Legality of bestiality by country or territory

Laws affecting zoophilic activities vary across different countries and other sub-national jurisdictions. In general, these laws regulate performing or receiving [...] activity from non-human animals, or the sale, distribution, and ownership of zoophilic [...].

Zoophile-related laws by country or territory

Legality of zoophilia by country or territory Illegal;

Africa

Northern Africa

Country or territory	Zoosexual activity	Sale and distribution of zoophilic [...]	Ownership of zoophilic [...]
Algeria	Illegal since June 8, 1966 Penalty: Maximum of three years in prison and a fine 10,000 Algerian dinars	Unknown	Unknown
Canary Islands (Autonomous community of Spain)	Illegal since March 30, 2015 Penalty: Minimum of three months and one day to a maximum of one year of imprisonment and a year disqualification and a day to three years for the exercise of profession, trade or business that is related to animals and animal husbandry	Unknown	Unknown
Ceuta (Autonomous city of Spain)	Illegal since March 30, 2015 Penalty: Minimum of three months and one day to a maximum of one year of imprisonment and a year disqualification and a day to three years for the exercise of profession, trade or business that is related to animals and animal husbandry	Unknown	Unknown
Egypt	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Libya	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Madeira (Autonomous region of Portugal)	Illegal Penalty: Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Melilla (Autonomous city of Spain)	Illegal since March 30, 2015 Penalty: Minimum of three months and one day to a maximum of one year of imprisonment and a year disqualification and a day to three years for the exercise of profession, trade or business that is related to animals and animal husbandry	Unknown	Unknown
Morocco	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
South Sudan	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Sudan	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Tunisia	Illegal Penalty: Maximum of three years imprisonment	Unknown	Unknown

Western Africa

Country or territory	Zoosexual activity	Sale and distribution of zoophilic [...]	Ownership of zoophilic [...]
Benin	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Burkina Faso	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Cape Verde	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Côte d'Ivoire	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Gambia	Illegal Penalty: Maximum of fourteen years imprisonment	Unknown	Unknown
Ghana	Illegal Penalty: Maximum of three years imprisonment	Unknown	Unknown
Guinea	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Guinea-Bissau	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Liberia	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Mali	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Mauritania	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Niger	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Nigeria	Illegal Penalty: Maximum of fourteen years imprisonment	Unknown	Unknown
Senegal	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Sierra Leone	Illegal Penalty: Maximum of life imprisonment	Unknown	Unknown
Togo	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown

Central Africa

Country or territory	Zoosexual activity	Sale and distribution of zoophilic [...]	Ownership of zoophilic [...]
Cameroon	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Central African Republic	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Chad	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Democratic Republic of the Congo	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Equatorial Guinea	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Gabon	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Republic of the Congo	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (Overseas territory of the United Kingdom)	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
São Tomé and Príncipe	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown

Southeast Africa

Country or territory	Zoosexual activity	Sale and distribution of zoophilic [...]	Ownership of zoophilic [...]
Burundi	Illegal Penalty: Minimum of one year imprisonment, maximum of three years imprisonment, fine of fifty thousand to one hundred thousand francs, or both	Unknown	Unknown
Kenya	Illegal Penalty: Maximum of fourteen years imprisonment or the common law offense	Unknown	Unknown
Rwanda	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Uganda	Illegal Penalty: Maximum of life imprisonment	Unknown	Unknown
Tanzania	Illegal Penalty: Maximum of life imprisonment	Unknown	Unknown

Horn of Africa

Country or territory	Zoosexual activity	Sale and distribution of zoophilic [...]	Ownership of zoophilic [...]
Djibouti	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Eritrea	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Ethiopia	Illegal Penalty: Imprisonment	Unknown	Unknown
Somalia	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Somaliland	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown

