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| * ''"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>
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| * [[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"/>
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| * [[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 | Sudan man forced to 'marry' goat |publisher=BBC News |date=2006-02-24 |accessdate=2013-10-13}}</ref>
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| * [[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"/>
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| * [[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>
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| * [[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>
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| * [[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>
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| * [[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>
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| == See also == | | == See also == |
| * [[Animal trial]] | | * [[Animal trial]] |
