S.Africa: Blacks: To Avoid AIDS: Have Sex with Animals….

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Date & Time Posted: 3/27/2002 1:44:13 PM
To Avoid AIDS: Have Sex with Animals….

Source: Daily Mail & Guardian
www.mg.co.za

NSPCA decries bestiality practice
Johannesburg (124)| Monday

THE NATIONAL Societies for the Prevention of Cruelty Against Animals (NSPCA) appealed to the public to come forward with information on allegations that Northern Province villagers practise bestiality to avoid contracting Aids.

An NSPCA statement said on Monday it had noted the SABC news report that boys of Mamvuka Village in Nzhelele Valley in the far north of the province have sex with goats to avoid getting Aids.

The organisation said other admissions were made during the news insert which was broadcast on Sunday evening, but the NSPCA had not yet received any official complaints.

“Bestiality is a criminal offence. Charges can be laid under the Criminal Procedure Act and also in terms of the Animals Protection Act,” the NSPCA statement said.

It said two convictions were recently obtained for bestiality and both offenders were imprisoned without the option of a fine.

Police representative Captain Ailwei Mushavhanamadi said on Monday that the Northern Province police had not received any reports of such crimes.
But the SABC interviewed at least one boy who 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. We see people in the village dying everyday. It’s because they have slept with one another and infected each other. Goats can’t get those infections. We would therefore rather have sex with them,” a Grade 11 learner told the broadcaster.
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.

“Whether education or prosecution is the key, the matter cannot move forward without co-operation and solid information. 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,” the NSPCA statement read. – Sapa

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