Indian Ocean States

Country or territory	Zoosexual activity	Sale and distribution of zoophilic [...]	Ownership of zoophilic [...]
British Indian Ocean Territory (Overseas territory of the United Kingdom)	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Comoros	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
French Southern and Antarctic Lands (Overseas territory of France)	Illegal since March 9, 2004 Penalty: Maximum of 2 years in prison and €30,000 fine	Unknown	Unknown
Madagascar	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Mauritius	Illegal Penalty: Maximum of five years imprisonment	Unknown	Unknown
Mayotte (Overseas department of France)	Illegal since March 9, 2004 Penalty: Maximum of 2 years in prison and €30,000 fine	Unknown	Unknown
Réunion (Overseas department of France)	Illegal since March 9, 2004 Penalty: Maximum of 2 years in prison and €30,000 fine	Unknown	Unknown
Seychelles	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown

Southern Africa

Country or territory	Zoosexual activity	Sale and distribution of zoophilic [...]	Ownership of zoophilic [...]
Angola	Illegal Penalty: A bond of good behavior, being put on probation for a certain period, or internment in a workhouse or agricultural colony for a maximum of three years	Unknown	Unknown
Botswana	Illegal Penalty: Maximum of seven years imprisonment	Unknown	Unknown
Lesotho	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Malawi	Illegal Penalty: Maximum of fourteen years imprisonment, with or without corporal punishment	Unknown	Unknown
Mozambique	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Namibia	Illegal Penalty: Determined by judge	Unknown	Unknown
South Africa	Illegal Penalty: Determined by judge	Illegal Penalty: Maximum of five years in prison and R200,000 fine	Unknown
Swaziland	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Zambia	Illegal Penalty: Maximum of life imprisonment	Unknown	Unknown
Zimbabwe	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown

Americas

North America

Country or territory	Zoosexual activity	Sale and distribution of zoophilic [...]	Ownership of zoophilic [...]
Bermuda (Overseas territory of the United Kingdom)	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Canada	Illegal Penalty: Maximum of ten years imprisonment or is guilty of an offense punishable on summary conviction	Illegal Penalty: Unknown	Legal
Greenland (Constituent country of the Kingdom of Denmark)	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Saint Pierre et Miquelon (Overseas collectivity of France)	Illegal since March 9, 2004 Penalty: Maximum of 2 years in prison and €30,000 fine	Unknown	Unknown

United Mexican States

Country, federal district, or state	Zoosexual activity	Sale and distribution of zoophilic [...]	Ownership of zoophilic [...]
Mexico	N/A	N/A	N/A
Aguascalientes	Illegal since 2009 Penalty: Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Baja California	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Baja California Sur	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Campeche	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Chiapas	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Chihuahua	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Coahuila	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Colima	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Durango	Illegal since 2013 Penalty: Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Guanajuato	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Guerrero	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Hidalgo	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Jalisco	Illegal since 2012 Penalty: unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Michoacán	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Morelos	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Mexico	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Mexico City	Illegal Penalty: Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Nayarit	Illegal since 2006 Penalty: Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Nuevo León	Illegal since 2016 Penalty: Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Oaxaca	Illegal since 2015 Penalty: Maximum of one year in prison and a fine of 800 days of salary	Unknown	Unknown
Puebla	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Querétaro	Illegal since 2009 Penalty: Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Quintana Roo	Illegal since 2013 Penalty: Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
San Luis Potosí	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Sinaloa	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Sonora	Illegal Penalty: Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Tabasco	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Tamaulipas	Illegal since 2010 Penalty: Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Tlaxcala	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Veracruz	Illegal since 2010 Penalty: Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Yucatán	Illegal since 2011 'Penalty: Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Zacatecas	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown

United States

Central America

In the early 2000s, [...] with animals was legal in all Central American countries except Belize. From 2011 to 2017, all Central American countries banned it.

