A new movement in the debate on animal abuse policing and prosecution has turned its attention to redefining bestiality in state codes around the country.
It is a topic shrouded in taboo, but links between bestiality and sex crimes against humans—children in particular—are bringing the debate out in the open.
Bestiality “is the single greatest predictor of people who will molest children,” Detective Jeremy Hoffman, of the Fairfax County, Va., Sheriff’s Office, told Bloomberg BNA.
Hoffman routinely testifies in front of state legislative committees deciding on bestiality bills.
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