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Wisconsin Assembly OKs tougher penalties for animal sex (UPDATE)

By: Associated Press//February 15, 2018//

Wisconsin Assembly OKs tougher penalties for animal sex (UPDATE)

By: Associated Press//February 15, 2018//

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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Assembly has approved a bill that would increase penalties for having sex with an animal.

The Assembly passed the bipartisan bill on Thursday on a voice vote. It next goes to the Senate.

The measure would make sex with an animal a felony punishable by up to six years in prison. The crime is now a misdemeanor. The bill also would increase penalties for repeat offenses.

The bill’s author, Republican state Rep. Andre Jacque, says his proposal comes in response to a case involving a Town of Eaton man who faces misdemeanor animal abuse charges for allegedly sexually assaulting a horse.

Animal-rights groups and police agencies support the bill.

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