Country or territory	Zoosexual activity	Sale and distribution of zoophilic [...]	Ownership of zoophilic [...]
Belize	Illegal Penalty: Maximum of ten years imprisonment	Unknown	Unknown
Clipperton Island (Overseas minor territory of France)	Illegal since March 9, 2004 Penalty: Maximum of 2 years in prison and €30,000 fine	Unknown	Unknown
Costa Rica	Illegal since 2015 Penalty: Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
El Salvador	Illegal since 2016 Penalty: Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Guatemala	Illegal since 2017 Penalty: Unknown	Illegal since 2017 Penalty: Unknown	Unknown
Honduras	Illegal since 2015 Penalty: Seizure of animals, and 10 minimum salaries to 25 minimum salaries	Unknown	Unknown
Nicaragua	Illegal since 2011 Penalty: Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Panama	Illegal since 2012 Penalty: Unknown	Unknown	Unknown

Caribbean

Country or territory	Zoosexual activity	Sale and distribution of zoophilic [...]	Ownership of zoophilic [...]
Anguilla (Overseas territory of the United Kingdom)	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Antigua and Barbuda	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Aruba (Constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands)	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Bahamas	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Barbados	Illegal Penalty: Maximum of life imprisonment	Unknown	Unknown
British Virgin Islands (Overseas territory of the United Kingdom)	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Caribbean Netherlands (Bonaire, Sint Eustatius, Saba; Special municipalities of the Netherlands)	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Cayman Islands (Overseas territory of the United Kingdom)	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Cuba	Legal	Unknown	Unknown
Curaçao (Constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands)	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Dominica	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Dominican Republic	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Grenada	Illegal Penalty: Maximum of ten years imprisonment	Unknown	Unknown
Guadeloupe (Overseas department of France)	Illegal since March 9, 2004 Penalty: Maximum of 2 years in prison and €30,000 fine	Unknown	Unknown
Guantanamo Bay Naval Base (Extraterritorial jurisdiction of the United States)	Legal for civilians Illegal for armed service members since September 16, 2016 Penalty: Maximum of dishonorable discharge, forfeiture of all pay and allowances, and confinement for 5 years.	Unknown	Unknown
Haiti	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Jamaica	Illegal Penalty: Maximum of ten years imprisonment and hard labor	Unknown	Unknown
Martinique (Overseas department of France)	Illegal since March 9, 2004 Penalty: Maximum of 2 years in prison and €30,000 fine	Unknown	Unknown
Montserrat (Overseas territory of the United Kingdom)	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Puerto Rico (Commonwealth of the United States)	Illegal Penalty: Maximum of 6 months in prison and a $25,000 fine	Unknown	Unknown
Saint Barthélemy (Overseas collectivity of France)	Illegal since March 9, 2004 Penalty: Maximum of 2 years in prison and €30,000 fine	Unknown	Unknown
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Illegal Penalty: Maximum of four years imprisonment, with or without hard labor for buggery Maximum of four years imprisonment for attempted buggery	Unknown	Unknown
Saint Lucia	Illegal Penalty: Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Saint Martin (Overseas collectivity of France)	Illegal since March 9, 2004 Penalty: Maximum of 2 years in prison and €30,000 fine	Unknown	Unknown
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Illegal Penalty: Maximum of ten years imprisonment	Unknown	Unknown
Sint Maarten (Constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands)	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Trinidad and Tobago	Illegal Penalty: Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Turks and Caicos Islands (Overseas territory of the United Kingdom)	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
United States Virgin Islands (Insular area of the United States)	Illegal Penalty: Maximum of five years imprisonment	Illegal Penalty: Unknown	Illegal Penalty: Unknown

South America

Country or territory	Zoosexual activity	Sale and distribution of zoophilic [...]	Ownership of zoophilic [...]
Argentina	Legal	Unknown	Unknown
Bolivia	Illegal since July 1, 2015 Penalty: Maximum of 1 year imprisonment and a fine of 60 days, or lose work benefits of 6 months	Unknown	Unknown
Brazil	Illegal since 2015 Penalty: Maximum of three years imprisonment or a minimum of 1 year imprisonment, and a fine	Illegal	Legal
Chile	Legal	Unknown	Unknown
Colombia	Illegal since 2015 Penalty: Maximum of 63 months imprisonment or a minimum of 21 months imprisonment, special inability of 1.75 to 5.25 years for the exercise of profession, trade, trade or tenure related to animals, and a maximum fine of 105 minimum wages or a minimum of 8.75 minimum wages	Unknown	Unknown
Ecuador	Illegal Penalty: Maximum of 8 years in prison	Unknown	Unknown
Falkland Islands (Overseas territory of the United Kingdom)	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
French Guiana (Overseas department of France)	Illegal since March 9, 2004 Penalty: Maximum of 2 years in prison and €30,000 fine	Unknown	Unknown
Guyana	Illegal Penalty: Maximum of life imprisonment	Unknown	Unknown
Paraguay	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Peru	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Suriname	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Uruguay	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Venezuela	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown

