Villager caught having sex with goats in neighbour’s pen

A 42-year-old man allegedly admitted to having sex with two goats in a neighbour’s pen in the early hours of Monday in Square Village 8A, Igusi, under Chief Deli in Nyamandlovu, Matabeleland North.

The goats’ owner, 58-year-old Medelinah Tshuma, told CITE she was woken at around 1 am by distressed sounds coming from her livestock pen.

“I was awakened by the noise of bleating goats. I peeped through the window and saw a torchlight inside the goat pen, but I was afraid to come out or scream… as I thought it was thieves and they would kill me,” Tshuma said.

She said when she checked the pen the following morning, all the animals were present, but she found signs of abuse on one of her goats.

After spotting footprints around the enclosure, Tshuma alerted her neighbours and Chief Deli.

The suspect was reportedly caught after he joined a crowd that had gathered with the chief at the scene.

Villagers became suspicious when his account of his whereabouts contradicted what his sibling had said.

When questioned privately by local men, goat hair was found on his clothing. He then admitted to the act and identified the animals involved, Tshuma said. A second affected goat was later identified.

The matter was reported to the Zimbabwe Republic Police at the Igusi base.

Under Section 74 of Zimbabwe’s Criminal Law Act, bestiality carries a penalty of up to one year in prison, a fine, or both.