Top Lawyer Busted For Sexual Exploitation of an Animal

​www.thesun.co.uk/news/5644481/pittsburgh-police-lawyer-ivan-devoren-animal-sex-pet-dog/

A top lawyer in Pittsburg Pennsylvania has been arrested and charged with 10 counts of sexual intercourse with an animal and possessing drugs.  He was arrested after a neighbour reported hearing what sounded like sexual noises coming from his residence. The neighbour kept records of the times that they heard these noises, building a case against the man until he was ultimately arrested. 

The dog was reportedly injured from the advances and is currently safe and being treated by a veterinarian. I think the most twisted part of this story is that the man volunteered in 2014 as a dog walker for several months. Knowing what we know now, it's likely he had his own ambitions when volunteering and his intentions included getting close to dogs. It's so incredibly disturbing to think that he was likely getting sexual enjoyment out of his volunteering opportunity.

This story really chills me to the bone considering I've been fighting to prevent things like this happening in Canada. This story is exactly why I have been fighting to have our laws changed to better protect animals, because this sort of crude, inappropriate exploitation is happening and our current laws will NOT bring animals justice.

In Canada, only penetration with an animal is considered illegal, leaving oral sex and genital touching as gray areas in animal abuse cases. Despite these things being morally wrong, disturbing, and exploitive of animals, they are not considered bestiality under Canada's archaic animal rights laws. To think that someone could slip under the radar and perform or receive these indecencies is about as sickening and disturbing a fact as I can put together. This is why reading this story really hits home for me, it's proof that these sorts of things are happening and without better animal protections, could go unpunished.

Someone who could do this to an animal is not mentally well. They quite obviously have desires that are outside of the norm and it scares me to think that they have access to animals in any way, shape, or form. It scares me to think that people like the man in this story are walking amongst us, unnoticed, and scoping out animals in a sexual manner. 

Thank goodness for the neighbours who reported this scumbag and I am holding out hope that his dog will be just fine. The proof is in the pudding here, this shit is happening everywhere as made evident by this story, and without our laws being updated, there is potential for this sort of lewd act to go unpunished. That's not a Canada I want to live in so I will continue to draw attention to our poor animal cruelty laws with hopes that I will attract the attention of the RIGHT person who also realizes how disgusting and wrong this is.

This man will likely spend some time in prison as he should, but I can't help but think about all of the animals who are being exploited with no hope of being saved. 


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