Man accused of having relations with dog

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Man accused of having relations with dog

TACOMA, Wash. - A man accused of having sex with the family dog has been charged under the state's new animal cruelty law, which makes bestiality a felony, a prosecutor said.

Michael Patrick McPhail, 26, of nearby Spanaway, pleaded not guilty Thursday to one count of first-degree animal cruelty in Pierce County Superior Court.

Assistant Pierce County Prosecutor Karen Watson said McPhail was the first person in Pierce County to be charged with the new bestiality offense.

She said the dog was taken by animal control.

McPhail posted $20,000 bail on Friday.

Judge Katherine Stolz has set a trial date of Dec. 11.

McPhail's wife told investigators that she found her husband on their back porch Wednesday night having intercourse with their 4-year-old female pit bull terrier, the Pierce County sheriff's office report said. The dog was squealing and crying, according to charging papers.

The woman took photos with her cell phone and called the sheriff's office.

Calls to McPhail's public defender, David Katayama, were not immediately returned Friday.

The bestiality law, which took effect in June, was prompted by a case near Enumclaw in which a Seattle man died after having sex with a horse. Before the law was enacted, Washington was one of 14 states where bestiality had not been explicitly prohibited.

Sorry, but it has to be said...

She must have been a real b!tch!

That's a doggone shame.

When the wife asked her husband to give the dog a bone I don't think that's what she meant.

-HECK!

Oh gods... Heck! as ususal, you get the pun!


Poor dog... bet she never wanted that bone.

That poor dog. Why the hell would anyone want to have sex with an animal? Thank goodness his wife took pics with her cell phone. I'm sure it was hard not to stop him immediately, but she has the evidence, and now that sick bastard can be prosecuted.

Oh my. Is this really for real? Such a sick man can do that. Could there be any weirder news than that?

I live in San Diego county, and in the early 90's there was a guy who was arrested for having sex with a horse. He kept sneaking onto a ranch with a ladder. Sick but true.

Just... that's just sick. The death penalty should be attached to insane crap like this. But I can rest comfortably knowing he's getting his in prison.

Man... stuff like that pisses me off. Damn freaks of nature. I mean, to each their own.... when both parties are CONSENTING adults. To do that to an animal... bleck.

Yeah that's not cool. Dude has a wife, even if he isn't getting any why go the dog route? If you have to, get a hooker. Sicky.

-HECK!