06 December 2015

Zoophilia Rising in Switzerland

Horse
This is really disgusting, but the New York Post just reported that more and more Swiss people are having sex with horses.

There were 105 cases of the maltreatment of horses in Switzerland in 2014 — 10 percent of which involved people having sex with them, said a New York Post article quoting a study by Tier im Recht, an animal welfare group.

"This rate is relatively elevated compared with other types of animals," Andreas Rüttimann, a legal expert with the group, told reporters, The Local reported.

There are an estimated 110,000 horses living on 18,000 Swiss farms. Experts estimate that 10,000 people in Switzerland are "predisposed" to zoophilia, according to the 20 Minuten newspaper.

The group said the number of unreported horse abuse cases is likely much higher than reported, given that so many people in the country are involved with equestrian activities.

Overall, there were 1,709 incidents of abuse against animals in Switzerland in 2014, up from 1,542 from the previous year, according to Tier im Recht.