Zoophilia or bestiality is a rare paraphilia which has received little
attention in recent psychiatric literature. We describe a cohort of s
even patients who mere referred to a tertiary child and adolescent psy
chiatry service specializing in the assessment and treatment of young
abusers. On the basis of the available material, me highlight the impo
rtance of enquiring into this type of behaviour and consider its impli
cations for the risk assessment and treatment of young sex abusers.