Bestiality, the act of sexual intercourse with an animal, loses its attempt at legal recognition when two complainants failed in their attempt to get Germany’s constitutional court to consider their claim against the laws banning sex with animals.
The two unnamed individuals claimed they are sexually attracted to animals. A similar popular phrase for that is ‘born with it’.
Their aim was to get the court in Karlsruhe, Germany to consider whether the existing rules are unconstitutional.
According to a BBC report, the court threw out their claim, ruling that the effect of the ban on the complainants’ right to sexual self-determination was justified.
The court said that protecting animal welfare by seeking to prevent them being the victim of sexual assaults was a legitimate aim of the law – which remains unchanged after the court’s decision.
Germany’s animal protection laws set out fines of up to €25,000 ($27,700; £19,000) for forcing animals to participate in what is termed as unnatural behaviour.
