{"id":328441,"date":"2017-09-30T23:11:40","date_gmt":"2017-09-30T22:11:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/bestiality-to-become-illegal-in-nevada-as-new-law-comes-into-effect\/"},"modified":"2017-09-30T23:11:40","modified_gmt":"2017-09-30T22:11:40","slug":"bestiality-to-become-illegal-in-nevada-as-new-law-comes-into-effect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/bestiality-to-become-illegal-in-nevada-as-new-law-comes-into-effect\/","title":{"rendered":"Bestiality to become illegal in Nevada as new law comes into effect"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.rt.com\/files\/2017.09\/thumbnail\/59cff3d0fc7e93ed338b4567.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><time class=\"date date_article-header\">Published time: 30 Sep, 2017 20:37 <\/time><\/p>\n<p>        A law rendering bestiality a crime is amongst a raft of new legislative measures that comes into effect in Nevada Sunday. <\/p>\n<div class=\"article__text text  js-mediator-article\">\n<p>People who violate the new bestiality law can have their pets taken away from them, being banned from working with animals and having to to undergo a mental health evaluation.<\/p>\n<p>Sex with an animal is not a crime on a federal level in the US meaning states have to create their own laws banning it. Nevada had been one of only a handful of states without a law against the practice.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/usa\/368946-ohio-senate-banning-bestiality\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">READ MORE: Ohio finally getting around to banning bestiality<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The bill passed unanimously in the state&#8217;s Assembly earlier this year. After the vote, lawmakers put a box of animal crackers on the desk of the sponsor, Assemblyman Richard Carrillo.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reviewjournal.com\/news\/politics-and-government\/nevada\/nevada-bestiality-law-goes-into-effect-sunday\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Las Vegas Review Journal<\/a> report that more than 100 new laws come into effect in the Silver State Sunday, including one making baby-changing tables a requirement in men\u2019s restrooms and regulating edible marijuana products.<\/p>\n<p>Other pieces of legislation adds prison time for felonies committed against police officers and other emergency responders. The laws were passed by the 2017 Legislature.<\/p>\n<p>Michigan and Ohio also passed laws outlawing bestiality in recent years. The crime is a misdemeanour in Florida. However, that didn\u2019t stop a man from allegedly raping a woman\u2019s goats last year.<\/p>\n<p>Sharon Cruz-Pecina took the drastic step of making a public plea for the suspect to stop raping her goats.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Please leave my goats alone,&#8221; <\/em>Cruz-Pecina told <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wjhg.com\/home\/headlines\/Caryville-woman-believes-her-goats-are-being-sexually-assaulted-367586041.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">WJHG News<\/a>.<em> &#8220;Please repent, please turn yourself in.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/usa\/405164-nevada-law-bans-bestiality\/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=RSS\">RT<\/a>. This piece was reprinted by <a href=\"http:\/\/rinf.com\">RINF Alternative News<\/a> with permission or license.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Published time: 30 Sep, 2017 20:37 A law rendering bestiality a crime is amongst a raft of new legislative measures that comes into effect in Nevada Sunday. 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