# Can you rape an animal?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-rape-an-animal/309069
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion
**Created:** [June 20, 2005, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-rape-an-animal/309069 "2005-06-20T16:34:01Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)
#### Post date: [June 20, 2005, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-rape-an-animal/309069/1 "2005-06-20T16:34:01Z")
They called what this guy did rape. Until the dog died…
[http://www.fox21.com/Global/story.asp?S=3456745](http://www.fox21.com/Global/story.asp?S=3456745)
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### Author:  [@Beadalin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beadalin)
#### Post date: [June 20, 2005, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-rape-an-animal/309069/2 "2005-06-20T16:40:17Z")
In as much as a dog is incapable of giving consent (and it sounds like the dog was both unwilling and harmed by it), then yeah, sounds like rape to me.
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### Author:  [@scr4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scr4)
#### Post date: [June 20, 2005, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-rape-an-animal/309069/3 "2005-06-20T16:52:55Z")
> [@Beadalin](#):
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> In as much as a dog is incapable of giving consent…
You haven’t been around dogs much, have you? :eek: 😃
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### Author:  [@SisterCoyote](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SisterCoyote)
#### Post date: [June 20, 2005, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-rape-an-animal/309069/4 "2005-06-20T17:08:54Z")
By law, animals cannot give “informed consent.”
Ergo, I believe, all, um bestalist contact could be called rape.
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### Author:  [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)
#### Post date: [June 20, 2005, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-rape-an-animal/309069/5 "2005-06-20T17:14:07Z")
Does the dog have to be above the age of consent in human years or dog years?
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### Author:  [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)
#### Post date: [June 20, 2005, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-rape-an-animal/309069/6 "2005-06-20T17:38:16Z")
I wouldn’t try it with a porcupine.
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### Author:  [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)
#### Post date: [June 20, 2005, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-rape-an-animal/309069/7 "2005-06-20T18:27:24Z")
I wouldn’t try it with a fox, I wouldn’t stick it in its box.
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### Author:  [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)
#### Post date: [June 20, 2005, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-rape-an-animal/309069/8 "2005-06-20T18:33:39Z")
That was a dog that looked like it could do some damage, too.
If you’re going to rape a dog, find something with a nice [fluffy rear](http://www.akita.inter1.pl/pliki/duze/rozne/sumo_19.jpg).
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### Author:  [@clairobscur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clairobscur)
#### Post date: [June 20, 2005, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-rape-an-animal/309069/9 "2005-06-20T18:50:08Z")
Indeed, animals can’t give consent. However, taking in a kitten isn’t called “kidnapping”, butchering a cow isn’t called “murder” and having a horse pull a cart isn’t called “slavery”.
So, I dispute the claim that sexual intercourses with an animal should be called “rape”.
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### Author:  [@Metacom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Metacom)
#### Post date: [June 20, 2005, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-rape-an-animal/309069/10 "2005-06-20T18:55:36Z")
> [@clairobscur](#):
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> So, I dispute the claim that sexual intercourses with an animal should be called “rape”.
I agree with this, although I’d say that when extreme coercion and physical damage is done (like in this case) “rape” isn’t that bad a word.
And just to continue something that began earlier…
> [@Cervaise](#):
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> I wouldn’t try it with a fox, I wouldn’t stick it in its box.
I wouldn’t do it with a bear, I couldn’t stick it in his derriere.
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### Author:  [@DougC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DougC)
#### Post date: [June 20, 2005, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-rape-an-animal/309069/11 "2005-06-20T18:58:05Z")
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- I will not stick it in a goat, I will not stick it in a boat…
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### Author:  [@audiobottle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/audiobottle)
#### Post date: [June 20, 2005, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-rape-an-animal/309069/12 "2005-06-20T18:59:58Z")
I understand that the story is shocking mainly for the very uncommon (at least I pray it’s uncommon) violating of the dog. But why is there almost no mention at all of the fact that he apparently also molested a 3 year old girl and committed statutory rape with a 13 year old girl? Is it just because you really can’t give many details in the interest of the minors’ privacy rights?
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### Author:  [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)
#### Post date: [June 20, 2005, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-rape-an-animal/309069/13 "2005-06-20T19:00:41Z")
. . .I wouldn’t stick it in a mole, I would not COULD NOT in his hole. . .
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### Author:  [@Metacom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Metacom)
#### Post date: [June 20, 2005, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-rape-an-animal/309069/14 "2005-06-20T19:06:48Z")
I once did it with a mare; I got up there with a chair.
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### Author:  [@Indygrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indygrrl)
#### Post date: [June 20, 2005, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-rape-an-animal/309069/15 "2005-06-20T19:11:48Z")
> [@audiobottle](#):
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> I understand that the story is shocking mainly for the very uncommon (at least I pray it’s uncommon) violating of the dog. But why is there almost no mention at all of the fact that he apparently also molested a 3 year old girl and committed statutory rape with a 13 year old girl? Is it just because you really can’t give many details in the interest of the minors’ privacy rights?
That kid is a fucking sociopath.
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### Author:  [@PapSett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PapSett)
#### Post date: [June 20, 2005, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-rape-an-animal/309069/16 "2005-06-20T19:18:51Z")
> [@Trunk](#):
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> That was a dog that looked like it could do some damage, too.
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> If you’re going to rape a dog, find something with a nice [fluffy rear](http://www.akita.inter1.pl/pliki/duze/rozne/sumo_19.jpg).
☹ Not even funny Trunk .
Besides , you obviously don’y know dog breed very well ; that ‘nice fluffy rear’ belongs to an Akita , who can MORE than take care of itself 😃 . On second thought , maybe a dog molester SHOULD try to have their way with an Akita . They might just get what they deserve .
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### Author:  [@elfbabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfbabe)
#### Post date: [June 20, 2005, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-rape-an-animal/309069/17 "2005-06-20T19:34:49Z")
I would not, _could not_, with a lamb!
You’re one sick bastard, Sam-I-Am!
… I think I could parody ALL of Green Eggs and Ham like this, but it’s probably not a good idea.
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### Author:  [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)
#### Post date: [June 20, 2005, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-rape-an-animal/309069/18 "2005-06-20T19:47:56Z")
Holy shit. The kid raped a _Pit Bull!_
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### Author:  [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)
#### Post date: [June 20, 2005, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-rape-an-animal/309069/19 "2005-06-20T19:57:16Z")
> [@](#):
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> The Solicitor’s office says it wants to make sure Williamson is out of this neighborhood while he’s awaiting trial on the molestation and **dog rape** charges so they are requesting that his bond be revoked.
How weird. I’d be very surprised if there actually was a statutory crime named “dog rape” in South Carolina. I wonder if there’s a “dog murder” or “burglary of a dog habitation” charge. 😕
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### Author:  [@DougC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DougC)
#### Post date: [June 20, 2005, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-rape-an-animal/309069/20 "2005-06-20T21:26:14Z")
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- That dog is not-exactly a pit bull, it’s a bull-terrier mix. Not far from it, but not quite the same. Can certainly do damage, I tend to wonder if he got the dog drunk first…
"here now, see sir, try your luck sir,
here’s more animals to \*\*\*\* sir, , , "
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