Sudan's famous (or infamous, depending on your point of view) "married" goat passed away last month, after accidentally swallowing a plastic bag while scavenging for scraps of food on the streets of Juba, in southern Sudan.
The goat, known as Rose to close friends, became an internet celebrity after reports that she had been "married" to Sudanese man Charles Tombe in February last year. A Google search returns over a million different web pages on the subject and the original BBC news item is still attracting 100,000 hits a day
The wedding was decreed by elders after a drunken Tombe was found molesting the poor animal. Tombe was also made to pay a “dowry” of 15,000 Sundanese dinars (equivalent to £25 or $50) to Rose's original owner, Mr Alifi, as he was considered to have used the goat “as his wife.”
Rose is survived by a male kid (goat, not human).
Mr Tombe has refused to comment.
R.I.P. Sudan's married goat
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