- According to the NSPCA, referring to a SABC news report
on Sunday, black
- boys from Mamvuka village in Nzhelele Valley in the Northern
Province are
- having sex with goats to avoid getting Aids.
-
- The organisation appealed to the public to come forward
with information
- on the claims. "Bestiality is a criminal offence.
Charges can be laid
- under the Criminal Procedure Act and also in terms of
the Animals
- Protection Act," said the NSPCA.
-
- Two blacks have recently been convicted for bestiality
and have been sent
- to jail without the option of a fine. In the SABC interview,
at least one
- boy admitted he considered bestiality as safe sex, and
that he and his
- friends had sex with goats up to four times a week. "We
know about Aids
- and we are very afraid of it. That is why we are having
sex with these
- goats. Goats don't have Aids.." he is supposed to
have said. .
-
- The NSCPA said some of the statements made during the
broadcast revealed a
- lack of education, and that an information campaign should
be launched in
- the affected areas. "The NSPCA is deeply concerned
that the youths
- repeatedly stated their reasoning for having sex with
goats - avoidance of
- Aids. It is suggested that urgency be given to correcting
such myths."
-
- In a macabre sequence to this horror story, Sinah Musekwa,
a goat owner,
- said nobody wanted to buy his goats any more. "Since
we've learnt that
- these rumours are true people don't want to be associated
with these
- goats. No one wants anything to do with their meat or
milk. I'm going to
- have to destroy my goats," he said..
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