Florida authorities are powerless to prosecute a former animal shelter worker accused of performing sex acts on a dog because of a loophole in the state's anti-bestiality laws — a development that has outraged animal activists.
While a Sunshine State law enacted last year prohibits bestiality, it doesn't explicitly forbid oral sex with animals, the Tampa Bay Times reported Wednesday.
Now, animal advocacy groups are calling for an amendment to the law after the Pinellas-Pasco State Attorney's Office reportedly declined to charge suspect Eric Antunes with animal cruelty for allegedly engaging in oral sex with his girlfriend's three-legged pit-bull mix.
Antunes, however, does face child pornography-related charges after police said the Clearwater man allegedly admitted to downloading and viewing kiddie porn on his computer, according to reports.
“Animal cruelty?” What if the dog liked it?