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Animal Welfare Advocacy

The efforts of animal welfare organizations and legal scholars to document and address the patchwork of bestiality laws in the US.

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Jan 25, 2026
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Which states updated or enacted bestiality laws since 2023, and what penalties did they adopt?

A clear legislative push to accelerated around 2023, with the reporting and enacted explicit prohibitions in 2023 , and New Mexico’s statute codified penalties including a fourth-degree felony for pro...

Jan 10, 2026
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Which U.S. states still lacked explicit bestiality statutes as of 2023 and what legislative changes closed those gaps?

By the end of 2023, the national patchwork that once left several U.S. jurisdictions without explicit criminal statutes against sexual conduct with animals had been largely closed: reporting from the ...