Asia

Central Asia

Country or territory	Zoosexual activity	Sale and distribution of zoophilic [...]	Ownership of zoophilic [...]
Kazakhstan	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Kyrgyzstan	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Tajikistan	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Turkmenistan	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Uzbekistan	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown

Eurasia

Country or territory	Zoosexual activity	Sale and distribution of zoophilic [...]	Ownership of zoophilic [...]
Akrotiri and Dhekelia (Overseas territory of the United Kingdom)	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Armenia	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Cyprus	Illegal Penalty: Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Georgia	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Northern Cyprus	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown

Western Asia

Country or territory	Zoosexual activity	Sale and distribution of zoophilic [...]	Ownership of zoophilic [...]
Bahrain	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Iran	Illegal Penalty: First three convictions are determined by a judge Fourth offense is capital punishment	Unknown	Unknown
Iraq	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Israel	Legal since 1977	Unknown	Unknown
Jordan	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Kuwait	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Lebanon	Illegal since March 1, 1943 Penalty: Maximum of one year imprisonment	Unknown	Unknown
Oman	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Palestine	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Qatar	Illegal Penalty: Maximum of capital punishment	Unknown	Unknown
Saudi Arabia	Illegal Penalty: Maximum of capital punishment	Unknown	Unknown
Syria	Illegal since June 22, 1949 Penalty: Maximum of three years imprisonment	Unknown	Unknown
United Arab Emirates	Illegal Penalty: Maximum of capital punishment	Unknown	Unknown
Yemen	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown

Southern Asia

Country or territory	Zoosexual activity	Sale and distribution of zoophilic [...]	Ownership of zoophilic [...]
Afghanistan	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Bangladesh	Illegal since July 25, 1828 (As part of Company rule in India) Penalty: Maximum of life imprisonment (Unenforced)	Unknown	Unknown
Bhutan	Illegal Penalty: Maximum of one year imprisonment	Unknown	Unknown
India	Illegal since July 25, 1828 (As part of Company rule in India) Penalty: Maximum of life imprisonment	Unknown	Unknown
Maldives	Illegal Penalty: Maximum of thirty months imprisonment	Unknown	Unknown
Nepal	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Pakistan	Illegal since July 25, 1828 (As part of Company rule in India) Penalty: Maximum of life imprisonment (Unenforced)	Unknown	Unknown
Sri Lanka	Illegal Penalty: Maximum of ten years imprisonment (Unenforced)	Unknown	Unknown

Eastern Asia

Country or territory	Zoosexual activity	Sale and distribution of zoophilic [...]	Ownership of zoophilic [...]
China	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Hong Kong (Special administrative region of China)	Illegal (Penalty: Maximum of 10 years in prison and $50,000 fine)	Unknown	Unknown
Japan	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Macau (Special administrative region of China)	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Mongolia	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
North Korea	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
South Korea	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Taiwan	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown

Southeast Asia

Country or territory	Zoosexual activity	Sale and distribution of zoophilic [...]	Ownership of zoophilic [...]
Brunei	Illegal Penalty: Maximum of capital punishment	Unknown	Unknown
Myanmar	Illegal Penalty: Maximum of life imprisonment	Unknown	Unknown
Cambodia	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
East Timor	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Laos	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Malaysia	Illegal Penalty: Maximum of twenty years imprisonment and shall also be liable to whipping	Unknown	Unknown
Philippines	Legal	Unknown	Unknown
Singapore	Illegal Penalty: Maximum of two years in prison and fine (Unenforced)	Unknown	Unknown
Thailand	Illegal since 2014 Penalty: Maximum of one year in prison and a fine of up to Bt20,000	Unknown	Unknown
Vietnam	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown

