Irreligious Finland and bestiality

Minna Ruotsalo, chief inspector at Finland's Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, said concerning bestiality, "some persons that engage in the activity have contacted us saying that they would be concerned were the act to be criminalised in Finland".[1]

According to a 2010 Eurobarometer Poll, 33% of Finnish citizens "believe there is a God". (In 2005, the figure was 41%).[2]

A prominent Finnish news website reported in July of 2015:

“  |  Finland is indeed a last bastion of bestiality. Here a person can have sex with an animal as long as the animal is not harmed. The absence of legislation against bestiality makes the nation one of the last in the European Union not to institute a legal ban.

As the law currently stands in Finland, a person can engage in sexual intercourse with an animal as long as it cannot be proved that the animal has been treated too roughly or cruelly or that the act has caused unnecessary pain and suffering.

...Finland legalised bestiality in 1971, following in the footsteps of other European countries. It was thought that criminalising the act was not the right way to deal with people who are likely to suffer from mental illness or who are simply lonely.[3]

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See also: Irreligious Finland and loneliness and Secular Europe and loneliness and Atheism and loneliness

Minna Ruotsalo, chief inspector at Finland's Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, said concerning bestiality, "some persons that engage in the activity have contacted us saying that they would be concerned were the act to be criminalised in Finland".[4]

## See also[edit]

* Atheism and bestiality

* Irreligious Finland and alcoholism

* Geographic areas where bestiality is posing a notable problem

* Atheist population and immorality

* Atheism

## References[edit]

1. ↑ Yes, in Finland you can have sex with your pet, July 14, 2015
2. ↑ Special Eurobarometer Biotechnology (PDF) (Fieldwork: January–February 2010;Publication: October 2010). Retrieved on 2012-10-17.
3. ↑ Yes, in Finland you can have sex with your pet, July 14, 2015
4. ↑ Yes, in Finland you can have sex with your pet, July 14, 2015