 9 March 2004
+----
+'''Penalty:''' Maximum of 2 years in prison and €30,000 fine<ref name="France" />
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|}
+===== Mexico =====
+{|class="wikitable" style="text-align: left;"
+! Country, federal district, or state
+! Bestiality
+! Sale and distribution of zoophilic pornography
+! Ownership of zoophilic pornography
+|-
+|{{flagicon|Mexico}} [[Mexico]]
+|N/A
+|N/A
+|N/A
+|-
+|{{flagicon|Aguascalientes}} [[Aguascalientes]]
+|❌ Illegal since 2009<ref>http://www.aguascalientes.gob.mx/gobierno/leyes/leyes_PDF/11082011_102428.pdf {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202074930/http://www.aguascalientes.gob.mx/gobierno/leyes/leyes_PDF/11082011_102428.pdf |date=2 February 2017}} ''Ley De Proteccion A Los Animales Para El Estado De Aguascalientes''. Accessed 24 January 2017.</ref>
+----
+'''Penalty:''' ❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{flagicon|Baja California}} [[Baja California]]
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{flagicon|Baja California Sur}} [[Baja California Sur]]
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{flagicon|Campeche}} [[Campeche]]
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{flagicon|Chiapas}} [[Chiapas]]
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{flagicon|Chihuahua}} [[Chihuahua (state)|Chihuahua]]
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{flagicon|Coahuila}} [[Coahuila]]
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{flagicon|Colima}} [[Colima]]
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{flagicon|Durango}} [[Durango]]
+|❌ Illegal since 2013<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://congresodurango.gob.mx/Archivos/legislacion/LEY%20DE%20PROTECCION%20Y%20BIENESTAR%20ANIMAL.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=8 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190713093824/http://congresodurango.gob.mx/Archivos/legislacion/LEY%20DE%20PROTECCION%20Y%20BIENESTAR%20ANIMAL.pdf |archive-date=13 July 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref>
+----
+'''Penalty:''' ❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{flagicon|Guanajuato}} [[Guanajuato]]
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{flagicon|Guerrero}} [[Guerrero]]
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{flagicon|Hidalgo}} [[Hidalgo (state)|Hidalgo]]
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{flagicon|Jalisco}} [[Jalisco]]
+|❌ Illegal since 2012<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.informador.mx/Jalisco/Aprueban-Ley-de-Proteccion-Animal-20120828-0113.html|title=Aprueban Ley de Protección Animal|website=El Informador :: Noticias de Jalisco, México, Deportes & Entretenimiento|language=es-ES|access-date=30 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190730085151/https://www.informador.mx/Jalisco/Aprueban-Ley-de-Proteccion-Animal-20120828-0113.html|archive-date=30 July 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>
+----
+'''Penalty:''' ❓ unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{flagicon|Michoacán}} [[Michoacán]]
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{flagicon|Morelos}} [[Morelos]]
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{flagicon|State of Mexico}} [[Mexico]]
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{flagicon|Mexican Federal District}} [[Mexico City]]
+|❌ Illegal<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=es&u=http://docs.mexico.justia.com.s3.amazonaws.com/estatales/distrito-federal/ley-de-proteccion-a-los-animales-del-distrito-federal.pdf&prev=search|title=Google Translate|website=translate.google.com|access-date=29 May 2019}}</ref>
+----
+'''Penalty:''' ❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{flagicon|Nayarit}} [[Nayarit]]
+|❌ Illegal since 2006<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://congresodurango.gob.mx/Archivos/legislacion/LEY%20DE%20PROTECCION%20Y%20BIENESTAR%20ANIMAL.pdf|title=Ley De Proteccion A La Fauna Para El Estado De Nayarit|last=|first=|date=|website=|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190713093824/http://congresodurango.gob.mx/Archivos/legislacion/LEY%20DE%20PROTECCION%20Y%20BIENESTAR%20ANIMAL.pdf|archive-date=13 July 2019|access-date=15 January 2020}}</ref>
+----
+'''Penalty:''' ❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{flagicon|Nuevo León}} [[Nuevo León]]
+|❌ Illegal since 2016<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.hcnl.gob.mx/trabajo_legislativo/leyes/pdf/LEY%20DE%20PROTECCION%20Y%20BIENESTAR%20ANIMAL%20PARA%20LA%20SUSTENTABILIDAD%20DEL%20ESTADO%20DE%20NL.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=8 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181126025754/http://www.hcnl.gob.mx/trabajo_legislativo/leyes/pdf/LEY%20DE%20PROTECCION%20Y%20BIENESTAR%20ANIMAL%20PARA%20LA%20SUSTENTABILIDAD%20DEL%20ESTADO%20DE%20NL.pdf |archive-date=26 November 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref>
+----
+'''Penalty:''' ❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{flagicon|Oaxaca}} [[Oaxaca]]
+|❌ Illegal since 2015
+----
+'''Penalty:''' Maximum of one year in prison and a fine of 800 days of salary<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=es&u=http://www.viveoaxaca.org/2015/09/LeydeProtecionAnimalOaxaca.html&prev=search|title=Google Translate|website=translate.google.com|access-date=29 May 2019}}</ref>
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{flagicon|Puebla}} [[Puebla]]
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{flagicon|Querétaro}} [[Querétaro]]
+|❌ Illegal since 2009<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.venfido.com.mx/ley-de-proteccion-animal.php?estado=queretaro|title=LEY DE PROTECCIÓN ANIMAL DEL ESTADO DE QUERÉTARO - Información sobre leyes protectoras de animales en México.|website=www.venfido.com.mx|access-date=12 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202014440/http://www.venfido.com.mx/ley-de-proteccion-animal.php?estado=queretaro|archive-date=2 February 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>
+----
+'''Penalty:''' ❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{flagicon|Quintana Roo}} [[Quintana Roo]]
+|❌ Illegal since 2013<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=es&u=http://www.tsjqroo.gob.mx/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2812:ley-de-proteccion-y-bienestar-animal-del-estado-de-quintana-roo&catid=160:leyes&Itemid=867&prev=search|title=Google Translate|website=translate.google.com|access-date=29 May 2019}}</ref>
+----
+'''Penalty:''' ❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{flagicon|San Luis Potosí}} [[San Luis Potosí]]
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{flagicon|Sinaloa}} [[Sinaloa]]
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{flagicon|Sonora}} [[Sonora]]
+|❌ Illegal<ref>{{Cite web|last=Vernon Pérez Rubio|date=7 November 2012|title=Ley de protección a los animales para el estado de sonora|url=https://es.slideshare.net/VernonPRA/ley-de-proteccin-a-los-animales-para-el-estado-de-sonora|journal=|access-date=29 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190529115340/https://es.slideshare.net/VernonPRA/ley-de-proteccin-a-los-animales-para-el-estado-de-sonora|archive-date=29 May 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>
+----
+'''Penalty:''' ❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{flagicon|Tabasco}} [[Tabasco]]
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{flagicon|Tamaulipas}} [[Tamaulipas]]
+|❌ Illegal since 2010<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://poarchivo.tamaulipas.gob.mx/leyes/Leyes_Estado/Ley_Proteccion_Animales.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=8 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131127034337/http://poarchivo.tamaulipas.gob.mx/leyes/Leyes_Estado/Ley_Proteccion_Animales.pdf |archive-date=27 November 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref>
+----
+'''Penalty:''' ❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{flagicon|Tlaxcala}} [[Tlaxcala]]
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{flagicon|Veracruz}} [[Veracruz]]
+|❌ Illegal since 2010<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=es&u=http://www.ordenjuridico.gob.mx/Documentos/Estatal/Veracruz/wo56505.pdf&prev=search|title=Google Translate|website=translate.google.com|access-date=29 May 2019}}</ref>
+----
+'''Penalty:''' ❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{flagicon|Yucatán}} [[Yucatán]]
+|❌ Illegal since 2011<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.seduma.yucatan.gob.mx/archivos/legislacion-fija/Ley_Fauna_Estado_Yucatan.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=8 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180619043155/http://www.seduma.yucatan.gob.mx/archivos/legislacion-fija/Ley_Fauna_Estado_Yucatan.pdf |archive-date=19 June 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref>
+----
+''''Penalty:''' ❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{flagicon|Zacatecas}} [[Zacatecas]]
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|}
+===== United States =====
+{{Main article|Legality of bestiality in the United States}}
+===== United States of America =====
+''This section will be worked on due to issues with incorrect flags.''
+{|class="wikitable" style="text-align: left;"
+! Country or territory
+! Bestiality
+! Sale and distribution of zoophilic pornography
+! Ownership of zoophilic pornography
+|-
+|{{Flag icon|Alabama}} [[Alabama]]
+|❌ Illegal
+|❌ Illegal
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{Flag icon|Alaska}} [[Alaska]]
+|❌ Illegal
+|❌ Illegal
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{flag icon|Arizona}} [[Arizona]]
+|❌ Illegal
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{Flag icon|Arkansas}} [[Arkansas]]
+|❌ Illegal
+|❌ Illegal
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{Flag icon|California}} [[California]]
+|❌ Illegal
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{flag icon|Colorado}} [[Colorado]]
+|❌ Illegal
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{Flag icon|Connecticut}} [[Connecticut]]
+|❌ Illegal
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{Flag icon|Delaware}} [[Delaware]]
+|❌ Illegal
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{flag icon|District of Columbia}} [[District of Columbia]]
+|❌ Illegal
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{Flag icon|Florida}} [[Florida]]
+|❌ Illegal
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{Flag icon|Georgia}} [[Georgia]]
+|❌ Illegal - Up to 4 years in prison
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{flag icon|Hawaii}} [[Hawaii]]
+|[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px]]
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{Flag icon|Idaho}} [[Idaho]]
+|❌ Illegal
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{Flag icon|Illinois}} [[Illinois]]
+|❌ Illegal
+|❌ Illegal
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{flag icon|Indiana}} [[Indiana]]
+|❌ Illegal
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{Flag icon|Iowa}} [[Iowa]]
+|❌ Illegal
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{Flag icon|Kansas}} [[Kansas]]
+|❌ Illegal
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{flag icon|Kentucky}} [[Kentucky]]
+|❌ Illegal
+|❌ Illegal
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{Flag icon|Lousiana}} [[Lousiana]]
+|❌ Illegal
+|❌ Illegal
+|❌ Illegal
+|-
+|{{Flag icon|Maine}} [[Maine]]
+|❌ Illegal
+|❌ Illegal
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{Flag icon|Maryland}} [[Maryland]]
+|❌ Illegal
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{Flag icon|Massachusetts}} [[Massachusetts]]
+|❌ Illegal
+|❌ Illegal
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{Flag icon|Michigan}} [[Michigan]]
+|❌ Illegal
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{Flag icon|Minnesota}} [[Minnesota]]
+|❌ Illegal
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{Flag icon|Mississippi}} [[Mississippi]]
+|❌ Illegal
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{Flag icon|Missouri}} [[Missouri]]
+|❌ Illegal
+|❌ Illegal
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{Flag icon|Montana}} [[Montana]]
+|❌ Illegal
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{Flag icon|Nebraska}} [[Nebraska]]
+|❌ Illegal
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{Flag icon|Nevada}} [[Nevada]]
+|❌ Illegal
+|❌ Illegal
+|❌ Illegal
+|-
+|{{Flag icon|New Hampshire}} [[New Hampshire]]
+|❌ Illegal
+|❌ Illegal
+|❌ Illegal
+|-
+|{{Flag icon|New Jersey}} [[New Jersey]]
+|❌ Illegal
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{Flag icon|New Mexico}} [[New Mexico]]
+|[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px]]
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{Flag icon|New York}} [[New York]]
+|❌ Illegal
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{Flag icon|North Carolina}} [[North Carolina]]
+|❌ Illegal
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{Flag icon|North Dakota}} [[North Dakota]]
+|❌ Illegal
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{Flag icon|Ohio}} [[Ohio]]
+|❌ Illegal
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{Flag icon|Oklahoma}} [[Oklahoma]]
+|❌ Illegal
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{Flag icon|Oregon}} [[Oregon]]
+|❌ Illegal
+|❌ Illegal <br/> Sale and distribution of any kind of pornography illegal
+|❌ Illegal <br/> Ownership of any kind of pornography illegal
+|-
+|{{Flag icon|Pennsylvania}} [[Pennsylvania]]
+|❌ Illegal
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{Flag icon|Rhode Island}} [[Rhode Island]]
+|❌ Illegal
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{Flag icon|South Carolina}} [[South Carolina]]
+|❌ Illegal
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{Flag icon|South Dakota}} [[South Dakota]]
+|❌ Illegal
+|❌ Illegal
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{Flag icon|Tennessee}} [[Tennessee]]
+|❌ Illegal
+|❌ Illegal
+|❌ Illegal
+|-
+|{{Flag icon|Texas}} [[Texas]]
+|❌ Illegal
+|❌ Illegal
+|❌ Illegal
+|-
+|{{Flag icon|Utah}} [[Utah]]
+|❌ Illegal
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{Flag icon|Vermont}} [[Vermont]]
+|❌ Illegal
+|❌ Illegal
+|❌ Illegal
+|-
+|{{Flag icon|Virginia}} [[Virginia]]
+|❌ Illegal
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{Flag icon|Washington}} [[Washington]]
+|❌ Illegal
+|❌ Illegal
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{Flag icon|West Virginia}} [[West Virginia]]
+|[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px]]
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{Flag icon|Winsconsin}} [[Winsconsin]]
+|❌ Illegal
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{Flag icon|Wyoming}} [[Wyoming]]
+|[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px]]
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|}
+==== Central America ====
+In the early [[2000s (decade)|2000s]], sex with animals was legal in all Central American countries except Belize. From 2011 to 2017, all Central American countries banned it.
