Let's talk about zoosadism.
Zoosadism is not the same as animal abuse. Zoosadism is a feeling of attraction towards animals in pain, not an act.
In a small survey of members of online zoosad community, most zoosadists said they have a species preference, have nonsadistic feelings towards animals, and consider their zoosadism to be a type of zoophilia. None of these people expressed support for animal abuse.
According to another survey, about 10% of members of general paraphilia spaces are zoosadists.
Yet zoosadism remains one of the most stigmatized paraphilias even within the para community. Partially it is the fault of zoo exclusionists - zoophiles who support a very narrow and restrictive definition of zoophilia. Many zoosadists online have been harassed and hated despite never abusing animals and not planning to.
This article on zoosadism basically repeats what I already said, but in a slightly longer way.
This is the anti contact zoosadist flag














