A shocking sex scandal made headlines around the world. The truth was stranger than fiction. On a quiet spring morning in 2010, a group of federal, state and local law enforcement agents gathered in northern Washington State to stage a raid. Their target: a rustic cabin perched high on a hilltop, just five miles from the Canadian border. At the time, it was inhabited by a high-tech entrepreneur who provided encryption and privacy services. The once-wealthy man now lived in the little cabin with his dogs and horses, including a champion show jumping stallion. Authorities accused Douglas Spink of a shocking crime--operating a commercial bestiality farm. But in fact the whole truth was more complicated than that. Reporter Carreen Maloney spent years seeking the real story, ultimately uncovering a secret society of zoophiles who form their main social, emotional and physical bonds with animals. Uniquely Dangerous sheds light on a worldwide social phenomenon that dares not venture from the shadows. REVIEWS ABRIDGED DUE TO LIMITED SPACE. PLEASE SEE KINDLE LISTING FOR UNCUT VERSIONS. Uniquely Dangerous wins five-star review from Readers' Favorite book awards "Enlightening, disturbing and ultimately thought-provoking" By Jack Magnus Maloney's story flows swiftly and fluently. Her writing kept me enthralled as she handled the thorny issues surrounding the taboo of zoophilia and the irrational, culturally ingrained responses of society...zoophilia is something most people are totally ignorant about and taboos about it are strongly etched into our culture, despite the mythological traditions and the continuing popularity of the story, Beauty and the Beast. Whatever one's feeling about zoophilia, Doug Spink's story is a cautionary tale that shows all too clearly how easily one can lose one's constitutional protections once one has crossed over that all-too-illusory line. I began reading this book filled with preconceived and sensationalistic notions about people who had sexual relations with animals and finished having learned more about what it is to be human. Uniquely Dangerous is most highly recommended. Review by journalist Margo Goodhand, former managing editor of the Winnipeg Free Press and Edmonton Journal , and author of Runaway Wives and Rogue Feminists , winner of two Manitoba book awards This is a fascinating read. The topic is not for the faint of heart. The protagonist is repellent. But the reader is compelled -- just as the author is during her years of meticulous research -- down a rabbit hole into the dark and disturbing world of zoophiles. Who is right and who is wrong; how is this behaviour normalized online; how is the community growing despite overwhelming societal sanctions? Amidst growing tension between the animal-loving journalist and the charismatic social outcast who demands she tell his story, Maloney finds herself swept up -- and shut down -- in a conspiracy of silence on the issue. Lucky for us, she perseveres. Review by journalist Peter Ladner, founder of Business in Vancouver newspaper and author of The Urban Food Revolution: Changing The Way We Feed Cities This book is a fearless investigation into a personal tragedy that grew out of our society's inability to be honest about our complex relationships with animals. If someone loves them in an unorthodox way, it's cruelty. If someone castrates, brands, skins, confines or kills them, it's just ordinary behaviour. The glaring injustices in Doug Spink's story force the reader to examine society's ability to ignore human and constitutional rights when emotional revulsion takes over. It's an important story, written with clarity, professionalism and meticulous attention to detail. And it reads like a crime thriller. Review by Florida journalist Malcolm J. Brenner, author of Wet Goddess If you are a zoophile, or know someone who is, you owe it to yourself to buy Uniquely Dangerous , because seldom has writing on this inflammatory topic been so lucid, so even-handed and well-documented. If you are interested in the psychology of human sexual deviance, this book will provide useful insights. Similarly, those concerned with loss of personal freedoms and the erosion of privacy will find a story that illustrates their worst fears. If you like tales of personal will and courage in the face of overwhelming odds, you'll cheer Spink's outspoken defiance. And if you simply admire a riveting piece of journalism about a taboo subject, Maloney won't disappoint you. The portrait that emerges is of a complex, troubled man who always seems to find himself athwart the tides of life, whether he's fighting his ex-wife for his beloved jumping horse or telling a federal court judge exactly how he feels. In the end, you may not like Doug Spink, but you might come to admire him. In a world that demands conformity, he refused to bend. Uniquely Dangerous is the balance sheet of what that stand has cost him. Car