Republic of Indonesia

Country or territory	Zoosexual activity	Sale and distribution of zoophilic [...]	Ownership of zoophilic [...]
Indonesia	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Aceh	Illegal Penalty: Maximum of being whipped one hundred times	Unknown	Unknown
Bali	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Bangka–Belitung Islands	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Banten	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Bengkulu	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Central Java	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Central Kalimantan	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Central Sulawesi	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
East Java	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
East Kalimantan	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
East Nusa Tenggara	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Gorontalo	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Jakarta	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Jambi	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Lampung	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Maluku	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
North Kalimantan	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
North Maluku	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
North Sulawesi	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
North Sumatra	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Papua	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Riau	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Riau Islands	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Southeast Sulawesi	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
South Kalimantan	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
South Sulawesi	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
South Sumatra	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
West Java	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
West Kalimantan	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
West Nusa Tenggara	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
West Papua	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
West Sulawesi	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
West Sumatra	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Yogyakarta	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown

Europe

Central Europe

Country or territory	Zoosexual activity	Sale and distribution of zoophilic [...]	Ownership of zoophilic [...]
Austria	Illegal Penalty: Unknown	Illegal Penalty: Maximum of a year imprisonment and a fine of 360 day’s rates	Legal
Croatia	Illegal Penalty: Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Czech Republic	Legal	Illegal Penalty: Maximum of a 1-year imprisonment, prohibition to undertake an activity, or to confiscation of a thing or another property value	Legal
Germany	Legal since December 8, 2015, if the animal is not compelled to act contrary to the law Illegal since July 13, 2013, if the animal is compelled to act contrary to the law Penalty: Maximum of a €25,000 fine	Illegal Penalty: Maximum of a fine or 3 years imprisonment	Legal (as long as it is not owned with intention of publicizing, sharing or selling)
Hungary	Legal	Illegal Penalty: Unknown	Legal
Liechtenstein	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Poland	Illegal Penalty: Maximum of 3 years in prison, donation to animal welfare charity and prohibition of owning an animal for up to 10 years (If done in order to distribute or sell the penalty is increased to a minimum of 6 months and maximum of 8 years in prison)	Illegal Penalty: Maximum 5 years to a minimum of 3 months imprisonment	Unknown
Romania	Legal	Unknown; Law only mentions a ban on "sites with [...] zoophilic content", which are to be blocked by ISPs at the request of the National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications	Legal
Slovakia	Illegal Penalty: Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Slovenia	Illegal Penalty: Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Switzerland	Illegal Penalty: Imprisonment (In the case of repeated or serious infringements, authorities may prohibit the keeping or breeding of animals for trade or professional occupation)	Illegal Penalty: Unknown	Illegal Penalty: Unknown

Eastern Europe

Country or territory	Zoosexual activity	Sale and distribution of zoophilic [...]	Ownership of zoophilic [...]
Abkhazia	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Armenia	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Azerbaijan	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Belarus	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Georgia	Illegal Penalty: Unknown	Illegal Penalty: Unknown	Illegal Penalty: Unknown
Kazakhstan	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Moldova	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Artsakh	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Russia	Legal since 1903	Illegal Penalty: Unknown	Illegal Penalty: Unknown
South Ossetia	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Transnistria	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Ukraine	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown

Northern Europe

Country or territory	Zoosexual activity	Sale and distribution of zoophilic [...]	Ownership of zoophilic [...]
Denmark	Illegal since July 1, 2015 Penalty: Fine or a maximum of 4 months in prison	Legal	Unknown
Estonia	Illegal Penalty: Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Faroe Islands (Constituent country of the Kingdom of Denmark)	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Finland	Legal since January 15, 1971	Illegal Penalty: Unknown	Illegal Penalty: Unknown
Iceland	Legal since August 12, 1940 (As part of Denmark)	Legal	Unknown
Latvia	Illegal Penalty: Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Lithuania	Illegal Penalty: Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Norway	Illegal since 2008 Penalty: Fine and/or maximum of 3 years in prison.	Illegal Penalty: Unknown	Illegal Penalty: Unknown
Sweden	Illegal since 2014 Penalty: Fine, maximum of 2 years imprisonment, or both	Emblem-question.svg	Emblem-question.svg

