Well according to dictionary.reference.com, zoophilia is defined as "an attraction to foreign peoples, cultures, or customs."
Taken in a relatively "wholesome" way that might mean something like this:
"And here we have George's wife recieving a kiss from her handsome husband for finally learning to hand wash his plaid boxers."
*The above caption is a joke and is in no way meant to factualize George Bush having a secret African wife. We all know he's "probably" racist anyways.*
Now xenophilia isn't nessecarily a problem unless there is more then one definition of "people". See in some cases of Supernatural and Paranormal fiction, were relationships of a romantic nature are involved, there is often a supernatural or paranormal creature in a relationship with a human or another supernatural creature. The problem then arrises in cases where the supernatural or paranormal "being" is considered a person, thus part of the "people" covered by xenophilia, but is not proported to be a magical human or a human suffering from a virus of genetic anomally.
When this happens you may end up with a supernatural or paranormal creature who is a person but not the same species as that of the human or other supernatural/paranormal creature that they are in a romantic relationship with.
"Oh, Superman. Isn't our love wonderful and wholesome?"
And what is that called folks?
That's called Zoophilia. Now zoophilia is defined as, "an abnormal fondness for animals." It's also fondly refered to as Beastiality when sexual activity is involved.
And what does that have to do with xenophilia, well on Earth in real life, because there are no other species that are considered people all other species that share our phylum are considered animals. Also, again by extrapilation, zoophilia can be defined as an abnormal fondness for species other than your own.
This then means that all those wonderful character we love in many different forms of media like the girl who falls in love with the sparkly vampire, the telepathic quarter-blooded fairy girl making time with the shifter/vampire/fairy, and the beloved puppet frog's longstanding relationship with the sassy well dressed pig are all technically beastiality.
Isn't that special?
Now don't get me wrong I love me my mixed species supernatural and paranormal romance stories, but my problem arises when the setting is supposed to be relatively the same as our world (except that the supernaturals and paranormals are hiding) but humans don't seem to realize their engaging in beastiality, or in the case of Superman, everyone is supportive of his relationships and noone ever mentions it to him or his partners in passing. Lois Lane is supposed to be an investigative journalist. Those are smart, right?
Anywasy, The point is: Xenophilia is not different from Zoophilia, if what you mean is Zoophilia. Then it's still beastiality.
In closing:
"Cuteness or sleazy post orgasmic kitten after a good hard pecking?"
You can never unthink that. ^_^
