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Zoophilia is a paraphilia in which a person experiences a sexual fixation on non-human animals.[1][2] Bestiality instead refers to cross-species sexual activity between humans and non-human animals.[a] Due to the lack of research on the subject, it is difficult to conclude how prevalent bestiality is.[4] Zoophilia, however, was estimated in one study to be prevalent in 2% of the population in 2021.[5]
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