Southern Europe

Country or territory	Zoosexual activity	Sale and distribution of zoophilic [...]	Ownership of zoophilic [...]
Albania	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Andorra	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Bulgaria	Illegal Penalty: Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Gibraltar (Overseas territory of the United Kingdom)	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Greece	Illegal Penalty: Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Italy	No specific laws against zoosexual activity, but in 2012 the Supreme Court of Cassation sentenced a man to six months in jail for forcing his dogs to have [...] with women. Penalty: Unknown	Legal	Legal
Macedonia	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Malta	Illegal Penalty: Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Montenegro	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Portugal	Illegal Penalty: Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
San Marino	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Serbia	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Spain	Illegal since March 30, 2015 Penalty: Minimum of three months and one day to a maximum of one year of imprisonment and a year disqualification and a day to three years for the exercise of profession, trade or business that is related to animals and animal husbandry	Legal	Legal
Turkey	Illegal Penalty: Maximum of 2 years imprisoment	Illegal Penalty: Minimum of one year imprisonment and a maximum of four years imprisonment	Illegal Penalty: Minimum of one year imprisonment and a maximum of four years imprisonment
Vatican City	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown

Western Europe

Country or territory	Zoosexual activity	Sale and distribution of zoophilic [...]	Ownership of zoophilic [...]
Belgium	Illegal since 2007 Penalty: Maximum of 6 months in prison and a fine of €1,000	Illegal Penalty: Unknown	Illegal Penalty: Unknown
France	Illegal since March 9, 2004 Penalty: Maximum of 2 years in prison and €30,000 fine	Unknown	Unknown
Guernsey (Crown dependency of the United Kingdom)	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Ireland	Illegal since 1634{{#tag:ref\|Act for the Punishment of the Vice of Buggery (Ireland) 1634 (10 Chas. 1, sess. 2, c. 20) replaced by section 18 of the Offences against the Person (Ireland) Act 1829 (10 Geo. 4, c. 34) replaced by section 61 of the Offences against the Person Act 1861 (24 & 25 Vict., c. 100). In the Republic of Ireland the 1861 act is still in force with respect to animals. In Northern Ireland it was replaced by section 69 of the [...] Offences Act 2003, in turn replaced by Article 73 of The [...] Offences (Northern Ireland) Order 2008	name="irishlaws"}} Penalty: Maximum of life in prison	Unknown
Isle of Man (Crown dependency of the United Kingdom)	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Jersey (Crown dependency of the United Kingdom)	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Luxembourg	Illegal Penalty: Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Monaco	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Netherlands	Illegal since 2010 Penalty: Maximum of 1 year in prison and €19,500 fine	Illegal since 2010 Penalty: Maximum imprisonment 6 months or a fine of €7,800	Illegal since 2010 Penalty: Maximum imprisonment 6 months or a fine of €7,800
United Kingdom	Illegal since 1558 (As part of Kingdom of England for England and Wales only) Illegal since 1634 (As part of Kingdom of Ireland for Northern Ireland only) Illegal (As part of United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland for Scotland only) Penalty: Maximum of 2 years in prison for conviction on indictment Maximum of 6 months in prison and a fine for summary conviction	Illegal since January 26, 2009 Penalty: Maximum of 12 months imprisonment in England or 6 months imprisonment in Northern Ireland, a fine, or both on summary conviction Maximum of 2 years imprisonment, a fine, or both on conviction on indictment	Illegal since January 26, 2009 Penalty: Maximum of 12 months imprisonment in England or 6 months imprisonment in Northern Ireland, a fine, or both on summary conviction Maximum of 2 years imprisonment, a fine, or both on conviction on indictment

Oceania

Australasia

Country or territory	Zoosexual activity	Sale and distribution of zoophilic [...]	Ownership of zoophilic [...]
New Zealand	Illegal Penalty: Maximum of 7 years in prison ("bestiality") Maximum of 3 years in prison ("indecency with animal")	Illegal Penalty: Unknown	Illegal Penalty: Unknown

