And Still I Rise

Here in St Vincent if someone is caught having sex with an animal the matter often ends up in the court especially if the perpetrator is unwilling to agree to a financial settlement.The animal is usually killed since it is now seen as being spoilt goods and villagers may also stage a mock hanging.Read on to see how one village in Sudan dealt with a case of bestiality.

A Sudanese man has been forced to marry a goat after he was caught having sex with the animal.

The goat's owner, Mr Alifi, said he surprised the man with his goat and took him to a council of elders.

They ordered the man, Mr Tombe, to pay a dowry of 15,000 Sudanese dinars, nearly £40, to Mr Alifi.

"We have given him the goat, and as far as we know they are still together," Mr Alifi said.

Mr Alifi, told the Juba Post newspaper that he heard a loud noise around midnight and immediately rushed outside to find Mr Tombe with his goat.

"When I asked him: "What are you doing there?", he fell off the back of the goat, so I captured and tied him up."

Mr Alifi then called elders to decide how to deal with the case.

"They said I should not take him to the police, but rather let him pay a dowry for my goat because he used it as his wife," Mr Alifi told the newspaper.