+{|class="wikitable" style="text-align: left;"
+! Country or territory
+! Bestiality
+! Sale and distribution of zoophilic pornography
+! Ownership of zoophilic pornography
+|-
+|{{flagicon|Belize}} [[Belize]]
+|❌ Illegal
+----
+'''Penalty:''' Maximum of ten years' imprisonment<ref name="ILGA">{{cite web|title=State Sponsored Homophobia 2016: A world survey of sexual orientation laws: criminalisation, protection and recognition|url=http://ilga.org/downloads/02_ILGA_State_Sponsored_Homophobia_2016_ENG_WEB_150516.pdf|work=[[International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association]]|accessdate=19 May 2016|date=17 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160808172344/http://ilga.org/downloads/02_ILGA_State_Sponsored_Homophobia_2016_ENG_WEB_150516.pdf|archive-date=8 August 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>
+|❌ Illegal <br/> Sale and distribution of any kind of pornography illegal
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{flagicon|France}} [[Clipperton Island]]<br /><small>([[French overseas departments and territories|Overseas minor territory]] of [[France]])</small>
+||❌ Illegal since 9 March 2004
+----
+'''Penalty:''' Maximum of 2 years in prison and €30,000 fine<ref name="France" />
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{flagicon|Costa Rica}} [[Costa Rica]]
+||❌ Illegal since 2015<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/notes/zona-viva-costa-rica/proyecto-de-ley-18298-contra-el-maltrato-animal-texto-sustitutivo/779282238883413|title=Proyecto de ley #18298 Contra el Maltrato Animal (Texto Sustitutivo) {{!}} Facebook|website=www.facebook.com|access-date=29 May 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.elpais.cr/2016/03/09/diputados-aclaran-alcances-y-limites-de-la-nueva-ley-de-bienestar-animal/|title=Diputados aclaran alcances y límites de la nueva Ley de Bienestar Animal|last=Pérez|first=Carlos Arrieta|website=Diario Digital Nuestro País|language=es|access-date=29 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160311105531/http://www.elpais.cr/2016/03/09/diputados-aclaran-alcances-y-limites-de-la-nueva-ley-de-bienestar-animal/|archive-date=11 March 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>
+----
+'''Penalty:''' ❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{flagicon|El Salvador}} [[El Salvador]]
+|❌ Illegal since 2016<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://arena.org.sv/imagenes/LEY_PROTECCION_Y_PROMOCION_BIENESTAR_ANIMAL.pdf|title=DECRETO N.°LA ASAMBLEA LEGISLATIVA DE LA REPÚBLICA DE EL SALVADOR,CONSIDERANDO|last=|first=|date=|website=|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170424175050/http://arena.org.sv/imagenes/LEY_PROTECCION_Y_PROMOCION_BIENESTAR_ANIMAL.pdf|archive-date=24 April 2017|access-date=15 January 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.hsi.org/world/latin_america/news/releases/2016/04/el-salvador-animal-welfare-legislation-040716.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=8 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170424181327/http://www.hsi.org/world/latin_america/news/releases/2016/04/el-salvador-animal-welfare-legislation-040716.html |archive-date=24 April 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref>
+----
+'''Penalty:''' ❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{flagicon|Guatemala}} [[Guatemala]]
+|❌ Illegal since 2017<ref name="Guatemala">{{Cite web|url=https://gt.transdoc.com/articulos/archivos-leyes/Ley-de-Proteccin-y-Bienestar-Animal/62680|title=Transdoc :: Ley de Protección y Bienestar Animal :: transdoc.com|website=Transdoc|access-date=30 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170424174351/https://gt.transdoc.com/articulos/archivos-leyes/Ley-de-Proteccin-y-Bienestar-Animal/62680|archive-date=24 April 2017|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Guatemala2">{{Cite web|url=https://gt.transdoc.com/assets/images/users/yc/LEY%20PROTECCION%20ANIMAL/DECRETO5-2017-16.jpg|title=Artículo 61. Infracciones Muy Graves. Son ifracciones muy graves|last=|first=|date=|website=|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170425023929/https://gt.transdoc.com/assets/images/users/yc/LEY%20PROTECCION%20ANIMAL/DECRETO5-2017-16.jpg|archive-date=25 April 2017|access-date=15 January 2020}}</ref>
+----
+'''Penalty:''' ❓ Unknown
+|❌ Illegal since 2017<ref name="Guatemala"/><ref name="Guatemala2"/>
+----
+'''Penalty:''' ❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{flagicon|Honduras}} [[Honduras]]
+|❌ Illegal since 2015<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.poderjudicial.gob.hn/CEDIJ/Leyes/Documents/Ley%20de%20Proteccion%20y%20Bienestar%20Animal.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=8 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170809015152/http://www.poderjudicial.gob.hn/CEDIJ/Leyes/Documents/Ley%20de%20Proteccion%20y%20Bienestar%20Animal.pdf |archive-date=9 August 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref>
+----
+'''Penalty:''' Seizure of animals, and 10 minimum salaries to 25 minimum salaries
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{flagicon|Nicaragua}} [[Nicaragua]]
+|❌ Illegal since 2011<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://legislacion.asamblea.gob.ni/normaweb.nsf/b92aaea87dac762406257265005d21f7/cf820e2a63b1b690062578b00074ec1b|title=LEY PARA LA PROTECCIÓN Y EL BIENESTAR DE LOS ANIMALES DOMÉSTICOS Y ANIMALES SILVESTRES DOMESTICADOS|website=legislacion.asamblea.gob.ni|access-date=30 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170413135631/http://legislacion.asamblea.gob.ni/normaweb.nsf/b92aaea87dac762406257265005d21f7/cf820e2a63b1b690062578b00074ec1b|archive-date=13 April 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>
+----
+'''Penalty:''' ❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{flagicon|Panama}} [[Panama]]
+|❌ Illegal since 2012<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://aaanpanama.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/LEY-70.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=8 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170516230354/http://aaanpanama.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/LEY-70.pdf |archive-date=16 May 2017 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
+----
+'''Penalty:''' ❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|}
+==== Caribbean ====
+{|class="wikitable" style="text-align: left;"
+! Country or territory
+! Bestiality
+! Sale and distribution of zoophilic pornography
+! Ownership of zoophilic pornography
+|-
+|{{flagicon|Anguilla}} [[Anguilla]] <br /><small>([[British overseas territory|Overseas territory]] of the [[United Kingdom]])</small>
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{flagicon|Antigua and Barbuda}} [[Antigua and Barbuda]]
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{flagicon|Aruba}} [[Aruba]]<br /><small>(Constituent country of the [[Kingdom of the Netherlands]])</small>
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{flagicon|Bahamas}} [[Bahamas]]
+|❓ Unknown
+|❌ Illegal <br/> Sale and distribution of any kind of pornography illegal
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{flagicon|Barbados}} [[Barbados]]
+|❌ Illegal
+----
+'''Penalty:''' Maximum of life imprisonment<ref name="ILGA" />
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{flagicon|British Virgin Islands}} [[British Virgin Islands]]<br /><small>([[British overseas territory|Overseas territory]] of the [[United Kingdom]])</small>
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{flagicon|Caribbean Netherlands}} [[Caribbean Netherlands]]<br /><small>([[Bonaire]], [[Sint Eustatius]], [[Saba]]; Special municipalities of the [[Netherlands]])</small>
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{flagicon|Cayman Islands}} [[Cayman Islands]]<br /><small>([[British overseas territory|Overseas territory]] of the [[United Kingdom]])</small>
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{flagicon|Cuba}} [[Cuba]]
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{flagicon|Curaçao}} [[Curaçao]]<br /><small>(Constituent country of the [[Kingdom of the Netherlands]])</small>
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{flagicon|Dominica}} [[Dominica]]
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{flagicon|Dominican Republic}} [[Dominican Republic]]
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{flagicon|Grenada}} [[Grenada]]
+|❌ Illegal
+----
+'''Penalty:''' Maximum of ten years' imprisonment<ref name="ILGA" />
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{flagicon|Guadeloupe}} [[Guadeloupe]]<br /><small>(Overseas department of [[France]])</small>
+||❌ Illegal since 9 March 2004
+----
+'''Penalty:''' Maximum of 2 years in prison and €30,000 fine<ref name="France" />
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Guantanamo Bay Naval Base]]<br /><small>(Extraterritorial jurisdiction of the [[United States]])</small>
+|[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px]] Legal for civilians
+----
+❌ Illegal for armed service members since 16 September 2016
+----
+'''Penalty:''' Maximum of dishonorable discharge, forfeiture of all pay and allowances, and confinement for 5 years.<ref name="Executive Order 13740">{{Cite web|url=http://www.hqmc.marines.mil/Portals/135/Docs/JAM/Executive%20Order/EO%2013740%20-%20Federal%20Register%20Notice.pdf|title=Executive Order 13740|accessdate=26 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180205222202/http://www.hqmc.marines.mil/Portals/135/Docs/JAM/Executive%20Order/EO%2013740%20-%20Federal%20Register%20Notice.pdf|archive-date=5 February 2018|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="US military">{{Cite web|url=https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/10/925|title=10 U.S. Code § 925 - Art. 125. Kidnapping|website=LII / Legal Information Institute|language=en|access-date=29 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140103034229/https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/10/925|archive-date=3 January 2014|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="military">{{cite web|url=http://ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USA/ref/AW/index.html |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081004163647/http://ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USA/ref/AW/index.html |archivedate=4 October 2008 |title=The Articles of War |date= |accessdate=29 June 2014}}</ref>
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{flagicon|Haiti}} [[Haiti]]
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{flagicon|Jamaica}} [[Jamaica]]
+|❌ Illegal
+----
+'''Penalty:''' Maximum of ten years' imprisonment and hard labor<ref name="ILGA" />
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{flagicon|Martinique}} [[Martinique]]<br /><small>(Overseas department of [[France]])</small>
+||❌ Illegal since 9 March 2004
+----
+'''Penalty:''' Maximum of 2 years in prison and €30,000 fine<ref name="France" />
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{flagicon|Montserrat}} [[Montserrat]]<br /><small>([[British overseas territory|Overseas territory]] of the [[United Kingdom]])</small>
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{flagicon|Puerto Rico}} [[Puerto Rico]]<br /><small>([[Commonwealth (United States insular area)|Commonwealth]] of the [[United States]])</small>
+||❌ Illegal
+----
+'''Penalty:''' Maximum of 6 months in prison and a $25,000 fine<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.oslpr.org/english/PDF/penal%20code.pdf|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121016033001/http://www.oslpr.org/english/PDF/penal%20code.pdf|url-status=dead|title=Article 145.- Bestiality.|archivedate=16 October 2012|accessdate=26 February 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.mpaa.org/templates/map.swf |title=Puerto Rico |access-date=8 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120813160617/http://www.mpaa.org/templates/map.swf |archive-date=13 August 2012 |url-status=live}}</ref>
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|[[File:Flag of Saint Barthelemy (local).svg|25px]] [[Saint Barthélemy]]<br /><small>(Overseas collectivity of [[France]])</small>
+||❌ Illegal since 9 March 2004
+----
+'''Penalty:''' Maximum of 2 years in prison and €30,000 fine<ref name="France" />
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{flagicon|Saint Kitts and Nevis}} [[Saint Kitts and Nevis]]
+|❌ Illegal
+----
+'''Penalty:''' Maximum of four years' imprisonment, with or without hard labor for buggery<br/>
+Maximum of four years' imprisonment for attempted buggery<ref name="ILGA" />
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{flagicon|Saint Lucia}} [[Saint Lucia]]
+||❌ Illegal
+----
+'''Penalty:''' Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|[[File:Flag_of_France.svg|25px]] [[Collectivity of Saint Martin|Saint Martin]] <br /> <small>(Overseas collectivity of [[France]])</small>
+||❌ Illegal since 9 March 2004
+----
+'''Penalty:''' Maximum of 2 years in prison and €30,000 fine<ref name="France" />
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{flagicon|Saint Vincent and the Grenadines}} [[Saint Vincent and the Grenadines]]
+|❌ Illegal
+----
+'''Penalty:''' Maximum of ten years' imprisonment<ref name="ILGA" />
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{flagicon|Sint Maarten}} [[Sint Maarten]]<br /><small>(Constituent country of the [[Kingdom of the Netherlands]])</small>
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{flagicon|Trinidad and Tobago}} [[Trinidad and Tobago]]
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{flagicon|Turks and Caicos Islands}} [[Turks and Caicos Islands]]<br /><small>([[British overseas territory|Overseas territory]] of the [[United Kingdom]])</small>
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{flagicon|United States Virgin Islands}} [[United States Virgin Islands]]<br /><small>(Insular area of the [[United States]])</small>
+|❌ Illegal
+----
+'''Penalty:''' Maximum of five years' imprisonment<ref name="lexisnexis.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.lexisnexis.com/hottopics/vicode/|title=LexisNexis® Custom Solution: Virgin Islands Code Unannotated Research Tool|publisher=|accessdate=14 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171126170715/http://www.lexisnexis.com/hottopics/vicode/|archive-date=26 November 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>
+|❌ Illegal<ref name="lexisnexis.com" />
+----
+'''Penalty:''' ❓ Unknown
+|❌ Illegal<ref name="lexisnexis.com" />
+----
+'''Penalty:''' ❓ Unknown
+|-
+|}
+==== South America ====
+{|class="wikitable" style="text-align: left;"
+! Country or territory
+! Bestiality
+! Sale and distribution of zoophilic pornography
+! Ownership of zoophilic pornography
+|-
+|{{flagicon|Argentina}} [[Argentina]]
+|[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px]] Legal
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{flagicon|Bolivia}} [[Bolivia]]
