ex... cept that it does.
One of the VERY FIRST DEFINITIONS for '-philia': 'a strong feeling of love or admiration for something'
zo-? 'animal'
Ergo...? C'mon, do I REALLY need to spell this out for you guys? The former may be, in the social sense, what Zoophilia is percieved as *now*, but the latter is FAR more accurate.
And Lizard? When my friend has had the cops called on him (repeatedly) for supposedly doing things with his dogs over the course of 20 years with no evidence or justification, then him getting stuck with the resulting legal bills from having to fight that bullshit, it makes me a little defensive on his behalf.