As a wv resident we have a lot of defunct laws that we haven’t changed just be a use we don’t need to. For example:
not being able to hold office if you ever dueled , being allowed to beat your wife on Sunday on the courthouse steps, the state swear jar, (city law) not being able to walk a lion, tiger, or leopard, (specifically even on a leash), and legally eating roadkill (granted this one still has use)
unfortunately)
These are examples of dead letter laws which while technically still active are rarely ever used in serious legal proceedings.
The “legal bestiality” is technically a thing,something about animals over 40 lbs for whatever reason, but we have conflicting animal protection laws that I’d imagine would keep those cases from happening. Some legislation has been done recently to actually make it illegal officially, but it’s kind of in limbo right now.
While looking up some of the information for this is surprised me how recent many states outlawed bestiality, heck New Mexico and dc only officially did it in 2023.
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u/themexicanojesus Jul 27 '25
So.. that happened.. let's talk about legal bestiality in West Virginia.