+||❌ Illegal since 1 July 2015
+----
+'''Penalty:''' Maximum of 1 year's imprisonment and a fine of 60 days, or lose work benefits of 6 months<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.derechoteca.com/gacetabolivia/ley-no-700-del-01-de-junio-de-2015/|title=LEY No 700 del 01 de Junio de 2015 » Derechoteca|website=www.derechoteca.com|access-date=29 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190529120642/https://www.derechoteca.com/gacetabolivia/ley-no-700-del-01-de-junio-de-2015/|archive-date=29 May 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Brazil]]
+|❌ Illegal
+|❌ Illegal<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://congressoemfoco.uol.com.br/especial/noticias/ccj-da-camara-proibe-animais-em-filmes-porno/|title=CCJ da Câmara proíbe animais em filmes pornô|date=9 June 2015|website=Congresso em Foco|language=pt-BR|access-date=29 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190529120648/https://congressoemfoco.uol.com.br/especial/noticias/ccj-da-camara-proibe-animais-em-filmes-porno/|archive-date=29 May 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>
+|❌ Illegal<ref name="auto"/>
+|-
+|{{flagicon|Chile}} [[Chile]]
+|[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px]] Legal<ref name="Chile">{{Cite web|url=http://digitalcommons.law.lsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1297&context=lalrev|title=Criminal Codification and General Principles of Criminal Law in Argentina, Mexico, Chile, and the United States: A Comparative Study|accessdate=26 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150910081915/http://digitalcommons.law.lsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1297&context=lalrev|archive-date=10 September 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> It can be prosecuted under Law 21020 if the animal is hurt<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.leychile.cl/Consulta/m/norma_plana?org=&idNorma=1106037|title=Ley Chile Móvil|website=www.leychile.cl|access-date=30 July 2019}}</ref>
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
 |-
-|{{flagicon|Denmark}} [[Denmark]]
+|{{flagicon|Colombia}} [[Colombia]]
-||[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ibtimes.co.in/denmarks-legal-bestiality-trends-gain-notice-as-outraged-public-continues-to-condemn-baby-giraffe-marius-killing-538267|title=Denmark’s Legal Bestiality Trends Gain Notice as Outraged Public Continues to Condemn Baby Giraffe Marius’ Killing|date=11 February 2014|work=International Business Times|accessdate=14 January 2015}}</ref>animal cruelty laws apply
+|❌ Illegal since 2015
-||[[File:Emblem-question.svg|15px]]
+----
-||[[File:Emblem-question.svg|15px]]
+'''Penalty:''' Maximum of 63 months' imprisonment or a minimum of 21 months' imprisonment, special inability of 1.75 to 5.25 years for the exercise of profession, trade, trade or tenure related to animals, and a maximum fine of 105 minimum wages or a minimum of 8.75 minimum wages<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.defensacali.org/nueva-ley-de-proteccion-animal-en-colombia/ |title=Archived copy |access-date=8 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170424175223/http://www.defensacali.org/nueva-ley-de-proteccion-animal-en-colombia/ |archive-date=24 April 2017 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.elheraldo.co/politica/el-abc-de-la-ley-contra-el-maltrato-los-animales-en-colombia-232332|title=El ABC de la ley contra el maltrato a los animales en Colombia|website=www.elheraldo.co|language=es|access-date=29 May 2019}}</ref>
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
 |-
 |{{flagicon|Ecuador}} [[Ecuador]]
-||[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Illegal<br />(Penalty: Maximum of 8 years in prison)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wipo.int/wipolex/en/text.jsp?file_id=195753|title=Ecuador|publisher=|accessdate=14 January 2015}}</ref>
+||❌ Illegal
-||[[File:Emblem-question.svg|15px]]
+----
-||[[File:Emblem-question.svg|15px]]
+'''Penalty:''' Maximum of 8 years in prison<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wipo.int/wipolex/en/text.jsp?file_id=195753|title=Ecuador|publisher=|accessdate=14 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150128112641/http://www.wipo.int/wipolex/en/text.jsp?file_id=195753|archive-date=28 January 2015|url-status=live}}</ref>
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{flagicon|Falkland Islands}} [[Falkland Islands]] <br /> <small>([[British overseas territory|Overseas territory]] of the [[United Kingdom]])</small>
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{flagicon|French Guiana}} [[French Guiana]] <br /> <small>(Overseas department of [[France]])</small>
+||❌ Illegal since 9 March 2004
+----
+'''Penalty:''' Maximum of 2 years in prison and €30,000 fine<ref name="France" />
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{flagicon|Guyana}} [[Guyana]]
+||❌ Illegal
+----
+'''Penalty:''' Maximum of life imprisonment<ref name="ILGA" />
+|❌ Illegal <br/> Sale and distribution of any kind of pornography illegal
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{flagicon|Paraguay}} [[Paraguay]]
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{flagicon|Peru}} [[Peru]]
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{flagicon|Suriname}} [[Suriname]]
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{flagicon|Uruguay}} [[Uruguay]]
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{flagicon|Venezuela}} [[Venezuela]]
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|}
+=== Asia ===
+==== Central Asia ====
+{|class="wikitable" style="text-align: left;"
+! Country or territory
+! Bestiality
+! Sale and distribution of zoophilic pornography
+! Ownership of zoophilic pornography
+|-
+|{{Flag icon|Kazakhstan}} [[Kazakhstan]]
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{Flag icon|Kyrgyzstan}} [[Kyrgyzstan]]
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{Flag icon|Tajikistan}} [[Tajikistan]]
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{Flag icon|Turkmenistan}} [[Turkmenistan]]
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{Flag icon|Uzbekistan}} [[Uzbekistan]]
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|}
+==== Eurasia ====
+{|class="wikitable" style="text-align: left;"
+! Country or territory
+! Bestiality
+! Sale and distribution of zoophilic pornography
+! Ownership of zoophilic pornography
+|-
+|{{flagicon|Akrotiri and Dhekelia}} [[Akrotiri and Dhekelia]] <br /> <small>(Overseas territory of the [[United Kingdom]])</small>
+| ❌ Illegal
+----
+'''Penalty:''' Maximum of three years' imprisonment<ref>{{cite web |title=Criminal Code of the SBA |url=https://sbaadministration.org/home/legislation/01_02_09_04_INCON/C/20190124_AGLA_CriminalCode_Cap154_CONSOL.pdf |website=sbaadministration.org |accessdate=18 April 2020}}</ref>
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{flagicon|Armenia}} [[Armenia]]
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{flagicon|Cyprus}} [[Cyprus]]
+| ❌ Illegal
+----
+'''Penalty:''' Maximum of three years' imprisonment<ref>{{cite web |title=Ο περί Ποινικού Κώδικα Νόμος - ΚΕΦ.154 |url=http://www.cylaw.org/nomoi/enop/non-ind/0_154/full.html |website=www.cylaw.org |accessdate=18 April 2020}}</ref>
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{flagicon|Georgia (country)}} [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]]
+| ❌ Illegal
+----
+'''Penalty:''' Minimum of one year's imprisonment, maximum of five years' imprisonment<ref>{{cite web |title=Bestiality and Necrophilia {{!}} Georgia Criminal Lawyer |url=https://www.georgiacriminallawyer.com/bestiality-and-necrophilia |website=www.georgiacriminallawyer.com |accessdate=18 April 2020}}</ref>
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{flagicon|Northern Cyprus}} [[Northern Cyprus]]
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|}
+==== Western Asia ====
+{|class="wikitable" style="text-align: left;"
+! Country or territory
+! Bestiality
+! Sale and distribution of zoophilic pornography
+! Ownership of zoophilic pornography
+|-
+|{{Flag icon|Bahrain}} [[Bahrain]]
+|❓ Unknown
+|❌ Illegal <br/> Sale and distribution of any kind of pornography illegal
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{Flag icon|Iran}} [[Iran]]
+||❌ Illegal
+----
+'''Penalty:''' The first three convictions are determined by a judge and the fourth offense is capital punishment<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/hrc/docs/ngo/NGO_submission_ELEI_Add.1.pdf|title=e. Vaty-e heyvanat va Mayet-e-insan (bestiality and necrophilia), four offenses|accessdate=26 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004212706/http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/hrc/docs/ngo/NGO_submission_ELEI_Add.1.pdf|archive-date=4 October 2013|url-status=live}}</ref>
+|❌ Illegal <br/> Sale and distribution of any kind of pornography illegal
+|❌ Illegal <br/> Ownership of any kind of pornography illegal
+|-
+|{{Flag icon|Iraq}} [[Iraq]]
+|❓ Unknown
+|❌ Illegal <br/> Sale and distribution of any kind of pornography illegal
+|❌ Illegal <br/> Ownership of any kind of pornography illegal
+|-
+|{{Flag icon|Israel}} [[Israel]]
+|❌ No specific laws against bestiality<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/236177679|title=Love Has (NO) Boundaries: Researching a Sexual Taboo|accessdate=26 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180722194416/https://www.researchgate.net/publication/236177679_Love_Has_NO_Boundaries_Researching_a_Sexual_Taboo|archive-date=22 July 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>, but prosecuted as animal abuse<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Israeli-man-45-arrested-for-acts-of-bestiality-with-dog-403210|title=Israeli man, 45, arrested for acts of bestiality with dog - Israel News - Jerusalem Post|website=www.jpost.com|access-date=29 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190517141903/https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Israeli-man-45-arrested-for-acts-of-bestiality-with-dog-403210|archive-date=17 May 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{Flag icon|Jordan}} [[Jordan]]
+|❓ Unknown
+|❌ Illegal <br/> Sale and distribution of any kind of pornography illegal
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{Flag icon|Kuwait}} [[Kuwait]]
+|❓ Unknown
+|❌ Illegal <br/> Sale and distribution of any kind of pornography illegal
+|❌ Illegal <br/> Ownership of any kind of pornography illegal
+|-
+|{{Flag icon|Lebanon}} [[Lebanon]]
+||❌ Illegal since 1 March 1943
+----
+'''Penalty:''' Maximum of one year's imprisonment<ref name="ILGA" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://equaldex.com/region/lebanon|title=LGBT Rights in Lebanon {{!}} Equaldex|date=16 May 2016|access-date=29 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160516064414/http://equaldex.com/region/lebanon|archive-date=16 May 2016}}</ref>
+|❌ Illegal <br/> Sale and distribution of any kind of pornography illegal
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{Flag icon|Oman}} [[Oman]]
+|❓ Unknown
+|❌ Illegal <br/> Sale and distribution of any kind of pornography illegal
+|❌ Illegal <br/> Ownership of any kind of pornography illegal
+|-
+|{{Flag icon|Palestine}} [[State of Palestine|Palestine]]
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{Flag icon|Qatar}} [[Qatar]]
+||❌ Illegal
+----
+'''Penalty:''' Maximum of capital punishment<ref name="ILGA" />
+|❌ Illegal <br/> Sale and distribution of any kind of pornography illegal
+|❌ Illegal <br/> Ownership of any kind of pornography illegal
+|-
+|{{Flag icon|Saudi Arabia}} [[Saudi Arabia]]
+||❌ Illegal
+----
+'''Penalty:''' Maximum of capital punishment<ref name="ILGA" />
+|❌ Illegal <br/> Sale and distribution of any kind of pornography illegal
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{Flag icon|Syria}} [[Syria]]
+||❌ Illegal since 22 June 1949
+----
+'''Penalty:''' Maximum of three years' imprisonment<ref name="ILGA" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.equaldex.com/region/syria|title=LGBT Rights in Syria {{!}} Equaldex|date=10 May 2016|access-date=29 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160510145955/http://www.equaldex.com/region/syria|archive-date=10 May 2016}}</ref>
+|❌ Illegal <br/> Sale and distribution of any kind of pornography illegal
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{Flag icon|United Arab Emirates}} [[United Arab Emirates]]
+||❌ Illegal
+----
+'''Penalty:''' Maximum of capital punishment<ref name="ILGA" />
+|❌ Illegal <br/> Sale and distribution of any kind of pornography illegal
+|❌ Illegal <br/> Ownership of any kind of pornography illegal
+|-
+|{{Flag icon|Yemen}} [[Yemen]]
+|❓ Unknown
+|❌ Illegal <br/> Sale and distribution of any kind of pornography illegal
+|❌ Illegal <br/> Ownership of any kind of pornography illegal
+|}
+==== Southern Asia ====
+{|class="wikitable" style="text-align: left;"
+! Country or territory
+! Bestiality
+! Sale and distribution of zoophilic pornography
+! Ownership of zoophilic pornography
+|-
+|{{Flag icon|Afghanistan}} [[Afghanistan]]
+|❓ Unknown
+|❌ Illegal <br/> Sale and distribution of any kind of pornography illegal
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{Flag icon|Bangladesh}} [[Bangladesh]]
+||❌ Illegal since 25 July 1828 (As part of [[Company rule in India]])
+----
+'''Penalty:''' Maximum of life imprisonment (Unenforced)<ref name="ILGA" /><ref name="IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA" />
+|❌ Illegal <br/> Sale and distribution of any kind of pornography illegal
+|❌ Illegal <br/> Ownership of any kind of pornography illegal
+|-
+|{{Flag icon|Bhutan}} [[Bhutan]]
+||❌ Illegal
+----
+'''Penalty:''' Maximum of one year imprisonment<ref name="ILGA" />
+|❌ Illegal <br/> Sale and distribution of any kind of pornography illegal
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{Flag icon|India}} [[India]]
+||❌ Illegal since 25 July 1828 (As part of [[Company rule in India]])
+----
+'''Penalty:''' Maximum of life imprisonment<ref name="ILGA" /><ref name="IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA">{{Cite web|url=http://fliphtml5.com/bmdu/iitf/basic/51-98|title=IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA Pages 51 - 98 - Text Version {{!}} FlipHTML5|website=fliphtml5.com|access-date=29 May 2019}}</ref>
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{Flag icon|Maldives}} [[Maldives]]
+||❌ Illegal
+----
+'''Penalty:''' Maximum of thirty months' imprisonment<ref name="ILGA" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.law.upenn.edu/live/files/4203-maldives-penal-code-2014|title=Maldives code|accessdate=26 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161026190552/https://www.law.upenn.edu/live/files/4203-maldives-penal-code-2014|archive-date=26 October 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>
+|❌ Illegal <br/> Sale and distribution of any kind of pornography illegal
+|❌ Illegal <br/> Ownership of any kind of pornography illegal
+|-
