zoophile

British  

/ ˈzəʊəˌfaɪl, ˌzəʊəˈfɪlɪk /

noun

1. a person who is devoted to animals and their protection from practices such as vivisection

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Other Word Forms

• zoophilic adjective

Example Sentences

The daughter of a vocal coach/music teacher father and a mother who had been a singer for the Royal Opera Theatre of Rome, Adriana Caselotti was just 18 when she was cast as the voice of the titular zoophile soprano in what would be Disney’s first-ever full-length animated feature.

From Salon

He had admitted beforehand that the verses—in which Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the president of Turkey, is described as a zoophile and paedophile, among much else—would land him in trouble.

From Economist

Kiok, a zoophile, says the group will sue the German government if the law is enacted.

From Newsweek

“There must be proof that the animals are harmed in the act to make this illegal,” Michael Kiok of German Zoophile Engagement for Tolerance and Information told The Daily Beast.

From Newsweek

The author is a zoophile who tired several years ago of catching animals for other people and, as he related in A Zoo in My Luggage, set about establishing his own zoo on the Channel Island of Jersey.

From Time Magazine Archive