Douglas Spink

Early life Spink was born in Pittsburgh on March 17, 1971, the second child of Jack and Claire Spink. He grew up in Fox Chapel, Pennsylvania. He was "raised in a horse-centric environment" and learned to ride horses at a young age. In 2000, he was working toward a Doctor of Philosophy in systems science at Portland State University, where he was studying quantitative theories of consciousness. Despite this, he declared bankruptcy in 2002. a regional drug lord.

In April 2010, investigators in Tennessee contacted Spink's probation officer to inform him that Spink had contacted zoophile James Michael Tait – known for his involvement in the 2005 Enumclaw horse sex case – to support him while he was on trial for a bestiality charge. They found seven large-breed dogs, four stallions, and thirteen mice. In late 2012,

On February 21, 2014, Spink – living in a trailer on a farm near Port Townsend, Washington – allegedly abducted a dog named Ghengis from a neighboring dog breeder. Efn|Spink moved to this farm after meeting a bank robber in prison whose wife lived next to the dog breeder. Investigators additionally found that he had allegedly been boarding horses under an assumed name, including one which had previously been taken away. During the arrest, he held a machete to his dog's throat. During a 2010 court case, his attorney explained: "He believes it's a sexual orientation and that the arguments against it are the same ones once made against homosexuality or miscegenation". In a 2014 interview, Spink stated of his public crimes: "A core precedent was set: No longer can zoophobes in this country batter and coerce people like me into silence with threats of violence." Spink was engaged when he died.