New Zealand

Illegal

Penalty: Maximum of 7 years in prison ("bestiality")
Maximum of 3 years in prison ("indecency with animal")

Illegal

Penalty: Unknown

Illegal

Penalty: Unknown

Commonwealth of Australia

Country, state, or territory	Zoosexual activity	Sale and distribution of zoophilic [...]	Ownership of zoophilic [...]
Australia	N/A	Illegal Penalty: Unknown	N/A
Ashmore and Cartier Islands	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Australian Antarctic Territory	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Australian Capital Territory	Illegal since 2011 Penalty: Maximum ten years imprisonment	Unknown	Unknown
Christmas Island	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Cocos (Keeling) Islands	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Coral Sea Islands	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Heard Island and McDonald Islands	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Jervis Bay Territory	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
New South Wales	Illegal Penalty: Maximum fourteen years imprisonment	Unknown	Unknown
Norfolk Island	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Northern Territory	Illegal Penalty: Maximum three years imprisonment	Unknown	Unknown
Queensland	Illegal Penalty: Maximum seven years imprisonment	Unknown	Unknown
South Australia	Illegal Penalty: Maximum ten years imprisonment	Unknown	Unknown
Tasmania	Illegal Penalty: Maximum twenty one years imprisonment	Unknown	Unknown
Victoria	Illegal Penalty: Maximum five years imprisonment	Unknown	Unknown
Western Australia	Illegal Penalty: Maximum seven years imprisonment	Unknown	Unknown

Melanesia

Country or territory	Zoosexual activity	Sale and distribution of zoophilic [...]	Ownership of zoophilic [...]
Fiji	Illegal Penalty: Maximum of fourteen years in prison with corporal punishment	Unknown	Unknown
New Caledonia (Overseas collectivity of France)	Illegal since March 9, 2004 Penalty: Maximum of 2 years in prison and €30,000 fine	Unknown	Unknown
Papua New Guinea	Illegal Penalty: Maximum of fourteen years in prison	Unknown	Unknown
Solomon Islands	Illegal Penalty: Maximum of fourteen years in prison	Unknown	Unknown
Vanuatu	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown

Micronesia

Country or territory	Zoosexual activity	Sale and distribution of zoophilic [...]	Ownership of zoophilic [...]
Guam (Unincorporated territory of the United States)	Legal	Unknown	Unknown
Federated States of Micronesia	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Kiribati	Illegal Penalty: Maximum of fourteen years in prison	Unknown	Unknown
Marshall Islands	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Nauru	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Northern Mariana Islands (Unincorporated territory of the United States)	Legal	Unknown	Unknown
Palau	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown

Polynesia

Country or territory	Zoosexual activity	Sale and distribution of zoophilic [...]	Ownership of zoophilic [...]
American Samoa (Unincorporated territory of the United States)	Legal	Unknown	Unknown
Easter Island (Overseas territory of Chile)	Legal	Unknown	Unknown
Cook Islands (Part of the Realm of New Zealand)	Illegal Penalty: Maximum of seven years in prison	Unknown	Unknown
French Polynesia (Overseas collectivity of France)	Illegal since March 9, 2004 Penalty: Maximum of 2 years in prison and €30,000 fine	Unknown	Unknown
Niue (Part of the Realm of New Zealand)	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Pitcairn Islands (Overseas territory of the United Kingdom)	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Samoa	Illegal Penalty: Maximum of five years in prison	Unknown	Unknown
Tokelau (Part of the Realm of New Zealand)	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Tonga	Illegal Penalty: Maximum of ten years in prison	Unknown	Unknown
Tuvalu	Illegal Penalty: Maximum of fourteen years in prison	Unknown	Unknown
United States Minor Outlying Islands (Unincorporated organized territory of the United States)	Legal	Unknown	Unknown
Wallis and Futuna (Overseas collectivity of France)	Illegal since March 9, 2004 Penalty: Maximum of 2 years in prison and €30,000 fine	Unknown	Unknown

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