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Federal Law on Bestiality

The federal law on bestiality in the United States, including the lack of a standalone criminal statute and the reliance on federal obscenity laws and interstate distribution statutes.

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What federal statutes or federal prosecutions, if any, have addressed possession or distribution of depictions of bestiality?

Federal law contains no stand‑alone criminal statute that specifically outlaws possession of visual depictions of for civilians; instead, enforcement has relied on federal laws, interstate distributio...