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| Enumclaw-area animal-sex case investigated - (Al-Qaeda Sleepless in Seattle?) |
| 2005-07-15 |
| HT Bill Handel, KFI Los Angeles By Jennifer Sullivan Seattle Times staff reporter King County sheriff's detectives are investigating the owners of an Enumclaw-area farm after a Seattle man died from injuries sustained while having sex with a horse boarded on the property. Investigators first learned of the farm after the man died at Enumclaw Community Hospital July 2. The county Medical Examiner's Office ruled that the death was accidental and the result of having sex with a horse. A surveillance camera picked up the license plate of the car that dropped the man off at the hospital, which led detectives to the farm and other people involved, said sheriff's Sgt. John Urquhart. Deputies don't believe a crime occurred because bestiality is not illegal in Washington state and the horse was uninjured, said Urquhart. But because investigators found chickens, goats and sheep on the property, they are looking into whether animal cruelty — which is a crime — was committed by having sex with these smaller, weaker animals, he said. The farm was talked about in Internet chat rooms as a destination for people looking to have sex with livestock, he said. "A significant number of people, we believe, have likely visited this farm," said Urquhart. The Humane Society of the United States intends to use the case during the next state legislative session as an example of why sex with animals should be outlawed in Washington, said Bob Reder, a Humane Society regional director in Seattle. "This and a few other cases that we have will allow us a platform to talk about sex abuse of animals," Reder said. Thirty-three states ban sex with animals, he said. Susan Michaels, co-founder of local animal-rights organization Pasado's Safe Haven, said she has been fighting to have bestiality made illegal. "It's animal cruelty behind closed doors," Michaels said. Jennifer Sullivan: 206-464-8294 or jensullivan@seattletimes.com Notice? No names. A PC paper like the Seattle Times must have a reason. |
| Posted by:BigEd |
| #5 Damn, this story even left Joe speechless! |
| Posted by: whitecollar redneck 2005-07-15 23:15 |
| #4 WWWhhhaaaaatttt the ..........??? |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2005-07-15 22:40 |
| #3 Wiillbbuurr |
| Posted by: Frank G 2005-07-15 22:34 |
| #2 goddam horse rapist! >:( hury up an paser law alredy so this peples can be prosecute! in other thawts tho, ima wunder ifn em horse hadder good laff wen she saw whatn she was bein thretend with. |
| Posted by: muck4doo 2005-07-15 22:23 |
| #1 What a way to risk catching the Bird Flu! Do any of the Chinese species migrate westward instead of east or south? |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2005-07-15 17:47 |