Germany plans to ban the practice of people having sex with animals, sparking a threat of legal action from a group of so-called 'zoophiles'.
Newspaper the daily taz reports the government plans to toughen animal protection laws - which currently only prohibit the practice if the animal is injured - with fines of more than 31-thousand dollars.
The Bundestag's agriculture committee will discuss the amendment tomorrow and plans to send the measure to parliament by mid-December, according to the report, citing the committee chairman.
The group Veterinarians against Zoophilia says thousands of Germans exchange information online about sex with animals and that some farms rent out animals for sexual exploitation.
