ITA, Nova, concerning the issue of general society's reverence for the sexual innocence and purity of children being sullied by pedophiles. No longer can parents proudly show off their sweet bath-time photos and very rarely can toddlers get away with running through the sprinkler in the front yard bare-bottom. That is one of the saddest outcomes of the validation of pedophilia, IMO.
I've experienced a similar outcome of the growing knowledge of bestiality. Things that used to seem very innocent to me in the past, now have taken on a tainted sense. It used to be common practice to photograph children with the family pet. Now, sick people who trade in childand bestiality
have spoiled that to a degree.
I hope you are right about this being a rare paraphilia. I'm not getting that sense, though. WS have certainly opened my eyes to things I never knew existed and caused me to research these interests. That's led me to believe that it's far more common that we thought.
I also think there's a vast difference between a conduct-disordered youth (budding sociopath) who is cruelly torturing animals for thrill and those who express a sexual/sensual connection with their pets and/or other animals. The end result is sometimes the same but sometimes very different. Society always has to err on the side of caution when it comes to safety for our animal friends, though, to my mind.
I believe we may have run out of areas of disagreement.

You're right: the DSM could be wrong. As was proved with Kinsey, psychiatrists do not always see a full cross-section of people and it is admitted that surveys on sex are problematic because respondents tend to lie.
I too think it's a shame that toddlers can't play naked in the sprinkler without inspiring alarm. I have three GORGEOUS grandchildren! Nobody at WS has ever seen a single photo of them. Not that I particularly distrust people here, but I don't know who all is a member. And that's a shame.