Back when Chris Fariello was the Daily News sex columnist (you remember those days, don't you?), he answered a question from a young woman who wanted to know whether having sex with her dog could be considered cheating on her boyfriend.
Mr. Fariello was nonjudgmental and wrote about the problems inherent in human-animal intercourse. One of those problems that he really didn't touch on was that man-woman sex with cat-dog-pelican-whatever is illegal.
Now we don't know what priority the law enforcement folks put on putting pet molesters away. We assume it's less than they put on murderers, rapists (of humans), armed robbers with bullet-absorbing vests and helmets and 7,000 rounds of ammunition for their 17 AK-47s.
But it's probably more than they put on CEOs of gigantic corporations who take money off the top, accept huge salaries and huger bonuses. We think they wait for such cases to be shoved up their ... noses before taking actions.
Which is the long way of saying an Illinois man is being hunted on a charge of having sex with a pit bull-boxer mix.
Daniel J. Joyner, 27, was named after police investigated a complaint from the dog's owner.
Seems the dog lost all its aggressiveness after the sexual interlude. And what's a pit bull good for if not to tear off the faces of suspected intruders and children below the age of 12?
So anyway, Joyner faces felony charges of engaging in sexual conduct with an animal and criminal damage to property. He could face up to nine years in prison and $75,000.
The good news comes from Debra Bree an assistant state attorney in Kane County, which we assume is in Illinois.
Bree pointed out that although reports of animal abuse and cruelty have increased, reports of people having sex with animals has declined.
Of course, it could be that many victims have stopped reporting such cases, believing that police just wouldn't believe them.

Posted at July 19, 2004 12:45 PM