German shepherd dog is suspected of sexually abusing a child

A rare case of provoked anal penetration of an 11 year-old boy by a male Ge rman shepherd dog was confirmed by the results of morphological, serologica l and molecular genetic investigations. These results were of great importa nce to refute the suspicion on two adults. Some serious doubts remained in the version of the course of the event as presented by the boy. Some weeks later when confronted by a psychologist, the boy admitted having deliberate ly stimulated the dog manually and caused the animal to penetrate him.