A 20-year-old man is expected to appear in court today after he allegedly admitted to raping a dog on December 16 last year. This after a local psychiatrist and Animal Anti-Cruelty League (AACL) workers went to pay him a visit on Monday afternoon.
The local psychiatrist approached Annamarie Koen of the AACL after residents from the Wasbank area in KwaZulu-Natal told her about a man who had allegedly been raping animals.
The psychiatrist asked the league to go and speak to the community since they were furious and traumatised after hearing about the alleged acts of bestiality, Ladysmith Gazette reported.
Koen was told by the devastated owner of the dog what the man had allegedly done to her pet. On hearing about the incident, the psychiatrist and Annamarie spoke to the man and his mother.
The man reportedly admitted to everything, including raping goats in the area as well.
“Justice must prevail, because perverse acts like these are unacceptable,” said a distraught Koen.
The owner of the dog, as well as AACL workers, went to Ekuvukeni police station, where Koen opened a case of cruelty to animals.
Police spokesperson Captain Charmaine Struwig confirmed the teenager was arrested and was expected to appear in the Ekuvukeni court today.
The dog, according to the owner, was a friendly and playful animal, but now is quiet and subdued.
This after a 17-year-old boy was arrested for allegedly raping a dog to death in Doornkop, Mpumalanga, in January.
Middelburg police spokesperson Captain Kanyisile Zwane said the boy was visiting his girlfriend when the alleged incident occurred.
Zwane added neighbours told police they discovered the boy asleep, still wearing a condom. The lifeless body of the four-month-old dog was found next to him.
– Caxton News Service
