Girl held for sex with dog05/04/2005 15:33 - (SA) Tzaneen - Three dogs were put down after villagers allegedly caught a 12-year-old girl having sex with one of the animals.The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) in Tzaneen confirmed that the three dogs were put down last week Tuesday because they'd been beaten so badly by angry villagers."We had no alternative because they were in a really bad state," said Tzaneen SPCA chairperson, Ranate Prinsloo.She said police had asked the SPCA to collect the animals from a village in the Bolobedu area after villagers threatened to kill the dogs themselves to protect their daughters.Mopani police spokesperson Superintendent Moatshe Ngoepe reported that the incident began as a rumour."Villagers heard that the young girl always had sex with three male dogs, so they lay in wait to catch her in the act," he said.They claim to have seen at least one dog and the girl going behind her family's house on Monday afternoon last week and "surprised" them.Police were called and arrested the child for bestiality.She appeared before the Bolobedu magistrate's court last Wednesday and the magistrate ordered that she be sent to a psychologist."We are expecting the psychologist's report soon," Ngoepe said.Head of the Bethesda Christian Church, Dr Elijah Mtileni, believes demons are to blame and said only prayer and fasting would help the girl.