Klerksdorp Record, Stilfontein - A Stilfontein man pleaded guilty on charges of bestiality in terms of the Animal Protection Act last week.
Philip von Furstenberg Boardman was arrested in November last year. He has been detained since and will be in court again on Thursday May 2 for sentencing.
Animal lovers reacted in shock to the news of the arrest of the middle aged man who filmed himself raping his dogs. The camera footage was reported to the animal shelter who immediately took steps to remove the animals from the property. Boardman fled his home when the police pitched and was later lured to the animal shelter to “strike a deal’’.
He was arrested at the shelter where the police waited for him.
The dogs, four small cross breed dogs, were placed in the care of the shelter. Three of them have been adopted into loving families while one of the dogs did not recover from the ordeal and died. The shelter’s Suzette Kotze is set to give evidence in the pre-sentencing trial. She told Klerksdorp Record that this was the worst case of animal abuse she encountered in her career.