+|{{Flag icon|Nepal}} [[Nepal]]
+|❓ Unknown
+|❌ Illegal <br/> Sale and distribution of any kind of pornography illegal
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{Flag icon|Pakistan}} [[Pakistan]]
+||❌ Illegal since 25 July 1828 (As part of [[Company rule in India]])
+----
+'''Penalty:''' Maximum of life imprisonment<ref name="ILGA" /><ref name="IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA" />
+|❌ Illegal <br/> Sale and distribution of any kind of pornography illegal
+|❌ Illegal <br/> Ownership of any kind of pornography illegal
+|-
+|{{Flag icon|Sri Lanka}} [[Sri Lanka]]
+||❌ Illegal
+----
+'''Penalty:''' Maximum of ten years' imprisonment (Unenforced)<ref name="ILGA" />
+|❌ Illegal <br/> Sale and distribution of any kind of pornography illegal
+|❓ Unknown
+|}
+==== Eastern Asia ====
+{|class="wikitable" style="text-align: left;"
+! Country or territory
+! Bestiality
+! Sale and distribution of zoophilic pornography
+! Ownership of zoophilic pornography
+|-
+|{{Flag icon|China}} [[China]]
+|❓ Unknown
+|❌ Illegal <br/> Sale and distribution of any kind of pornography illegal
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{Flag icon|Hong Kong}} [[Hong Kong]] <br /> <small>([[Special administrative region]] of [[Homosexuality in China|China]])</small>
+||❌ Illegal
+----
+'''Penalty:''' Maximum of 10 years in prison and $50,000 fine<ref name="HongKong">{{cite web|url=http://www.legislation.gov.hk/blis_ind.nsf/da97f6a8ed400207482564820006b580/1659b5492cc3f751c8256483003225bd?OpenDocument|title=Cap 200 s 118L Bestiality (CRIMES ORDINANCE)|publisher=|accessdate=14 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150128115314/http://www.legislation.gov.hk/blis_ind.nsf/da97f6a8ed400207482564820006b580/1659b5492cc3f751c8256483003225bd?OpenDocument|archive-date=28 January 2015|url-status=live}}</ref>
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{Flag icon|Japan}} [[Japan]]
+|[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px]] Legal
+|[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px]] Legal
+|[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px]] Legal
+|-
+|{{Flag icon|Macau}} [[Macau]] <br /> <small>([[Special administrative region]] of [[Homosexuality in China|China]])</small>
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{Flag icon|Mongolia}} [[Mongolia]]
+|❓ Unknown
+|❌ Illegal <br/> Sale and distribution of any kind of pornography illegal
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{Flag icon|North Korea}} [[North Korea]]
+|❓ Unknown
+|❌ Illegal <br/> Sale and distribution of any kind of pornography illegal
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{Flag icon|South Korea}} [[South Korea]]
+||❌ Illegal
+----
+'''Penalty:''' Maximum of one year in prison or fines which can total up to [[South Korean won|₩]] 20&nbsp;million
+|❌ Illegal <br/> Sale and distribution of any kind of pornography illegal
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{Flag icon|Taiwan}} [[Taiwan]]
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|}
+==== Southeast Asia ====
+{|class="wikitable" style="text-align: left;"
+! Country or territory
+! Bestiality
+! Sale and distribution of zoophilic pornography
+! Ownership of zoophilic pornography
+|-
+|{{Flag icon|Brunei}} [[Brunei]]
+||❌ Illegal
+----
+'''Penalty:''' Maximum of capital punishment<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.kanunsyariah.gov.bn/en/images/downloads/slides/presentation_e.pdf |title=Syariah Penal Code Order, 2013 |access-date=8 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161230085547/http://www.kanunsyariah.gov.bn/en/images/downloads/slides/presentation_e.pdf |archive-date=30 December 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref>
+|❌ Illegal <br/> Sale and distribution of any kind of pornography illegal
+|❌ Illegal <br/> Ownership of any kind of pornography illegal
+|-
+|{{Flag icon|Burma}} [[Myanmar]]
+||❌ Illegal
+----
+'''Penalty:''' Maximum of life imprisonment<ref name="ILGA" />
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{Flag icon|Cambodia}} [[Cambodia]]
+|[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px]] Legal
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{Flag icon|East Timor}} [[East Timor]]
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{Flag icon|Laos}} [[Laos]]
+|❓ Unknown
+|❌ Illegal <br/> Sale and distribution of any kind of pornography illegal
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{Flag icon|Malaysia}} [[Malaysia]]
+||❌ Illegal
+----
+'''Penalty:''' Maximum of twenty years' imprisonment and shall also be liable to whipping<ref name="ILGA" />
+|❌ Illegal <br/> Sale and distribution of any kind of pornography illegal
+|❌ Illegal <br/> Ownership of any kind of pornography illegal
+|-
+|{{Flag icon|Philippines}} [[Philippines]]
+|❓ Unknown
+|❌ Illegal <br/> Sale and distribution of any kind of pornography illegal
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{Flag icon|Singapore}} [[Singapore]]
+||❌ Illegal
+----
+'''Penalty:''' Maximum of two years in prison and fine (Unenforced)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://statutes.agc.gov.sg/aol/search/display/view.w3p;query=Status%3Acurinforce%20Type%3Aact,sl%20Content%3A%22Sexual%22%20Content%3A%22penetration%22%20Content%3A%22with%22%20Content%3A%22living%22%20Content%3A%22animal%22;rec=0;resUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fstatutes.agc.gov.sg%2Faol%2Fsearch%2Fsummary%2Fresults.w3p%3Bquery%3DStatus%253Acurinforce%2520Type%253Aact,sl%2520Content%253A%2522Sexual%2522%2520Content%253A%2522penetration%2522%2520Content%253A%2522with%2522%2520Content%253A%2522living%2522%2520Content%253A%2522animal%2522|title=Singapore Statutes Online - 224 - Penal Code|publisher=|accessdate=14 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160116011925/http://statutes.agc.gov.sg/aol/search/display/view.w3p;query=Status%3Acurinforce%20Type%3Aact,sl%20Content%3A%22Sexual%22%20Content%3A%22penetration%22%20Content%3A%22with%22%20Content%3A%22living%22%20Content%3A%22animal%22;rec=0;resUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fstatutes.agc.gov.sg%2Faol%2Fsearch%2Fsummary%2Fresults.w3p%3Bquery%3DStatus%253Acurinforce%2520Type%253Aact,sl%2520Content%253A%2522Sexual%2522%2520Content%253A%2522penetration%2522%2520Content%253A%2522with%2522%2520Content%253A%2522living%2522%2520Content%253A%2522animal%2522|archive-date=16 January 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>
+|❌ Illegal <br/> Sale and distribution of any kind of pornography illegal
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{Flag icon|Thailand}} [[Thailand]]
+||❌ Illegal since 2014
+----
+'''Penalty:''' Maximum of one year in prison and a fine of up to Bt20,000<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thailawforum.com/blog/what-are-the-laws-in-thailand-regarding-sex-with-animals|title=What Are The Laws in Thailand Regarding Sex With Animals?|website=www.thailawforum.com|access-date=29 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161128200721/http://www.thailawforum.com/blog/what-are-the-laws-in-thailand-regarding-sex-with-animals|archive-date=28 November 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>
+|❌ Illegal <br/> Sale and distribution of any kind of pornography illegal
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{Flag icon|Vietnam}} [[Vietnam]]
+|❓ Unknown
+|❌ Illegal <br/> Sale and distribution of any kind of pornography illegal
+|❓ Unknown
+|}
+===== Republic of Indonesia =====
+{|class="wikitable" style="text-align: left;"
+! Country or territory
+! Bestiality
+! Sale and distribution of zoophilic pornography
+! Ownership of zoophilic pornography
 |-
-|{{flagicon|Ethiopia}} [[Ethiopia]]
+|{{Flag icon|Indonesia}} [[Indonesia]]
-||[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Illegal<br />(Penalty: Imprisonment (no length given)<ref>[http://www.lexadin.nl/wlg/legis/nofr/oeur/arch/eth/TheRevisedCriminalCode.pdf Criminal Code of Ethiopia 2004 - Article 633.- Sexual Intercourse with an Animal.]</ref>
+|❓ Unknown
-||[[File:Emblem-question.svg|15px]]
+|❌ Illegal <br/> Sale and distribution of any kind of pornography illegal
-||[[File:Emblem-question.svg|15px]]
+|❌ Illegal <br/> Ownership of any kind of pornography illegal
+|-
+|{{flag icon|Aceh}} [[Aceh]]
+||❌ Illegal
+----
+'''Penalty:''' Maximum of being whipped one hundred times<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=id&u=http://www1-media.acehprov.go.id/uploads/Qanun_Aceh_Nomor_6_Tahun_2014_tentang_Hukum_Jinayat.pdf&prev=search|title=Google Translate|website=translate.google.com|access-date=29 May 2019}}</ref>
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{Flag icon|Bali}} [[Bali]]
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{Flag icon|Bangka Belitung Islands}} [[Bangka Belitung Islands]]
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{Flag icon|Banten}} [[Banten]]
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{Flag icon|Bengkulu}} [[Bengkulu]]
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{Flag icon|Central Java}} [[Central Java]]
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{Flag icon|Central Kalimantan}} [[Central Kalimantan]]
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{Flag icon|Central Sulawesi}} [[Central Sulawesi]]
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{Flag icon|East Java}} [[East Java]]
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{Flag icon|East Kalimantan}} [[East Kalimantan]]
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{Flag icon|East Nusa Tenggara}} [[East Nusa Tenggara]]
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{Flag icon|Gorontalo}} [[Gorontalo]]
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{Flag icon|Jakarta}} [[Jakarta Special Capital Region|Jakarta]]
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{Flag icon|Jambi}} [[Jambi]]
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{Flag icon|Lampung}} [[Lampung]]
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{Flag icon|Maluku}} [[Maluku (province)|Maluku]]
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{Flag icon|North Kalimantan}} [[North Kalimantan]]
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{Flag icon|North Maluku}} [[North Maluku]]
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{Flag icon|North Sulawesi}} [[North Sulawesi]]
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{Flag icon|North Sumatra}} [[North Sumatra]]
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{Flag icon|Papua}} [[Papua (province)|Papua]]
+|❓ Unknown
+|❌ Illegal <br/> Sale and distribution of any kind of pornography illegal
+|❌ Illegal <br/> Ownership of any kind of pornography illegal
+|-
+|{{Flag icon|Riau}} [[Riau]]
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{Flag icon|Riau Islands}} [[Riau Islands]]
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{Flag icon|Southeast Sulawesi}} [[Southeast Sulawesi]]
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{Flag icon|South Kalimantan}} [[South Kalimantan]]
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{Flag icon|South Sulawesi}} [[South Sulawesi]]
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{Flag icon|South Sumatra}} [[South Sumatra]]
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{Flag icon|West Java}} [[West Java]]
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{Flag icon|West Kalimantan}} [[West Kalimantan]]
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{Flag icon|West Nusa Tenggara}} [[West Nusa Tenggara]]
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{Flag icon|West Papua}} [[West Papua (province)|West Papua]]
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{Flag icon|West Sulawesi}} [[West Sulawesi]]
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{Flag icon|West Sumatra}} [[West Sumatra]]
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{Flag icon|Special Region of Yogyakarta}} [[Special Region of Yogyakarta|Yogyakarta]]
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|}
+=== Europe ===
+==== Central Europe ====
+{|class="wikitable" style="text-align: left;"
+! Country or territory
+! Bestiality
+! Sale and distribution of zoophilic pornography
+! Ownership of zoophilic pornography
+|-
+|{{flagicon|Austria}} [[Austria]]
+|❌ Illegal<ref name="Denmark passes law to ban bestiality">{{Cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/32411241/denmark-passes-law-to-ban-bestiality|title=Denmark passes law to ban bestiality|date=22 April 2015|website=BBC Newsbeat|language=en-GB|access-date=29 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150806000746/http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/32411241/denmark-passes-law-to-ban-bestiality|archive-date=6 August 2015|url-status=live}}</ref>
+----
+'''Penalty:''' ❓ Unknown
+|❌ Illegal
+----
+'''Penalty:''' Maximum of a year's imprisonment and a fine of 360 days' rates<ref name="[[Sexuality]] with Animals (Zoophilia) – an Unrecognized Problem in Animal Welfare Legislation" />
+|[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px]] Legal<ref name="Sexuality with Animals (Zoophilia) – an Unrecognized Problem in Animal Welfare Legislation" />
 |-
-|{{flagicon|Finland}} [[Finland]]
+|{{flagicon|Croatia}} [[Croatia]]
-||[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal since 1971<ref>{{cite web |url= http://yliopistolehti.helsinki.fi/yl14art.htm#a6 |title=Järjettömäin luondocappalden canssa |first=Pekka |last=Kilpinen |work=[[University of Helsinki]] |year=2001 |accessdate=13 July 2014|language=fi}}</ref>
+|❌ Illegal<ref name="Denmark passes law to ban bestiality" />
-||[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Illegal<br />(Penalty:)<ref name="finlex.fi">{{cite web|url=http://www.finlex.fi/fi/laki/ajantasa/1889/18890039001#L17|title=FINLEX ® - Ajantasainen lainsäädäntö: 19.12.1889/39|publisher=|accessdate=14 January 2015}}</ref>
+----
-||[[File:Emblem-question.svg|15px]]
+'''Penalty:''' ❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
 |-
-|{{flagicon|France}} [[France]]
+|{{flagicon|Czech Republic}} [[Czech Republic]]
-||[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Illegal since 2004<br />(Penalty: Maximum of 2 years in prison and €30,000 fine)<ref>[French Penal Code - Chapter one: Serious abuse or acts of cruelty animals. - Article 521-1]</ref>
+|❌ Illegal<ref name="Denmark passes law to ban bestiality" />
-||[[File:Emblem-question.svg|15px]]
+----
-||[[File:Emblem-question.svg|15px]]
+'''Penalty:''' ❓ Unknown
+|❌ Illegal
+----
+'''Penalty:''' Maximum of a 1 year's imprisonment, prohibition to undertake an activity, or to confiscation of a thing or another property value<ref name="Sec. 191 - Dissemination of pornography">{{Cite web|url=http://text.en.nkp.cz/services/penal-code|title=The Penal Code — National Library of the Czech Republic|website=text.en.nkp.cz|access-date=29 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170107101601/http://text.en.nkp.cz/services/penal-code|archive-date=7 January 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>
