“Why would you even get into bestiality?” he asked. “We’re not into bestiality,” said Patel.
In a further exchange, Patel explained to Senator John Kennedy, the Louisiana Republican, that previously, regulations had barred anyone who engaged in bestiality “on either side of it.”
“Either side of what, the bestiality?” asked Kennedy. “So you disqualified the animal?”
“We have great canines, but we’re not going to disqualify them,” said Patel.
Another comment connected dots for me, and consistent with: ‘No more walking on eggshells’: Hegseth vows to lift guardrails on military hazing, harassment
This is the pro-hazing administration, and maybe animal raping is part of some of their ‘good old boy’ hazing?
Obviously not sure, but it’s at least a theory that has some rationale that otherwise seems impossibly pointless to change.