Homosexual dogs
Can dogs be gay?
It isn’t uncommon in nature or in pets to see animals pair bond. But can dogs be gay? Most of the time the natural hormones involved create bonds between male and females with the need to pass on their blood lines and copy at the forefront of their biological instinct. However, we also see pair bonding’s’ in similar sex pairs as we carry out in human culture.
Do we notice gay relationships forming in nature?
Absolutely. Nature is full of identical sex pair bondings.
Reports of similar sex relationships have been documented in Bears, Gorillas, flamingos, owls, salmon and many more.
It has been documented that a pair of penguins in Marwell zoo, Southampton “Ralph and Coral” created a same sex relationship, raising several chicks together at their time in the zoo. Identical sex relationships between penguins possess been noted before in other zoo’s as in Wingham wildlife park in Kent “Jumbs and Kermit”, London zoo “Ronnie and Reggie” and New Yorks’ main park zoo “Roy and Silo” all had successful same sex relationships also raising chicks together.
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Fido Seeking Fido
A Tennessee man became convinced that his pit bull was same-sex attracted when he saw the animal “hunched over” another male. He immediately gave the dog to a shelter, where it came within hours of existence euthanized before organism adopted. If a dog has same-sex attracted sex, does that make him a gay dog?
Not necessarily. Male dogs include homosexual sex under a variety of circumstances. They mount each other in dominance displays, and that mounting can involve anal penetration. (This is probably what happened in Tennessee if, in fact, there was even sex involved.) When exposed to a female in heat, groups of frustrated males sometimes engage in lesbian sex. Neither of these behaviors suggests a permanent liking for members of the same sex. There are, however, male dogs that show a lifelong indifference to estrous females and never have heterosexual sex. It’s difficult to say whether this should be equated with the human concept of creature gay. No one knows what’s in the mind or heart of a dog.
The Tennessee pit bull owner, although widely derided, was participating in a longstanding traditi
Have you ever noticed that your cat is way too affectionate towards her female friends than you think she should be? Or maybe you’ve seen your dog trying to mount another pup and suspect there might be another explanation to this behavior than just a playful mood.
As the study on human gender and sexuality has seen tremendous progress over the last several decades, many people have opened their minds to the idea that their pets can be more queer than we’re used to thinking. However, the answer to the question “Can a pup be gay?” might be quite complicated.
What does study say about homosexuality in animals?
The topic of homosexuality was a taboo even not so long ago. Only around 20 years back, in , Bruce Bagemihl published his novel Biological Exuberance: Animal Homosexuality and Natural Diversity, which unveiled that over species of vertebrates engage in homosexual behavior, while some scientists were still contradictory the idea that homosexuality among animals is a common thing.
Today it is no longer a finding that many animals hire in different kinds of same-sex int
Doggy style at the Homosexual Pride Brussels
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It is not the case that everything we notice is about sex and gender roles. When it comes to what appears to be sexual habit, it is clear that too much anthropomorphism joint with limited knowledge of dog behavior can conduct to bad outcomes for family pets. According to a report by TV WCCB in Charlotte, North Carolina, the owners of a dog gave him up to a shelter because they thought that he was "gay." The dog, Fezco, is a mixed breed, about 4-to-5 years old, weighing around 50 pounds, and by all reports, he is friendly and sociable. The Stanly County Animal Shelter reported that the dog's owners surrendered him to the shelter claiming that he displayed his homosexuality by "humping" another male dog.
The Behavior in Question
Mounting behavior (colloquially referred to as "humping") is when a dog clasps the hips of another puppy and stands on two legs while thrusting his hips. Although this caring of activity is part of normal sexual deed in dogs, in the most common interactions among canines such b