+|[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px]] Legal<ref>Zákon č.&nbsp;40/2009&nbsp;Sb., Trestní zákoník</ref>
 |-
 |{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Germany]]
-||[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Illegal since 2013<br />(penalty: fine of 25.000 € maximum)<ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/02/world/europe/german-legislators-vote-to-outlaw-bestiality.html?_r=0 |title=German Legislators Vote to Outlaw Bestiality |first=Chris |last=Cottrell |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=February 1, 2013 |publisher=[[New York Times Company|NYTC]] |location=[[New York, NY|New York]] |issn=0362-4331 |accessdate=July 13, 2014}}</ref>
+|❌ Illegal since 2013 13th provision.<ref>https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/tierschg/__3.html {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190129114917/https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/tierschg/__3.html |date=29 January 2019}} 13th</ref> The law was unsuccessfully challenged in 2016<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bundesverfassungsgericht.de/SharedDocs/Pressemitteilungen/DE/2016/bvg16-011.html|title=Bundesverfassungsgericht - Presse - Erfolglose Verfassungsbeschwerde gegen den Ordnungswidrigkeitentatbestand der sexuellen Handlung mit Tieren|website=www.bundesverfassungsgericht.de|accessdate=26 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200129211855/https://www.bundesverfassungsgericht.de/SharedDocs/Pressemitteilungen/DE/2016/bvg16-011.html|archive-date=29 January 2020|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://apnews.com/5f6ffb7e5cd2472f9bc5b5e1f6cf8e37|title=Top German court rejects challenge to law against bestiality|website=AP NEWS|accessdate=26 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200129222233/https://apnews.com/5f6ffb7e5cd2472f9bc5b5e1f6cf8e37|archive-date=29 January 2020|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://time.com/4230863/germany-sex-animals/|title=German Court Rules Sex With Animals Still Illegal|website=Time|accessdate=26 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161229005235/http://time.com/4230863/germany-sex-animals/|archive-date=29 December 2016|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-35611906|title=Bid to end German animal-sex ban fails|date=19 February 2016|accessdate=26 February 2020|via=www.bbc.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180131051614/http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-35611906|archive-date=31 January 2018|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.thelocal.de/20160218/top-court-throws-out-bid-to-legalize-bestiality |title=Archived copy |access-date=29 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200129211847/https://www.thelocal.de/20160218/top-court-throws-out-bid-to-legalize-bestiality |archive-date=29 January 2020 |url-status=live}}</ref>
-||[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Illegal<br />(Penalty: Fine or maximum of 3 years in prison)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dejure.org/gesetze/StGB/184a.html|title=184a StGB Verbreitung gewalt- oder tierpornographischer Schriften - dejure.org|work=dejure.org|accessdate=14 January 2015}}</ref>
+----
-||[[File:Emblem-question.svg|15px]]
+'''Penalty:''' Maximum of a €25,000 fine<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://dejure.org/gesetze/TierSchG/3.html |title=Zweiter Abschnitt - Tierhaltung (§§ 2 - 3) |access-date=8 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304113641/https://dejure.org/gesetze/TierSchG/3.html |archive-date=4 March 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref>
+|❌ Illegal
+----
+'''Penalty:''' Maximum of a fine or 3 years' imprisonment<ref name="[[Sodomy]] constitutional judges confirm banning sex with animals">{{Cite web|url=http://www.spiegel.de/panorama/justiz/bundesverfassungsgericht-bestaetigt-verbot-von-sex-mit-tieren-a-1078075.html&prev=search|title=Sodomy constitutional judges confirm banning sex with animals|accessdate=26 February 2020}}</ref><ref name="dejure.org">{{cite web|url=http://dejure.org/gesetze/StGB/184a.html|title=184a StGB Verbreitung gewalt- oder tierpornographischer Schriften - dejure.org|work=dejure.org|accessdate=14 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150117104444/http://dejure.org/gesetze/StGB/184a.html|archive-date=17 January 2015|url-status=live}}</ref>
+|[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px]] Legal (as long as it is not owned with intention of publicizing, sharing or selling)<ref name="Sodomy constitutional judges confirm banning sex with animals" /><ref name="dejure.org"/>
 |-
-|{{flagicon|Ghana}} [[Ghana]]
+|{{flagicon|Hungary}} [[Hungary]]
-||[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Illegal<br />(Penalty: Maximum of 3 years in prison)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ghanalegal.com/?id=3&law=19&t=ghana-laws|title=GhanaLegal.com : Welcome 			- GhanaLegal - Resources for the legal brains|publisher=|accessdate=14 January 2015}}</ref>
+|[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px]] Legal<ref name="Denmark passes law to ban bestiality" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://net.jogtar.hu/jr/gen/hjegy_doc.cgi?docid=A1200100.TV|title=2012. évi C. törvény a Büntető Törvénykönyvről|accessdate=21 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160523064225/http://net.jogtar.hu/jr/gen/hjegy_doc.cgi?docid=A1200100.TV|archive-date=23 May 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>
-||[[File:Emblem-question.svg|15px]]
+|❓ Unknown
-||[[File:Emblem-question.svg|15px]]
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{flagicon|Liechtenstein}} [[Liechtenstein]]
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{flagicon|Poland}} [[Poland]]
+|❌ Illegal
+----
+'''Penalty:''' Maximum of 3 years in prison, donation to animal welfare charity and prohibition of owning an animal for up to 10 years (if done in order to distribute or sell the penalty is increased to a minimum of 6 months and maximum of 8 years in prison)<ref name="Denmark passes law to ban bestiality" /><ref>{{cite web |url=http://isap.sejm.gov.pl/DetailsServlet?id=WDU20112301373 |title=Internetowy System Aktów Prawnych |publisher=Isap.sejm.gov.pl |date= |accessdate=13 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004224327/http://isap.sejm.gov.pl/DetailsServlet?id=WDU20112301373 |archive-date=4 October 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref>
+|❌ Illegal
+----
+'''Penalty:''' Maximum 5 years' to a minimum of 3 months' imprisonment<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.imolin.org/doc/amlid/Poland_Penal_Code1.pdf|title=Polish Penal Code|accessdate=26 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140330191529/https://www.imolin.org/doc/amlid/Poland_Penal_Code1.pdf|archive-date=30 March 2014|url-status=live}}</ref>
+|[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px]] Legal (if not possessed with intent to sell or distribute)
+|-
+|{{flagicon|Romania}} [[Romania]]
+|[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px]] Legal<ref name="Denmark passes law to ban bestiality" />
+|❓ Unknown; Law only mentions a ban on "sites with […] zoophilic content", which are to be blocked by ISPs at the request of the National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications<ref name="Romanianporn">{{cite web |url=http://www.legi-internet.ro/legislatie-itc/pornografie/legea-1962003-privind-combaterea-pornografiei-republicata.html |title=Legea nr. 196 din 13 mai 2003 privind prevenirea si combaterea pornografiei |accessdate=23 May 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150414073254/http://www.legi-internet.ro/legislatie-itc/pornografie/legea-1962003-privind-combaterea-pornografiei-republicata.html |archive-date=14 April 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref>
+||[[File:Yes check.svg|15px]] Legal<ref name="Romanianporn" />
+|-
+|{{flagicon|Slovakia}} [[Slovakia]]
+|❌ Illegal<ref name="Denmark passes law to ban bestiality" />
+----
+'''Penalty:''' ❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{flagicon|Slovenia}} [[Slovenia]]
+|❌ Illegal<ref name="Denmark passes law to ban bestiality" />
+----
+'''Penalty:''' ❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{flagicon|Switzerland}} [[Switzerland]]
+|❌ Illegal
+----
+'''Penalty:''' Imprisonment (In the case of repeated or serious infringements, authorities may prohibit the keeping or breeding of animals for trade or professional occupation)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.admin.ch/ch/d/sr/455_1/a16.html|title=SR 455.1 Tierschutzverordnung vom 23. April 2008 (TSchV)|author=Bundeskanzlei - A|publisher=|accessdate=14 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130225193852/http://www.admin.ch/ch/d/sr/455_1/a16.html|archive-date=25 February 2013|url-status=live}}</ref>
+|❌ Illegal<ref>See [[Official publications of Switzerland|FJ]] 2000 p. 2981.</ref>
+----
+'''Penalty:''' A fine or a Maximum of 3 years imprisonment
+|❌ Illegal
+----
+'''Penalty:''' A fine or a Maximum of 1 year imprisonment
+|}
+==== Eastern Europe ====
+{|class="wikitable" style="text-align: left;"
+! Country or territory
+! Bestiality
+! Sale and distribution of zoophilic pornography
+! Ownership of zoophilic pornography
+|-
+|{{flagicon|Abkhazia}} [[Abkhazia]]
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{flagicon|Armenia}} [[Armenia]]
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{flagicon|Azerbaijan}} [[Azerbaijan]]
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{flagicon|Belarus}} [[Belarus]]
+|[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px]] Legal<ref>{{cite web|url=https://api.worldanimalprotection.org/country/belarus|quote=There is no evidence of policy or legislation in the country preventing animal suffering by deliberate acts or negligence|title=Belarus. World Animal Protection}}</ref>
+|❌ Illegal <br/> Sale and distribution of any kind of pornography illegal
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{flagicon|Georgia (country)}} [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]]
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{flagicon|Kazakhstan}} [[Kazakhstan]]
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{flagicon|Moldova}} [[Moldova]]
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{flagicon|Artsakh}} [[Republic of Artsakh|Artsakh]]
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{flagicon|Russia}} [[Russia]]
+|[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px]] Legal, unless animal is hurt (no explicit law)<ref name="245ukrf">{{Cite web|url=https://www.zakonrf.info/uk/245/|title=Статья 245 УК РФ. Жестокое обращение с животными|access-date=12 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190212130932/https://www.zakonrf.info/uk/245/|archive-date=12 February 2019|url-status=live}} There's no wording on bestiality, the law prohibits hurting or inflicting suffering on animals.</ref>
+|❌ Illegal{{Citation needed|date=February 2019}}
+----
+'''Penalty:''' Minimum 1 year of imprisonment. Maximum 2 years.
+Or a fine.
+<br />
+|[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px]] Legal
 |-
-|{{flagicon|Hong Kong}} [[Hong Kong]]
+|{{flagicon|South Ossetia}} [[South Ossetia]]
-||[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Illegal<br />(Penalty: Maximum of 10 years in prison and $50,000 fine)<ref name="HongKong">{{cite web|url=http://www.legislation.gov.hk/blis_ind.nsf/da97f6a8ed400207482564820006b580/1659b5492cc3f751c8256483003225bd?OpenDocument|title=Cap 200 s 118L  Bestiality (CRIMES ORDINANCE)|publisher=|accessdate=14 January 2015}}</ref>
+|❓ Unknown
-||[[File:Emblem-question.svg|15px]]
+|❓ Unknown
-||[[File:Emblem-question.svg|15px]]
+|❓ Unknown
 |-
-|{{flagicon|Hungary}} [[Hungary]]
+|{{flagicon|Transnistria}} [[Transnistria]]<ref>{{Transnistria-note}}</ref>
-||[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.change.org/petitions/eu-ban-bestiality|title=Petition · EU: ban bestiality · Change.org|work=Change.org|accessdate=14 January 2015}}</ref>
+|❓ Unknown
-||[[File:Emblem-question.svg|15px]]
+|❓ Unknown
-||[[File:Emblem-question.svg|15px]]
+|❓ Unknown
 |-
-|{{flagicon|Ireland}} [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]]
+|{{flagicon|Ukraine}} [[Ukraine]]
-||[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Illegal<br />(Penalty: Maximum of life in prison)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=eTrDgPmgh7MC&pg=PA757&lpg=PA757&dq=Ireland+30.61+sodomy+and+bestiality&source=bl&ots=dlcKghaxUc&sig=XoLmu8jnRCzqY4FpoME67qIwXAU&hl=en&sa=X&ei=UkRyUfvxIrix4APJlIGADg&ved=0CDEQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=Ireland%2030.61%20sodomy%20and%20bestiality&f=false|title=Criminal Law in Ireland|publisher=|accessdate=14 January 2015}}</ref>
+|❓ Unknown
-||[[File:Emblem-question.svg|15px]]
+|❌ Illegal <br/> Sale and distribution of any kind of pornography illegal
-||[[File:Emblem-question.svg|15px]]
+|❓ Unknown
+|}
+==== Northern Europe ====
+{|class="wikitable" style="text-align: left;"
+! Country or territory
+! Bestiality
+! Sale and distribution of zoophilic pornography
+! Ownership of zoophilic pornography
 |-
-|{{flagicon|India}} [[India]]
+|{{flagicon|Denmark}} [[Denmark]]
-||[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Illegal<br />(Penalty:)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indiankanoon.org/doc/1836974/|title=Section 377 in The Indian Penal Code|publisher=|accessdate=14 January 2015}}</ref>
+||❌ Illegal since 1 July 2015
-||[[File:Emblem-question.svg|15px]]
+----
-||[[File:Emblem-question.svg|15px]]
+'''Penalty:''' Fine or a maximum of 4 months in prison<ref>{{Cite web|title = Flertal for lovændring: Nu bliver sex med dyr ulovligt|url = http://politik.tv2.dk/2015-04-21-flertal-for-lovaendring-nu-bliver-sex-med-dyr-ulovligt|accessdate = 21 April 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150426013531/http://politik.tv2.dk/2015-04-21-flertal-for-lovaendring-nu-bliver-sex-med-dyr-ulovligt|archive-date = 26 April 2015|url-status = live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title = Lov om ændring af dyreværnsloven og lov om dyrlæger (Forbud mod seksuel omgang eller seksuelle handlinger med dyr, forbud mod salg af hunde på markeder, avl af familie- og hobbydyr, ændret rådsstruktur m.v.)|url = https://www.retsinformation.dk/Forms/R0710.aspx?id=169821|accessdate = 7 October 2016|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161009191214/https://www.retsinformation.dk/Forms/R0710.aspx?id=169821|archive-date = 9 October 2016|url-status = live}}</ref>
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
 |-
-|{{flagicon|Iran}} [[Iran]]
+|{{flagicon|Estonia}} [[Estonia]]
-||[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Illegal<br />(Penalty: First three convictions are punished by ''[[ta'zir]]'' as determined by a judge<br />Fourth offense is the [[death penalty]])<ref>[http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/hrc/docs/ngo/NGO_submission_ELEI_Add.1.pdf e. Vaty-e heyvanat va Mayet-e-insan (bestiality and necrophilia), four offenses]</ref>
