You see, if you are a farmer and you jack off a horse to collect the semen, everything is fine.

But if an hour later you think "that was fun" and do the exact same thing again for fun, you committed a heinous act of animal abuse and need to go to prison.

Not because there's any difference in what you do with the horse - but because one is considered a "normal practice" by some people and the other is not.

I can totally understand you, but I always try to see both sides of things. Let´s not fall for the usual "us and them" mentality and see it from another perspective: "Our" community made a basic mistake several years ago by becoming too "tolerant" (I´d rather call it indiffferent). Any "newcomers" are welcome, regardless of their motives, their attitudes etc. Our numbers increased as more and more people joined the "zoo community"; sadly, it wasn´t only "true zoos" joining, but a vast number of people who want to "explore", want to "live out themselves". We also included all those whose major interest is porn, some of us even consider porn as a vital ingredient of our community. For someone viewing us from the outside, it must look like we´re infecting society with all our "animal fucking shit" as more and more bored people/couples and fantasizing individuals keep joining our visible representations (forums etc.). Additionally, more and more cases of fencehoppers, animal rippers and amateur porn producers make it to the headlines. For someone on the outside, phrases like "seen animal porn for the first time, been hooked ever since" shape a certain picture, namely that of a "sexual plague" that spreads among society. Especially online forums can have some kind of advertizig effect and it surely isn´t entirely made up by "them" outsiders that being able to talk about any fantasy including sex with animals has a significant encouraging effect on a significant percentage of community members to try it themselves "in natura". Don´t get me wrong, I also think that banning speech about bestiality/zoophilia isn´t favorable at all, but I see that our community has totally forgotten any responsibilities and became blinded by this distorted misinterpretation of "tolerance". I can only point at one of the rules we published two decades ago, the Zeta rules. One of them says "Don´t talk ´em in, talk ´em out". The real meaning behind that always was to avoid becoming a threat to society by placing quantity over quality. Especially zoophilia is dependent on the character qualities of each single individual, the quality of motive and attitude. Turning it into the "next big thing" in sexual fancy is what brought us to this point where even a ban on talking about bestiality/zoophilia becomes legit for the authorities.

Many accuse me of being a judgmental asshole, but I never do it because I want to be recognized as "the perfect zoo", residing above everybody else. I always do it because I want to protect our community from becoming something that poses a threat to society. Remember physics 101: Every action will be followed by an appropriate reaction. Exactly this is what seems to happen here: We became too visible, too vast in numbers because we counted everyone "in" without checking if the "aspirant" meets any moral stadards, without checking if he/she can meet all the responsibilities involved in zoophilia. We became indifferent and carried away by the illusion that we only had to increase our numbers to be heard. Now, "they" hear us...but what "they" hear and see is far from tolerable. We as a community became so self obsessed that we entirely lost the connection to the "normal" folks. This is what maybe will break our necks and drive us into oblivion. If our community does refuse to finally wake up like it did for decades now, we will lose everything. Not only our animals and reputation when caught, but even the possibility to communicate online. We all need to wake up before it´s too late. Things like banning us entirely from the net will happen when "tolerance" will kill common sense, when contact to the real world is lost.

Just to remind everyone: the Zeta rules weren´t made to judge you. They were made to ensure that our community can survive in a hostile environment. We as a community have failed to self organize enough so we´re not seen as a threat to society. We discarded any rules to ensure "tolerance" within our community. Now, this "tolerance" seems to backfire at us. You surely can put the blame on the "unjust and intolerant" society, but it was mainly our own fault. We missed out on shaping a public image that creates sympathy for us; instead we preferred to put out the picture of zoophilia as "just another kink/fetish" by letting all those pervos/fetishists/non zoos in. That´s what happens when an etire scene misses out on community hygiene. Don´t blame the "evil" authorities, it´s what our scene has become that forces them to counteract with bans, laws and stuff...

Funnily enough, their neighbor to the south, Massachusetts, makes it punishable by up to 20 years. But it's a "crimes against nature" law, and by its letter probably bans homosexuality and any other vague thing as well.