Every society is governed by rules regulations, codes, and ethics regarding what to do and what not to do.
For instance, most African cultures frown at relationships between animals and men known as bestiality as it is regarded as taboo.
Apart from that, it is against the holy writs because both the Bible and Quran clearly condemn the act.
Animal rights activists describe sexual relations between human beings and animals as cruel and abusive and strongly kick against it.
Bestiality according to findings is a type of sexual practice in which animals are used as a medium for satisfying sexual desire without developing any kind of emotional bonding while others perceive it as a modality for curing sexually transmitted diseases.
However, bestiality in reality is a punishable offence under Nigerian law whether in aiding or abetting another person’s sexual acts with an animal, observation of such acts; or taking photographs or films of the act for the purpose of sexual gratification, whether their own or another’s.
If found culpable, the offender is liable to 14 years imprisonment based on “Section 214 of the Criminal Code Act; or Section 284 of the Penal Code Act”.
In May this year, the video of a young lady having sex with a dog went viral on social media followed immediately by another video where she defended her acts purportedly to earn one point five million naira per session.
This triggered public outcry and the Nigeria Police launched a manhunt to arrest and prosecute owners of the dogs who were allegedly paying ladies to have sex with their pets for rituals to serve as a deterrent to others.
Also, operatives of the Ogun State Security Network, codenamed Amotekun Corps arrested an 18-year-old, Ibrahim Ismaila, for allegedly having sexual intercourse with a goat.
He was arrested in Ilu-Tuntun Olorunsogo, in the Ifo Local Government Area of Oyo State when a man raised an alarm about the act.
One might wonder what the rationality behind this ugly indulgence could be.
Is it due to a lack of affection or sexual satisfaction from the opposite sex or purely perversion?
This is why there must be increased awareness about the negative impact this action could have on the young generation and society at large.
Although experts blamed such misbehaviour on low morals and falling family values, more still needs to be done to unravel the factors responsible.
This should be done with the aim of finding a lasting solution to the misdemeanour.
Furthermore, public health experts recommend that any person caught having sex with animals should be made to undergo a psychiatric assessment, as such behaviour while not only illegal, is also unacceptable in society.
Apart from the foregoing, there are health risks associated with humans having sex or coming in close contact with dogs, goats, cows, horses, cats and tortoises such as viral, bacterial and fungal zoonotic infections.
These include rabies, monkeypox, canine brucellosis, and leptospirosis.
Canine brucellosis for example is an infectious and zoonotic disease caused by brucella canis and has been reported worldwide it is contracted through urine, semen and other secretions from an infected dog.
Little wonder therefore the increasing number of unknown and new diseases ravaging the world.
It is pertinent therefore for the Federal Ministry of Health and health authorities at the state and local government levels to mount campaigns against bestiality in view of the public health concerns raised.
Everyone should watch out and raise alarm if such incidents are noticed.
Teaching religious moral and societal values that must be imbibed should be intensified from the family level.
These steps will help to redirect and re-orientate young minds that could have been influenced in the wrong direction.
Anthonia Akanji
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