Our View: Act should be illegal

We’re delving into uncomfortable territory this week, but we think it’s an important topic all the same.

Last week, we reported on an investigation the Sweetwater County Sheriff’s Office is conducting into allegations of a man trespassing into privately-owned corrals to engage in sexual acts with horses north of Rock Springs.

An interesting piece to the issue is the fact that Wyoming is one of four states where those sorts of acts are not illegal. The definitions to animal cruelty don’t apply either.

This certainly should be remedied.

We understand this might be an issue of legisl...