Sudan's famous goat 'wife' dies


	Sudan's famous goat 'wife' dies

Newfman

5-3-2007 8:16 PM

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5-3-2007 9:28 PM

egoldstein

poor goat. first she gets raped by a man, then gets forced to marry a human, then she dies from eating a plastic bag...tragic!

5-6-2007 6:51 PM

clipette

I sense a lifetime made for tv movie coming on-
"Rose: The Life of a Street Goat"

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