Germany's ruling coalition is calling for a ban on bestiality - or the practice of having sex with animals.

The German parliament's agriculture committee is considering making it an offence not only to hurt an animal but also to force it into unnatural sex. Offenders could face a hefty fine.

But Michael Kiok, the chairman of the pressure group Zoophile Engagement for Tolerance and Information (Zeta), said he was going to take legal action to fight the proposed changes.

"It is unthinkable that any sexual act with an animal is punished without proof that the animal has come to any harm," he said, adding that animals are capable of showing what they do, or do not, want to do.

"We see animals as partners and not as a means of gratification. We don't force them to do anything. Animals are much easier to understand than women," Mr Kiok claimed.

But Michael Kiok, the chairman of the pressure group Zoophile Engagement for Tolerance and Information (Zeta), said he was going to take legal action to fight the proposed changes.
"It is unthinkable that any sexual act with an animal is punished without proof that the animal has come to any harm," he said, adding that animals are capable of showing what they do, or do not, want to do.

"Animals are much easier to understand than women," Mr Kiok claimed.

He's obviously never owned a cat.

I'm doubting whether you've ever owned a woman

Well no, not since they outlawed slavery

I was going to say 'had a cat' but.. y'know..

Do you really want to say that?

I am surprised that it was allowable already. Maybe Germany should be twinned with Norfolk?

Y'see, that's why I didn't.


Maybe it's one of those things nobody ever thought people needed to be told not to do...

I'd just assumed that sort of thing was already illegal everywhere in the civilised world.