Douglas "Fausty" Spink

Douglas Spink
Born	Douglas Bryan LeConte-Spink (1971-03-17)March 17, 1971 Harmony, Pennsylvania
Died	January 23, 2020(2020-01-23) (aged 48) Harmony, Pennsylvania
Other names	"Fausty" Cross Species Alliance
Education	Reed College (Bachelor of Arts) University of Chicago (Master of Business Administration)
Occupation	Entrepreneur / Zoophile Advocate
Years active	2002–2020

Douglas "Fausty" Spink (March 17, 1971 - 2020) was a famous zoophile and a central character in the book Uniquely Dangerous. He also co-founded the podcast Zooier Than Thou in 2019, which continues to produce new episodes following his death from lymphoma in January 2020.

Early life

Raised in Fox Chapel, Pennsylvania, Spink spent his early years (ages 2-4) pony riding and fox hunting. By the age of 12, he had won two young pony hunter championships. After graduating from high school, he attended Reed College in Portland, Oregon, where he often brought his Golden Retriever Gifford to class with him.

In 1993, Spink was awarded a Bachelor of Arts in Cultural Anthropology from Reed. Later that summer, he found work at a dog breeding service and it was there that he had his first sexual experience with a canine. The next year he relocated to Chicago where he became married and started a career at the local office of Boston Consulting Group, rising to the position of Financial Director of Safecard Services. At that time he was also accepted into the University of Chicago's Graduate School of Business, from which he went on to earn a Masters degree in Business Administration.

In 1996, Spink founded the company Timberline Direct, which he sold two years later for US$5.4 million. He used a portion of this money to purchase Capone, a race horse, for $27,000, and to found a new company, Timberline Farms, in the Portland suburb of Beaverton, Oregon. The organization imported and bred Grand Prix show jumping horses, requiring $30,000 per month to cover operating expenses. He also, along with his wife, ran a Golden Retriever rescue and breeding organisation. The white star Capone donned on his forehead was the inspiration for the identical tattoo on Spink's arm.

At some point in the late 90s, he was outed by another zoo. This perhaps led to the separation with his wife that began shortly afterward and lasted until 2001, though they remained business partners. In 2003, Spink filed to dissolve his marriage contemporaneously with gaining custody of his Golden Retriever Rion.

Family and personal life

Spink had one sister, Joy, who was his elder by three years.

He was at one time married and was open about having romantic and sexual relationships with men and women.

In an interview, he indicated that he had been diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome. He also indicated that he was "a lifelong (if imperfect) vegetarian" and animal rights activist.

Career

Spink began his career as analyst with Boston Consulting Group, where he consulted with Fortune 100 companies.

In the mid- to late-1990s, he helped found and support several early Internet and technology companies in Oregon. Through the sale of several small businesses, he became a multimillionaire. Despite this, he declared bankruptcy in 2002.

Criminal history

After declaring bankruptcy in 2002, Spink began smuggling cocaine and marijuana in and out of Canada for Robert Kesling, a regional drug lord. In 2005, he was apprehended when law enforcement stopped him while he was transporting nearly 375 pounds of cocaine, estimated at a value of $34 million. Because of his cooperation with investigators, he received a three-year prison sentence. After release, he was placed on parole.

During the 2005 traffic stop, investigators got the first hint that Spink was practicing bestiality. They noted “Spink was strangely protective of a female German shepherd that was with him”, Cmdr. Steve Clopp also clarified they “didn't bother” with the odd behavior due to their “more pressing concerns.” Most important of which was the 372 pounds of cocaine in the car.

The same year, the Enumclaw horse sex case, in which Kenneth Pinyan died as a result of having filmed sex with a horse, occurred on Spink's farm. Spink is reported to have dropped Pinyan off at the hospital; cameras caught his license plate as he fled the scene, leading back to Spink’s ranch. Spink kept tabs on the case until his arrest, actively supporting James Michael Tait, who was jailed for filming Pinyan. Pinyan's death rapidly prompted the enactment of a bill by the Washington State Legislature that prohibits both sex with animals and the videotaping of such an act. Under current Washington law, bestiality is now a Class C felony punishable by up to five years in prison.

In April 2010, investigators in Tennessee contacted Spink's probation officer to inform him that Spink had become involved in the criminal proceedings against Tait, who had been convicted of trespassing in the Enumclaw horse sex case and was currently charged with bestiality. On April 14, a 19-member SWAT team raided Spink’s compound for violating the parole of his 2005 arrest. While there, they arrested a man who was on the property and ultimately plead guilty to animal cruelty charges. Spink received a sentence of three years in federal prison and two years of probation under the condition that "he shut down his websites promoting zoophilia and bestiality; and that he not possess, produce or distribute any bestiality videos or photos".

In 2013, following Spink's prison sentence, he was placed on parole with several conditions, including agreeing to regular checks of any hard drives for inappropriate pornographic material and refraining from voluntary contact with animals. Additionally, courts ordered him to "shut down all websites owned, operated, or under his control that promote or contain zoophilia, bestiality or any sexual act with animal[s]". Further, the hard drives that were taken during the 2010 investigation were not returned due to Spink's skill and knowledge regarding technology under the assumption that he may be able to recover deleted inappropriate files and/or encrypted data.

Almost immediately, Spink returned to bestiality websites, obtained a dog, and boarded horses at a nearby farm. In 2014, he was sentenced to nine months in prison for violating parole, "the longest sentence U.S. District Court Judge Ricardo Martinez could impose". In an 2014 interview, Spink stated of his public crimes, "A core precedent was set: No longer can zoophobes in this country batter and coerce people like me into silence with threats of violence."

After his release from prison, Spink crossed the border into Canada and was arrested and jailed at least twice for entering the country and obtaining dogs, actions disallowed by his parole.

Spink ignored this and continued owning dogs, started the Zoophilia podcast and continued his activism until his death.

Zoophilia advocacy

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

In addition to his personal actions and advocacy, Spink worked on projects against “zoophobic bigots” to raise legal funds for defending his fellow “zoosexuals”. Another of his enterprises, Baneki, developed and marketed a darknet VPN service that offered zoophiles a way to access pornography anonymously.

Further reading

• Maloney, Carreen (2018). Uniquely Dangerous. Carreen Maloney. ISBN 9781732065406.