+|❌ Illegal<ref name="Denmark passes law to ban bestiality" />
-||[[File:Emblem-question.svg|15px]]
+----
-||[[File:Emblem-question.svg|15px]]
+'''Penalty:''' ❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
 |-
-|{{flagicon|Malaysia}} [[Malaysia]]
+|{{flagicon|Faroe Islands}} [[Faroe Islands]] <br /> <small>(Constituent country of the [[Denmark|Kingdom of Denmark]])</small>
-||[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Illegal<br />(Penalty: Maximum of 20 years in prison, fines, and whipping)<ref>[http://www.agc.gov.my/Akta/Vol.%2012/Act%20574.pdf Buggery with an animal - 377.]</ref>
+|❓ Unknown
-||[[File:Emblem-question.svg|15px]]
+|❓ Unknown
-||[[File:Emblem-question.svg|15px]]
+|❓ Unknown
 |-
-|{{flagicon|Mexico}} [[Mexico]]
+|{{flagicon|Finland}} [[Finland]]
-||[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal
+|[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px]] Legal since 15 January 1971<ref name="Criminally Queer" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://yliopistolehti.helsinki.fi/yl14art.htm#a6 |title=Järjettömäin luondocappalden canssa |first=Pekka |last=Kilpinen |work=[[University of Helsinki]] |year=2001 |accessdate=13 July 2014 |language=fi |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070320104934/http://yliopistolehti.helsinki.fi/yl14art.htm |archivedate=20 March 2007 |df=}}</ref>
-||[[File:Emblem-question.svg|15px]]
+|❓ Unknown
-||[[File:Emblem-question.svg|15px]]
+|❌ Illegal
+----
+'''Penalty:''' ❓ Unknown
 |-
-|{{flagicon|Namibia}} [[Namibia]]
+|{{flagicon|Iceland}} [[Iceland]]
-||[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Illegal<br />(Penalty:)<ref>[http://allafrica.com/stories/201210110779.html Namibia: Rehoboth Man Arrested for Bestiality]</ref>
+|[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px]] Legal since 12 August 1940<br />(As part of [[Kingdom of Iceland|Denmark]])<ref name="Criminally Queer">{{cite book |last=Rydström |first=Jens |date=31 May 2007 |title=Criminally Queer: Homosexuality and Criminal Law in Scandinavia 1842-1999}}</ref>
-||[[File:Emblem-question.svg|15px]]
+|❌ Illegal <br/> Sale and distribution of any kind of pornography illegal
-||[[File:Emblem-question.svg|15px]]
+|❓ Unknown
 |-
-|{{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Netherlands]]
+|{{flagicon|Latvia}} [[Latvia]]
-||[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Illegal since 2010<br />(Penalty: Maximum of 1 year in prison and €19,500 fine)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wetten.overheid.nl/BWBR0001854/TweedeBoek/TitelXIV/Artikel254/geldigheidsdatum_24-12-2012|title=wetten.nl  - Wet- en regelgeving - Wetboek van Strafrecht - BWBR0001854|publisher=|accessdate=14 January 2015}}</ref>
+|❌ Illegal<ref name="Denmark passes law to ban bestiality" />
-||[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Illegal since 2010<br />(Penalty: Maximum imprisonment 6 months or a fine of the third category (€7,800))<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wetten.overheid.nl/BWBR0001854/TweedeBoek/TitelXIV/Artikel254a/geldigheidsdatum_24-12-2012 |title=wetten.nl - Wet- en regelgeving - Wetboek van Strafrecht - BWBR0001854 |language=nl |publisher=Wetten.overheid.nl |date=2012-12-24 |accessdate=2013-10-13}}</ref>
+----
-||[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Illegal since 2010<br />(Penalty: Maximum imprisonment 6 months or a fine of the third category (€7,800))
+'''Penalty:''' ❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
 |-
-|{{flagicon|New Zealand}} [[New Zealand]]
+|{{flagicon|Lithuania}} [[Lithuania]]
-||[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Illegal<br />(Penalty: Maximum of 7 years in prison<br />Maximum of 3 years in prison)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legislation.govt.nz/act/public/1961/0043/latest/DLM329260.html|title=Crimes Act 1961|publisher=|accessdate=14 January 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legislation.govt.nz/act/public/1961/0043/latest/DLM329261.html|title=Crimes Act 1961|publisher=|accessdate=14 January 2015}}</ref>
+|❌ Illegal<ref name="Denmark passes law to ban bestiality" />
-||[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Illegal<br />(Penalty:)
+----
-||[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Illegal<br />(Penalty:)
+'''Penalty:''' ❓ Unknown
+|❌ Illegal <br/> Sale and distribution of any kind of pornography illegal
+|❓ Unknown
 |-
 |{{flagicon|Norway}} [[Norway]]
-||[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Illegal since 2008<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.regjeringen.no/en/archive/Stoltenbergs-2nd-Government/Ministry-of-Agriculture-and-Food/Nyheter-og-pressemeldinger/nyheter/2009/new-animal-welfare-act-.html?id=562543 |title=New Animal Welfare Act |work=regjeringen.no |date=15 May 2009 |accessdate=13 July 2014}}</ref>
+|❌ Illegal since 2008<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.regjeringen.no/en/archive/Stoltenbergs-2nd-Government/Ministry-of-Agriculture-and-Food/Nyheter-og-pressemeldinger/nyheter/2009/new-animal-welfare-act-.html?id=562543 |title=New Animal Welfare Act |work=regjeringen.no |date=15 May 2009 |accessdate=13 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714204638/http://www.regjeringen.no/en/archive/Stoltenbergs-2nd-Government/Ministry-of-Agriculture-and-Food/Nyheter-og-pressemeldinger/nyheter/2009/new-animal-welfare-act-.html?id=562543 |archive-date=14 July 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref>
-||[[File:Emblem-question.svg|15px]]
+----
-||[[File:Emblem-question.svg|15px]]
+'''Penalty:''' Fine and/or maximum of 3 years in prison.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.regjeringen.no/en/dokumenter/animal-welfare-act/id571188/|title=Animal Welfare Act: Section 37 - Punishment|last=|first=|date=10 July 2009|website=Government.no|publisher=|language=en-GB|access-date=28 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202044903/https://www.regjeringen.no/en/dokumenter/animal-welfare-act/id571188/|archive-date=2 February 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
 |-
-|{{flagicon|Philippines}} [[Philippines]]
+|{{flagicon|Sweden}} [[Sweden]]
-||[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=24b_1316867350|title=LiveLeak.com - catholic filipino charged for raping dog he also loves pigs too|publisher=|accessdate=14 January 2015}}</ref>{{Verify credibility|date=March 2014}}
+||❌ Illegal since 2014
-||[[File:Emblem-question.svg|15px]]
+----
-||[[File:Emblem-question.svg|15px]]
+'''Penalty:''' Fine, maximum of 2 years' imprisonment, or both<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.webpronews.com/sweden-joins-an-increasing-number-of-european-countries-that-ban-bestiality-2013-06|title=Sweden Joins An Increasing Number Of European Countries That Ban Bestiality|work=WebProNews|accessdate=14 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150128132134/http://www.webpronews.com/sweden-joins-an-increasing-number-of-european-countries-that-ban-bestiality-2013-06|archive-date=28 January 2015|url-status=live}}</ref>
+||❓
+||❓
 |-
-|{{flagicon|Poland}} [[Poland]]
+|}
-||[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Illegal since 1997. Defined as a type of animal abuse.<br />(Penalty: Maximum 3 years in prison, donation to animal welfare charity and prohibition of owning an animal for up to 10 years. If done in order to distribute or sell the penalty is increased to a minimum of 6 months and maximum of 8 years in prison)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://isap.sejm.gov.pl/DetailsServlet?id=WDU20112301373 |title=Internetowy System Aktów Prawnych |publisher=Isap.sejm.gov.pl |date= |accessdate=2013-10-13}}</ref>
-||[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Illegal<br />(Penalty: minimum of 6 months and maximum 8 years in prison)<ref>[http://www.ecpat.net/A4A_2005/PDF/Europe/Global_Monitoring_Report-POLAND.pdf Polish Penal Code, Article 202, Section 3. ]</ref>
+==== Southern Europe ====
-||[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal (as long as it is not owned with intention of publicizing, sharing or selling)
+{|class="wikitable" style="text-align: left;"
+! Country or territory
+! Bestiality
+! Sale and distribution of zoophilic pornography
+! Ownership of zoophilic pornography
+|-
+|{{flagicon|Albania}} [[Albania]]
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{flagicon|Andorra}} [[Andorra]]
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{flagicon|Bosnia and Herzegovina}} [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]]
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Bulgaria]]
+|❌ Illegal
+|❌ Illegal
+|❌ Illegal
+|-
+|{{flagicon|Gibraltar}} [[Gibraltar]] <br /> <small>(Overseas territory of the [[United Kingdom]])</small>
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{flagicon|Greece}} [[Greece]]
+|❌ Illegal<ref name=“Greece”>{{Cite web|url=https://digihome.eu/law-number-40392012-government-gazette-a-15-for-home-pets-and-stray-pets-and-to-protect-animals-from-exploitation-or-use-for-profit/|title=LAW NUMBER. 4039/2012 (Government Gazette A 15) For home pets and stray pets and to protect animals from exploitation or use for profit. &#124; DigiHome Real Estate - Creca|accessdate=26 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200213173325/https://digihome.eu/law-number-40392012-government-gazette-a-15-for-home-pets-and-stray-pets-and-to-protect-animals-from-exploitation-or-use-for-profit/|archive-date=13 February 2020|url-status=live}}</ref>
+|❌ illegal<ref name=“Greece” />
+|❌ illegal<ref name=“Greece” />
+|-
+|{{flagicon|Italy}} [[Italy]]
+|❌ No specific laws against bestiality, but in 2012 the [[Supreme Court of Cassation (Italy)|Supreme Court of Cassation]] sentenced a man to six months in jail for forcing his dogs to have sex with women.<ref name="Denmark passes law to ban bestiality" />
+----
+'''Penalty:''' ❓ Unknown
+||[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px]] Legal<ref name="Sexuality with Animals (Zoophilia) – an Unrecognized Problem in Animal Welfare Legislation" />
+||[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px]] Legal<ref name="Sexuality with Animals (Zoophilia) – an Unrecognized Problem in Animal Welfare Legislation" />
+|-
+|{{flagicon|North Macedonia}} [[Republic of North Macedonia|North Macedonia]]
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{flagicon|Malta}} [[Malta]]
+|❌ Illegal<ref name="Denmark passes law to ban bestiality" />
+----
+'''Penalty:''' ❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{flagicon|Montenegro}} [[Montenegro]]
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
 |-
 |{{flagicon|Portugal}} [[Portugal]]
-||[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Illegal<ref name="History of Zoophilia and The Law" >{{cite web|url=http://www.lectlaw.com/files/sex04.htm|title=History of Zoophilia and The Law|publisher=|accessdate=14 January 2015}}</ref>
+|❌ Illegal<ref name="Denmark passes law to ban bestiality" />
-||[[File:Emblem-question.svg|15px]]
+----
-||[[File:Emblem-question.svg|15px]]
+'''Penalty:''' ❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{flagicon|San Marino}} [[San Marino]]
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{flagicon|Serbia}} [[Serbia]]
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{flagicon|Spain}} [[Spain]]
+|❌ Illegal since 30 March 2015
+----
+'''Penalty:''' Minimum of three months and one day to a maximum of one year of imprisonment and a year's disqualification and a day to three years for the exercise of profession, trade or business that is related to animals and animal husbandry<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thelocal.es/20150116/spain-will-ban-bestiality-but-not-animal-fight|title=Spain bans bestiality but not animal fights|date=16 January 2015|website=www.thelocal.es|language=en-GB|access-date=29 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190529122051/https://www.thelocal.es/20150116/spain-will-ban-bestiality-but-not-animal-fight|archive-date=29 May 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Denmark passes law to ban bestiality" /><ref name="Spain">{{Cite web|url=https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=es&u=https://www.boe.es/diario_boe/txt.php?id=BOE-A-2015-3439&prev=search|title=Google Translate|website=translate.google.com|access-date=29 May 2019}}</ref>
+On Feb. 9, 2023 a change in the bill created controversy that bestiality was considered legal. This has been proved false. The bill was amended: All sexual acts with animals will be punishable. In the event that they produce injuries, they will be considered crimes; in the rest – less serious offenses – they will be classified as abuse without visible signs of injury (maltrato de obra).
+<ref name="Snopes" /><ref name="Snopes>{{Cite web|url=https://www.snopes.com/news/2023/02/24/spain-decriminalize-bestiality/|access-date=24 Feb 2023}}</ref>
+||[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px]] Legal<ref name="Sexuality with Animals (Zoophilia) – an Unrecognized Problem in Animal Welfare Legislation">{{Cite web|url=http://www.tierimrecht.org/documents/1361/Zoophilia_an_Unrecognized_Problem_in_Animal_Welfare_Legislation.pdf|title=Sexuality with Animals (Zoophilia) – an Unrecognized Problem in Animal Welfare Legislation|accessdate=26 February 2020}}</ref>
+||[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px]] Legal<ref name="Sexuality with Animals (Zoophilia) – an Unrecognized Problem in Animal Welfare Legislation" />
 |-
-|{{flagicon|Romania}} [[Romania]]
+|{{flagicon|Turkey}} [[Turkey]]
-||[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal<ref>{{cite web|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=Z-GbOvrbniQC&pg=PT10&lpg=PT10&dq=Romania+zoophilia&source=bl&ots=gnZi9glK_U&sig=nk93rUHdFgCndX9tSae-W1lyVU4&hl=en&sa=X&ei=4rGQUcayD4--4AOGp4HQAQ&ved=0CFIQ6AEwBA|title=Bestiality and Zoophilia|publisher=|accessdate=14 January 2015}}</ref>
+|❌ Illegal
-||[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Illegal<br />(Penalty:)<ref>"Legea privind prevenirea si combaterea pornografiei", Nr. 196/2003, ''Monitorul Oficial al României'', Partea I,. nr. 342 din 20 mai 2003</ref>
+----
-||[[File:Emblem-question.svg|15px]]
+'''Penalty:''' Maximum of 2 years' imprisonment<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.haaretz.com/turkey-regulating-pet-ownership-1.5246729|title=Turkey Regulating Pet Ownership: Want a Dog? Take a Course|date=30 April 2014|work=Haaretz|access-date=29 May 2019|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190529122050/https://www.haaretz.com/turkey-regulating-pet-ownership-1.5246729|archive-date=29 May 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>
+|❌ Illegal
+----
+'''Penalty:''' Minimum of one year's imprisonment and a maximum of four years' imprisonment
+|❌ Illegal
+----
