{"id":781972,"date":"2026-09-18T09:44:42","date_gmt":"2026-09-18T13:44:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/animalrightswatch.us\/?p=781972"},"modified":"2026-09-18T10:15:35","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T14:15:35","slug":"fbi-director-says-he-will-allow-people-who-have-engaged-in-bestiality-to-become-fbi-agents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/animalrightswatch.us\/?p=781972","title":{"rendered":"ANIMAL LOVERS: FBI will now allow people who have engaged in bestiality and animal cruelty to become agents"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p><em><strong>The new FBI hiring standards came out in a memo quietly issued by the bureau in June, which announced that applicants who had previously hired sex workers, stolen from employers, or engaged in bestiality and animal cruelty (as long as it happened before an applicant turned 18) are no longer disqualified from becoming federal agents.<\/strong><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em><strong>BRETT MEISELAS:<\/strong> The world\u2019s largest animal rights organization, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, or PETA, is horrified that FBI Director Kash Patel is making it easier for people who have engaged in bestiality to become FBI agents.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>After a ridiculous exchange between Patel and senators in a Judiciary Committee hearing Tuesday, PETA co-founder and president Ingrid Newkirk is making her condemnation known.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>\u201cNo one in America supports humans having sex with animals, and to think an FBI agent might be such a cruel pervert is unconscionable and unacceptable,\u201d Newkirk said in a statement obtained by MediasTouch. \u201cDirector Patel must immediately cancel this abominable misstep. It cannot happen.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>The baffling new FBI hiring standards came out in a memo quietly issued by the bureau in June, which announced that applicants who had previously hired sex workers, stolen from employers, or engaged in bestiality and animal cruelty (as long as it happened before an applicant turned 18) are no longer disqualified from becoming federal agents.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>\u201cWhat we did was, we did not want to punish victims of bestiality\u2014victims who were trafficked,\u201d Patel told Senator Dick Durbin in the committee hearing, somehow conflating bestiality with human trafficking. <a href=\"https:\/\/meidasnews.com\/news\/peta-blasts-kash-patel-over-fbi-bestiality-hiring-change-it-cannot-happen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>SOURCE<\/strong><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>RELATED VIDEOS:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vGcOh3N1FKA?si=3iOmaPPm2biKDSYb\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Ec_c3l_bn6s?si=_o2JsjFZZMXiAYR8\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The new FBI hiring standards came out in a memo quietly issued by the bureau in June, which announced that applicants who had previously hired sex workers, stolen from employers, or engaged in bestiality and animal cruelty (as long as it happened before an applicant turned 18) are no longer disqualified from becoming federal agents. 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