The country, however, did not issue any new laws regarding bestiality, nor did they change any existing laws. Shortly after the ruling was issued, several web sites reported that Canada had legalized oral sex with animals. Justice Thomas Cromwell, writing for all concurring judges, said in the decision that penetration has always been required to secure bestiality convictions and courts do not have the power to rule otherwise. The man, known only by the initials 'D.L.W.' to protect his stepdaughters' identity, successfully appealed his bestiality conviction in a provincial court, arguing that according to the law, the offense of bestiality requires penetration, which his actions did not involve. Supreme Court judges ruled 6-1 in favor of a man from British Columbia in western Canada convicted for sexual assault and bestiality after he involved the family dog in the abuse of his two stepdaughters. On 9 June 2016, Canada's Supreme Court ruled that the language of the country's current bestiality laws technically only banned sexual acts between human and non-human animals that involved penetration: Canada did not pass a new law legalizing oral sex with non-human animals.