+'''Penalty:''' Minimum of one year's imprisonment and a maximum of four years' imprisonment
 |-
-|{{flagicon|Singapore}} [[Singapore]]
+|{{flagicon|Vatican City}} [[Vatican City]]
-||[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Illegal<br />(Penalty: Maximum of 2 years in prison and fine)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://statutes.agc.gov.sg/aol/search/display/view.w3p;query=Status%3Acurinforce%20Type%3Aact,sl%20Content%3A%22Sexual%22%20Content%3A%22penetration%22%20Content%3A%22with%22%20Content%3A%22living%22%20Content%3A%22animal%22;rec=0;resUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fstatutes.agc.gov.sg%2Faol%2Fsearch%2Fsummary%2Fresults.w3p%3Bquery%3DStatus%253Acurinforce%2520Type%253Aact,sl%2520Content%253A%2522Sexual%2522%2520Content%253A%2522penetration%2522%2520Content%253A%2522with%2522%2520Content%253A%2522living%2522%2520Content%253A%2522animal%2522|title=Singapore Statutes Online - 224
+|❓ Unknown
-                 - Penal Code|publisher=|accessdate=14 January 2015}}</ref>
+|❓ Unknown
-||[[File:Emblem-question.svg|15px]]
+|❓ Unknown
-||[[File:Emblem-question.svg|15px]]
 |-
-|{{flagicon|South Africa}} [[South Africa]]
+|}
-||[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Illegal<br />(Penalty: determined by judge)<ref>[http://www.justice.gov.za/legislation/acts/2007-032.pdf Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Related Matters) Amendment Act 32 of 2007], s. 13.</ref>
-||[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Illegal<br>(Penalty: maximum 5 years in prison and R200,000 fine)<ref>[http://www.fpb.org.za/profile-fpb/legislation/doc_download/293-films-and-publications-act-no-65 Films and Publications Act 65 of 1996] s. 24A(2) read with s. 18(3)(b)(ii).</ref>
+==== Western Europe ====
-||[[File:Emblem-question.svg|15px]]
+{|class="wikitable" style="text-align: left;"
+! Country or territory
+! Bestiality
+! Sale and distribution of zoophilic pornography
+! Ownership of zoophilic pornography
+|-
+|{{flagicon|Belgium|state}} [[Belgium]]
+||❌ Illegal since 2007
+----
+'''Penalty:''' Maximum of 6 months in prison and a fine of €1,000<ref>{{cite journal |journal=Moniteur Belge / Belgisch Staatsblad |title=Lois, Decrets, Ordonnances Et Reglements / Wetten, Decreten, Ordonnanties En Verordeningen |pages=38259–38260 |date=13 July 2007|language=fr}}/{{in lang|nl}}</ref>
+|❓ Unknown
+|❌ Illegal
+----
+'''Penalty:''' ❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{flagicon|France}} [[France]]
+||❌ Illegal since 9 March 2004
+----
+'''Penalty:''' Maximum of 2 years in prison and €30,000 fine<ref name="France">{{Cite web|url=http://www.equalrightstrust.org/ertdocumentbank/french_penal_code_33.pdf|title=French Penal Code Article 521-1|accessdate=26 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021060927/http://www.equalrightstrust.org/ertdocumentbank/french_penal_code_33.pdf|archive-date=21 October 2012|url-status=live}}</ref>
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{flagicon|Guernsey}} [[Guernsey]] <br /> <small>([[Crown dependency]] of the [[United Kingdom]])</small>
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{flagicon|Ireland}} [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]]
+||❌ Illegal since 1634{{#tag:ref|[https://books.google.ie/books?id=ymlBAAAAYAAJ&vq=buggery&pg=PA233 Act for the Punishment of the Vice of Buggery (Ireland) 1634] (10 Chas. 1, sess. 2, c. 20) replaced by
+[https://books.google.ie/books?id=VpZFAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA771 section 18] of the [[Offences against the Person (Ireland) Act 1829]] (10 Geo. 4, c. 34) replaced by
+[http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/1861/act/100/enacted/en/print.html#s61_p0 section 61] of the [[Offences against the Person Act 1861]] (24 & 25 Vict., c. 100). In the Republic of Ireland the 1861 act is still in force {{as of|2017|07|05|lc=y}} with respect to animals.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/isbc/bps1861.html|title=British Public Statutes Affected: 1861|date=5 July 2017|work=[[Irish Statute Book]]|pages=Offences against the Person Act, 1861|nopp=y|accessdate=17 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171025020139/http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/isbc/bps1861.html|archive-date=25 October 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> In Northern Ireland it was replaced by [http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/42/section/69 section 69] of the [[Sexual Offences Act 2003]], in turn replaced by [http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/2008/1769/article/73 Article 73] of The Sexual Offences (Northern Ireland) Order 2008
+|name="irishlaws"}}
+----
+'''Penalty:''' Maximum of life in prison<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/1993/act/20/enacted/en/print|title=electronic Irish Statute Book (eISB)|last=Book (eISB)|first=electronic Irish Statute|website=www.irishstatutebook.ie|language=en|access-date=29 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170106103337/http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/1993/act/20/enacted/en/print|archive-date=6 January 2017|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/?id=eTrDgPmgh7MC&pg=PA757&lpg=PA757&dq=Ireland+30.61+sodomy+and+bestiality#v=onepage&q=Ireland%2030.61%20sodomy%20and%20bestiality&f=false|title=Criminal Law in Ireland|publisher=|accessdate=14 January 2015|isbn=9781871509540|last1=Quinn|first1=Sean E.|year=2009}}</ref>
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{flagicon|Isle of Man}} [[Isle of Man]] <br /> <small>([[Crown dependency]] of the [[United Kingdom]])</small>
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
 |-
-|{{flagicon|Sweden}} [[Sweden]]
+|{{flagicon|Jersey}} [[Jersey]] <br /> <small>([[Crown dependency]] of the [[United Kingdom]])</small>
-||[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Illegal since 2014<br />(Penalty : fine, prison up to 2 years, or both)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.webpronews.com/sweden-joins-an-increasing-number-of-european-countries-that-ban-bestiality-2013-06|title=Sweden Joins An Increasing Number Of European Countries That Ban Bestiality|work=WebProNews|accessdate=14 January 2015}}</ref>
+|❓ Unknown
-||[[File:Emblem-question.svg|15px]]
+|❓ Unknown
-||[[File:Emblem-question.svg|15px]]
+|❓ Unknown
 |-
-|{{flagicon|Switzerland}} [[Switzerland]]
+|{{flagicon|Luxembourg}} [[Luxembourg]]
-||[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Illegal<br />(Penalty:)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.admin.ch/ch/d/sr/455_1/a16.html|title=SR 455.1 Tierschutzverordnung vom 23. April 2008 (TSchV)|author=Bundeskanzlei - A|publisher=|accessdate=14 January 2015}}</ref>
+|❌ Illegal<ref name="Denmark passes law to ban bestiality" />
-||[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Illegal<br />(Penalty:)<ref>See [[Official publications of Switzerland|FJ]] 2000 p. 2981.</ref>
+----
-||[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Illegal<br />(Penalty:)
+'''Penalty:''' ❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
 |-
-|{{flagicon|Thailand}} [[Thailand]]
+|{{flagicon|Monaco}} [[Monaco]]
-||[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal<ref>[http://www.traveltails.com/Updates/update_may2004.htm May 2004 Update from the Land of Randy Pandas]</ref> No law ever mention about zoophilia.
+|❓ Unknown
-||[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Zoophilic pornography falls within the definition of pornography. Distribution of any pornography is illegal.
+|❓ Unknown
-||[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]]
+|❓ Unknown
 |-
-|{{flagicon|Trinidad and Tobago}} [[Trinidad and Tobago]]
+|{{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Netherlands]]
-||[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Illegal<br />(Penalty:)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/2012-04-25/mayaro-labourer-bestiality-charge|title=Mayaro labourer on bestiality charge|work=The Trinidad Guardian Newspaper|accessdate=14 January 2015}}</ref>
+||❌ Illegal since 2010
-||[[File:Emblem-question.svg|15px]]
+----
-||[[File:Emblem-question.svg|15px]]
+'''Penalty:''' Maximum of 1 year in prison and €19,500 fine<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wetten.overheid.nl/BWBR0001854/TweedeBoek/TitelXIV/Artikel254/geldigheidsdatum_24-12-2012|title=wetten.nl - Wet- en regelgeving - Wetboek van Strafrecht - BWBR0001854|publisher=|accessdate=14 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140106192736/http://wetten.overheid.nl/BWBR0001854/TweedeBoek/TitelXIV/Artikel254/geldigheidsdatum_24-12-2012|archive-date=6 January 2014|url-status=live}}</ref>
+||❌ Illegal since 2010
+----
+'''Penalty:''' Maximum 6 months' imprisonment or a fine of €7,800<ref name="Strafrecht">{{cite web |url=http://wetten.overheid.nl/BWBR0001854/TweedeBoek/TitelXIV/Artikel254a/geldigheidsdatum_24-12-2012 |title=wetten.nl - Wet- en regelgeving - Wetboek van Strafrecht - BWBR0001854 |language=nl |publisher=Wetten.overheid.nl |date=24 December 2012 |accessdate=13 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150203021518/http://wetten.overheid.nl/BWBR0001854/TweedeBoek/TitelXIV/Artikel254a/geldigheidsdatum_24-12-2012 |archive-date=3 February 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref>
+||❌ Illegal since 2010
+----
+'''Penalty:''' Maximum 6 months' imprisonment or a fine of €7,800<ref name="Strafrecht" />
 |-
 |{{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[United Kingdom]]
-||[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Illegal since 1290<br />(Penalty: Maximum of 2 years in prison for conviction on indictment<br />Maximum of 6 months in prison and a fine for summary conviction) Intercourse with an animal (see [[Sexual Offences Act 2003]]<ref name="UKlaw69"/>)
+||❌ Illegal since 1558<br />(As part of [[Kingdom of England]] for [[England]] and [[Wales]] only)<br/>
-||[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Illegal since 2008<br />(Penalty:)<ref>[http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/06/16/extreme_pr0n_convictions/ Extreme porn law used on beastly Chinese DVD pirates]</ref> (see [[Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008]])
+❌ Illegal since 1634<br />(As part of [[Kingdom of Ireland]] for [[Northern Ireland]] only)<ref name="irishlaws" /><br/>
-||[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Illegal since 2008<br />(Penalty:) (see [[Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008]])
+❌ Illegal<br />(As part of [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland]] for [[Scotland]] only)
+----
+'''Penalty:''' Maximum of 2 years in prison for conviction on indictment<br />Maximum of 6 months in prison and a fine for summary conviction<ref name="UKlaw69"/><ref name=Fone>{{cite book |author=Fone, Byrne R. S. |title=Homophobia: a history |publisher=[[Metropolitan Books]] |location=New York |year=2000 |isbn=0-8050-4559-7 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/homophobiahistor00fone |access-date=8 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200104184741/https://archive.org/details/homophobiahistor00fone |archive-date=4 January 2020 |url-status=live}}</ref>
+||❌ Illegal since 26 January 2009
+----
+'''Penalty:''' Maximum of 12 months' imprisonment in England or 6 months' imprisonment in Northern Ireland, a fine, or both on summary conviction<br />Maximum of 2 years' imprisonment, a fine, or both on conviction on indictment<ref name="Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008">{{Cite web|url=http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2008/4/contents/enacted/data.htm|title=Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008|website=www.legislation.gov.uk|language=en|access-date=29 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181125030848/http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2008/4/contents/enacted/data.htm|archive-date=25 November 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>
+||❌ Illegal since 26 January 2009
+----
+'''Penalty:''' Maximum of 12 months' imprisonment in England or 6 months' imprisonment in Northern Ireland, a fine, or both on summary conviction<br />Maximum of 2 years' imprisonment, a fine, or both on conviction on indictment<ref name="Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008" />
+|}
+=== Oceania ===
+==== Australasia ====
+{|class="wikitable" style="text-align: left;"
+! Country or territory
+! Bestiality
+! Sale and distribution of zoophilic pornography
+! Ownership of zoophilic pornography
+|-
+|{{flagicon|New Zealand}} [[New Zealand]]
+||❌ Illegal
+----
+'''Penalty:''' Maximum of 7 years in prison ("bestiality")<br />Maximum of 3 years in prison ("indecency with animal")<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legislation.govt.nz/act/public/1961/0043/latest/DLM329260.html|title=Crimes Act 1961|publisher=|accessdate=14 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121223010600/http://www.legislation.govt.nz/act/public/1961/0043/latest/DLM329260.html|archive-date=23 December 2012|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legislation.govt.nz/act/public/1961/0043/latest/DLM329261.html|title=Crimes Act 1961|publisher=|accessdate=14 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110519073801/http://www.legislation.govt.nz/act/public/1961/0043/latest/DLM329261.html|archive-date=19 May 2011|url-status=live}}</ref>
+|❓ Unknown
+|❌ Illegal
+----
+'''Penalty:''' Maximum of a $2000 fine for an individual ("possession an objectionable publication")<br/>Maximum of 10 years in prison or a $50,000 fine for an individual ("possession of objectionable publications with knowledge")<ref>{{cite web|url=http://legislation.govt.nz/act/public/1993/0094/latest/DLM314163.html|title=Films, Videos, and Publications Classification Act 1993}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://legislation.govt.nz/act/public/1993/0094/latest/DLM314171.html|title=Films, Videos, and Publications Classification Act 1993}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://legislation.govt.nz/act/public/1993/0094/latest/DLM313407.html|title=Films, Videos, and Publications Classification Act 1993}}</ref>
+|}
+===== Commonwealth of Australia =====
+{|class="wikitable" style="text-align: left;"
+! Country, state, or territory
+! Bestiality
+! Sale and distribution of zoophilic pornography
+! Ownership of zoophilic pornography
+|-
+|{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Australia]]
+|❌ Illegal
+||❌ Illegal<ref>{{cite web|url=http://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;query=Id%3A%22library%2Fprspub%2FG1610%22|title=Legislation relating to pornography in Australia|publisher=|accessdate=27 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150622113745/http://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;query=Id:%22library/prspub/G1610%22|archive-date=22 June 2015|url-status=live}}</ref>
+----
+'''Penalty:''' ❓ Unknown
+|Importation (including downloading) illegal.
