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Bestiality is also known as Buggery, Animal Sexual Assault, A Crime Against Nature, and Zoophilia. Bestiality or Zoophilia is defined as a “paraphilia that is an affinity, attraction, or sexual attraction by a human to non-human animals.”
There are three types: 1) Opportunisitc or Safety-Value Sex , which is a type of abuse that is "often viewed as the act of a curicous youth or a lonely person." An opportunitistic abuser seeks out the most accessible and vulnerable animals for sexual gratification or arousal and the abuser generally acts in a non-threatening manner to the animal. The abuser generally decides to have sex with the animal due to boredom, insecurity, and curiousity or looking for a substitute to a human partner.