BARBERTON – A security guard in the area, Sfiso Sambo, received a fine of R500 after he admitted to having sex with a chicken. He appeared in the Louw’s Creek Court on May 14.
The case was reported in November 2013, when the local SAPS asked Trainee Inspector Eddie Gininda of the Barberton SPCA for legal advice on a case of bestiality. A sexual act performed on a hen had been so savage that her intestines had become dislodged. She was, however, still alive when the SPCA arrived on the scene and was transported to a veterinarian. The hen’s injuries were so severe that she had to be euthanised to prevent further suffering.
The veterinarian provided a report which outlined the physical injuries and the suffering the hen must have endured. Charges were laid in terms of the Animals Protection Act, 1962 and the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Related Offences) Amendment Act, 2007. The SPCA would like to emphasise the fact that bestiality is a criminal offence in South Africa. They state that it “is indescribably cruel and injurious to the animal and is a serious indicator of deviant sexual behaviour.”
The National Council of SPCAs and the Barberton SPCA thank everyone involved for the roles they played to enable the matter to come before the Court. They appeal to all caring and compassionate people to enable the SPCA to bring to justice anyone who abuses an animal in this way and not to be afraid to come forward with details regarding such offences. They also say that there is a proven link between cruelty to animals and abuse of vulnerable humans and implore communities not to let perpetrators get away with deviant sexual behaviour.