+|-
+|{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Ashmore and Cartier Islands]]
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Australian Antarctic Territory]]
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{flagicon|Australian Capital Territory}} [[Australian Capital Territory]]
+||❌ Illegal since 2011
+----
+'''Penalty:''' Maximum ten years' imprisonment<ref name="au_state_laws" />
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{flagicon|Christmas Island}} [[Christmas Island]]
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{flagicon|Cocos (Keeling) Islands}} [[Cocos (Keeling) Islands]]
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Coral Sea Islands]]
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Heard Island and McDonald Islands]]
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Jervis Bay Territory]]
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{flagicon|New South Wales}} [[New South Wales]]
+||❌ Illegal
+----
+'''Penalty:''' Maximum fourteen years' imprisonment<ref name="au_state_laws">Ref: Halsbury's Laws of Australia #9 page 247662:
+Criminal offence: [[New South Wales]] (Crimes Act 1900 s79, not more than 14 years' imprisonment), [[Northern Territory]] (Criminal Code s138, not more than 3 years' imprisonment), [[Queensland]] (Criminal Code s211: "carnal knowledge of an animal", not more than 7 years imprisonment), [[South Australia]] (Criminal Law Consolidation Act 1935 s69, "buggery with an animal", not more than 10 years' imprisonment), [[Tasmania]] (Criminal Code s122(b), not more than 21 years' imprisonment), [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]] (Crimes Act 1958 s59, not more than 5 years' imprisonment), [[Western Australia]] (Criminal Code s181: "carnal knowledge of an animal", not more than 7 years' imprisonment), [[Australian Capital Territory]] (Crimes Act 1900, s63A inserted in 2011, "Bestiality", not more than 10 years' imprisonment).</ref>
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{flagicon|Norfolk Island}} [[Norfolk Island]]
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{flagicon|Northern Territory}} [[Northern Territory]]
+||❌ Illegal
+----
+'''Penalty:''' Maximum three years' imprisonment<ref name="au_state_laws" />
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{flagicon|Queensland}} [[Queensland]]
+||❌ Illegal
+----
+'''Penalty:''' Maximum seven years' imprisonment<ref name="au_state_laws" />
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{flagicon|South Australia}} [[South Australia]]
+||❌ Illegal
+----
+'''Penalty:''' Maximum ten years' imprisonment<ref name="au_state_laws" />
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{flagicon|Tasmania}} [[Tasmania]]
+||❌ Illegal
+----
+'''Penalty:''' Maximum 21 years' imprisonment<ref name="au_state_laws" />
+|❌ Illegal
+----
+'''Penalty:''' Maximum two years' imprisonment and/or fine<ref>{{Cite web|title=View - Tasmanian Legislation Online|url=https://www.legislation.tas.gov.au/view/html/inforce/current/act-1995-105#GS72@EN|access-date=2020-06-15|website=www.legislation.tas.gov.au}}</ref>
+|❌ Illegal
+----
+'''Penalty:''' Maximum one year imprisonment and/or fine<ref>{{Cite web|title=View - Tasmanian Legislation Online|url=https://www.legislation.tas.gov.au/view/html/inforce/current/act-1995-105#GS74@EN|access-date=2020-06-15|website=www.legislation.tas.gov.au}}</ref>
+|-
+|{{flagicon|Victoria}} [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]]
+||❌ Illegal
+----
+'''Penalty:''' Maximum five years' imprisonment<ref name="au_state_laws" />
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{flagicon|Western Australia}} [[Western Australia]]
+||❌ Illegal
+----
+'''Penalty:''' Maximum seven years' imprisonment<ref name="au_state_laws" />
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|}
+==== Melanesia ====
+{|class="wikitable" style="text-align: left;"
+! Country or territory
+! Bestiality
+! Sale and distribution of zoophilic pornography
+! Ownership of zoophilic pornography
+|-
+|{{flagicon|Fiji}} [[Fiji]]
+||❌ Illegal
+----
+'''Penalty:''' Maximum of fourteen years in prison with corporal punishment<ref name="Fiji">{{Cite web|url=http://www.paclii.org/fj/legis/consol_act_OK/pc66/|title=Penal Code [Cap 17]|website=www.paclii.org|access-date=30 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161222191337/http://www.paclii.org/fj/legis/consol_act_OK/pc66/|archive-date=22 December 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{flagicon|New Caledonia}} [[New Caledonia]] <br /> <small>([[Overseas collectivity]] of [[France]])</small>
+||❌ Illegal since 9 March 2004
+----
+'''Penalty:''' Maximum of 2 years in prison and €30,000 fine<ref name="France" />
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{flagicon|Papua New Guinea}} [[Papua New Guinea]]
+|❌ Illegal
+----
+'''Penalty:''' Maximum of fourteen years in prison<ref name="ILGA" />
+|❌ Illegal <br/> Sale and distribution of any kind of pornography illegal
+|❌ Illegal <br/> Ownership of any kind of pornography illegal
+|-
+|{{flagicon|Solomon Islands}} [[Solomon Islands]]
+|❌ Illegal
+----
+'''Penalty:''' Maximum of fourteen years in prison<ref name="ILGA" />
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{flagicon|Vanuatu}} [[Vanuatu]]
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|}
+==== Micronesia ====
+{|class="wikitable" style="text-align: left;"
+! Country or territory
+! Bestiality
+! Sale and distribution of zoophilic pornography
+! Ownership of zoophilic pornography
+|-
+|{{flagicon|Guam}} [[Guam]] <br /> <small>([[Territories of the United States|Unincorporated territory]] of the [[United States of America|United States]])</small>
+||[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px]] Legal
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{flagicon|Federated States of Micronesia}} [[Federated States of Micronesia]]
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{flagicon|Kiribati}} [[Kiribati]]
+|❌ Illegal
+----
+'''Penalty:''' Maximum of fourteen years in prison<ref name="ILGA" />
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{flagicon|Marshall Islands}} [[Marshall Islands]]
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{flagicon|Nauru}} [[Nauru]]
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{flagicon|Northern Mariana Islands}} [[Northern Mariana Islands]] <br /> <small>([[Territories of the United States|Unincorporated territory]] of the [[United States of America|United States]])</small>
+||[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px]] Legal
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{flagicon|Palau}} [[Palau]]
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|}
+==== Polynesia ====
+{|class="wikitable" style="text-align: left;"
+! Country or territory
+! Bestiality
+! Sale and distribution of zoophilic pornography
+! Ownership of zoophilic pornography
+|-
+|{{flagicon|American Samoa}} [[American Samoa]] <br /> <small>([[Territories of the United States|Unincorporated territory]] of the [[United States of America|United States]])</small>
+||[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px]] Legal
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{flagicon|Easter Island}} [[Easter Island]]<br /><small>(Overseas territory of [[Chile]])</small>
+||[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px]] Legal<ref name="Chile" />
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{flagicon|Cook Islands}} [[Cook Islands]] <br /> <small>(Part of the [[Realm of New Zealand]])</small>
+|❌ Illegal
+----
+'''Penalty:''' Maximum of seven years in prison<ref name="ILGA" />
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{flagicon|French Polynesia}} [[French Polynesia]] <br /> <small>([[Overseas collectivity]] of [[France]])</small>
+||❌ Illegal since 9 March 2004
+----
+'''Penalty:''' Maximum of 2 years in prison and €30,000 fine<ref name="France" />
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
 |-
-|{{flagicon|United States}} [[United States]]<br />{{Main|Zoophilia and the law in the United States}}
+|{{flagicon|Niue}} [[Niue]] <br /> <small>(Part of the [[Realm of New Zealand]])</small>
-||[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] / [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Varies by state, territory, or district.
+|❓ Unknown
-||[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] / [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Varies by state, territory, or district.
+|❓ Unknown
-||[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] / [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Varies by state, territory, or district.
+|❓ Unknown
 |-
-|{{flagicon|Zambia}} [[Zambia]]
+|{{flagicon|Pitcairn Islands}} [[Pitcairn Islands]] <br /> <small>([[British Overseas Territories|Overseas territory]] of the [[United Kingdom]])</small>
-||[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Illegal<br />(Penalty: Maximum of 5 years in prison)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.afrol.com/archive/documents/ilga_2000.htm|title=ILGA Africa 2000 Report|publisher=|accessdate=14 January 2015}}</ref>
+|❓ Unknown
-||[[File:Emblem-question.svg|15px]]
+|❓ Unknown
-||[[File:Emblem-question.svg|15px]]
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{flagicon|Samoa}} [[Samoa]]
+|❌ Illegal
+----
+'''Penalty:''' Maximum of five years in prison<ref name="ILGA" />
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{flagicon|Tokelau}} [[Tokelau]] <br /> <small>(Part of the [[Realm of New Zealand]])</small>
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{flagicon|Tonga}} [[Tonga]]
+|❌ Illegal
+----
+'''Penalty:''' Maximum of ten years in prison<ref name="ILGA" />
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{flagicon|Tuvalu}} [[Tuvalu]]
+|❌ Illegal
+----
+'''Penalty:''' Maximum of fourteen years in prison<ref name="ILGA" />
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{flagicon|United States}} [[United States Minor Outlying Islands]] <br /> <small>([[Territories of the United States|Unincorporated organized territory]] of the [[United States of America|United States]])</small>
+||[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px]] Legal
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
+|-
+|{{flagicon|Wallis and Futuna|local}} [[Wallis and Futuna]] <br /> <small>([[Overseas collectivity]] of [[France]])</small>
+||❌ Illegal since 9 March 2004
+----
+'''Penalty:''' Maximum of 2 years in prison and €30,000 fine<ref name="France" />
+|❓ Unknown
+|❓ Unknown
 |}
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 == Mentions in the press ==
-{{Tone|section|date=March 2014}}
+* [[Wisconsin, USA]] (2007) - Bryan James Hathaway was convicted for having sex with a dead deer. The court case raised some interesting legal issues because the statute prohibits sex with animals, but not carcasses. The defence raised the issue that if a dead animal was an animal, at what point would it cease to be an animal. He was sentenced to 6 months probation and labeled as a sex offender.<ref>{{cite news|last=Haines|first=Lester|title=Sex with dead deer is illegal, US man finds|url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/03/22/deer_man_convicted/|newspaper=The Register|date=22 March 2007|access-date=10 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170810140349/https://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/03/22/deer_man_convicted/|archive-date=10 August 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>
+* [[Kansas|Kansas, USA]] (2012) - Joshua Coman was convicted in Kansas of criminal sodomy (a misdemeanor), but the Kansas Supreme Court ruled that he did not have to register as a sex offender.<ref name="kansaslaw2">{{cite web |last=Rabiner |first=Stephanie |url=https://blogs.findlaw.com/legally_weird/2012/04/dog-molester-wont-have-to-register-as-sex-offender.html |title=Dog Molester Won't Have to Register as Sex Offender - Legally Weird |publisher=Blogs.findlaw.com |date=6 April 2012 |accessdate=13 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170709103603/http://blogs.findlaw.com/legally_weird/2012/04/dog-molester-wont-have-to-register-as-sex-offender.html |archive-date=9 July 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="statecoman">{{cite web |url=http://www.kscourts.org/cases-and-opinions/opinions/ctapp/2009/20090828/100494.htm |title=100494 - State v. Coman - Greene - Kansas Court of Appeals |publisher=Kscourts.org |date=|accessdate=13 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131011074936/http://www.kscourts.org/cases-and-opinions/opinions/ctapp/2009/20090828/100494.htm |archive-date=11 October 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref>
-* ''"Freddie the Dolphin"'' (1991, UK) - man accused of masturbating a well known tame [[dolphin]] at sea. Charged with a "lewd act". Acquitted. Expert witnesses testified male dolphins use their [[erection]]s not just sexually, but socially as well, and no sexual inference could be drawn. Judge summing up said of the £30,000 trial cost, "this has been the most expensive lesson in dolphin sociology that he has ever heard of".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.praxagora.com/sierra/flum/9203.htm |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20061118202339/http://www.praxagora.com/sierra/flum/9203.htm |archivedate=2006-11-18 |title=The Flummery Digest}}</ref>
+* [[Vancouver, Canada]] (2012) - Brian Cutteridge, bestiality proponent, was arrested after the SPCA claims to have a video of him engaging in sex with one of his dogs.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/story/2012/02/26/bc-vancouver-bestiality.html |work=CBC News |title=Vancouver man faces bestiality charge |date=26 February 2012 |access-date=3 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120303174457/http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/story/2012/02/26/bc-vancouver-bestiality.html |archive-date=3 March 2012 |url-status=live}}</ref>
-* [[Kenneth Pinyan]] (2005, USA) - man died following anal penetration by a stallion, which was filmed by his friend. The death led to rapid introduction of laws in Washington state against sex with animals.<ref name="StateLaws"/>
+* [[Phoenix, Arizona|Arizona, USA]] (2012) - Sarah Dae Walker and her husband pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit bestiality in a case where Craigslist was used.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.kpho.com/story/18895998/pair-plead-guilty-in-craigslist-bestiality-case |work=CBS 5 |title=Pair plead guilty in Craigslist bestiality case |date=28 June 2012 |access-date=18 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019105147/http://www.kpho.com/story/18895998/pair-plead-guilty-in-craigslist-bestiality-case |archive-date=19 October 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref>
-* [[Sudan]] (February 2006) - man caught having sex with a neighbour's [[goat]], is ordered by the council of [[Elder (administrative title)|elders]] to pay the neighbour a [[dowry]] of 15,000 Sudanese dinars ($50) and marry the animal.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/4748292.stm |title=Africa &#124; Sudan man forced to 'marry' goat |publisher=BBC News |date=2006-02-24 |accessdate=2013-10-13}}</ref>
-* [[Cambodia]] (2005) - man caught having a "passionate embrace" in bed with dog, by wife, confessed he loved the dog more and they separated. Cambodian police commented: "As police, we could only solve the problem of his wife then wanting a divorce. We cannot solve the problem of his relationship with his dog, because under Cambodian law it is not strictly illegal... It is amazing, but this husband is not crazy. It seems he is a passionate human being who looked at a dog, and the more he looked, the more passionate he became."<ref name="sciamer"/>
-* [[Wisconsin, USA]] (2007) - Bryan James Hathaway was convicted for having sex with a dead deer. The court case raised some interesting legal issues because the statute prohibits sex with animals, but not carcasses. The defence raised the issue that if a dead animal was an animal, at what point would it cease to be an animal.<ref>{{cite news|last=Haines|first=Lester|title=Sex with dead deer is illegal, US man finds|url=http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/03/22/deer_man_convicted/|newspaper=The Register|date=22 March 2007}}</ref>
-* [[Kansas|Kansas, USA]] (2012) - Joshua Coman was convicted in Kansas of criminal sodomy (a misdemeanor), but the Kansas Supreme Court ruled that he did not have to register as a sex offender.<ref name="kansaslaw2">{{cite web|last=Rabiner |first=Stephanie |url=http://blogs.findlaw.com/legally_weird/2012/04/dog-molester-wont-have-to-register-as-sex-offender.html |title=Dog Molester Won't Have to Register as Sex Offender - Legally Weird |publisher=Blogs.findlaw.com |date=2012-04-06 |accessdate=2013-10-13}}</ref><ref name="statecoman">{{cite web|url=http://www.kscourts.org/cases-and-opinions/opinions/ctapp/2009/20090828/100494.htm |title=100494 - State v. Coman - Greene - Kansas Court of Appeals |publisher=Kscourts.org |date= |accessdate=2013-10-13}}</ref>
-* [[Vancouver, Canada]] (2012) - Brian Cutteridge, bestiality proponent, was arrested after the SPCA claims to have a video of him engaging in sex with one of his dogs.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/story/2012/02/26/bc-vancouver-bestiality.html | work=CBC News | title=Vancouver man faces bestiality charge | date=26 February 2012}}</ref>
-* [[Phoenix, Arizona|Arizona, USA]] (2012) - Sarah Dae Walker and her husband pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit bestiality in a case where Craigslist was used.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.kpho.com/story/18895998/pair-plead-guilty-in-craigslist-bestiality-case | work=CBS 5 | title=Pair plead guilty in Craigslist bestiality case | date=28 June 2012}}</ref>
 == See also ==
-* [[Animal trial]]
+* {{annotated link|Animal trial}}
-* [[Human–animal marriage]]
+* {{annotated link|Human–animal marriage}}
-* [[Legal status of internet pornography]]
+* {{annotated link|Legal status of Internet pornography}}
-* [[Sexual norm]]
+* {{annotated link|Sexual norm}}
-* [[Social norm]]
+* {{annotated link|Social norm}}
-* [[Sodomy law]]
+* {{annotated link|Sudanese goat marriage incident}}
-* [[Sudanese goat marriage incident]]
-* [[Zoophilia]]
 == Notes ==
-{{Reflist|30em}}
+{{Reflist}}
-{{Zoosexuality}}
+{{Zoophilia}}
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-{{law country lists}}
+{{Law country lists}}
-{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2012}}
-{{DEFAULTSORT:Zoosexuality And The Law}}
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+[[Category:Law by country]]
 [[Category:Sex laws]]
 [[Category:Zoophilia]]
+[[Category:Resources]]
+[[Category:Research]]