Animal sex ban legislation may fail

Legislation to criminalise the sexual abuse of animals may fail to pass through the senate on Tuesday because of doubts about many of the details, the Telegraaf reports on Monday.

In particular, some members of the upper house are concerned about the effect of the legislation on artificial insemination programmes in factory farming, the paper says.
The legislation was drawn up by Labour MP Harm Evert Waalkens as a way of combating the animal pornography industry.
In the Netherlands, animal sex practitioners can currently only be prosecuted if it can be proved the animal has suffered. Because there is no ban, some experts say the Dutch animal porn industry is the biggest in the world.