Claudine de Culam

Claudine de Culam and her dog

Claudine de Culam (d. 1601), was a sixteen-year-old girl who was tried and hanged for the act of bestiality with a dog in Rognon, France.

Apparently uncertain as to whether such an act was anatomically possible, the judge appointed a number of female assistants in order to put the dog and the girl to the test. As the women undressed Claudine, the dog leaped upon her. On the basis of this evidence both the dog and the young woman were strangled, their bodies burned and scattered to the four winds, 'that as little trace as possible might remain to remind mankind of their monstrous deeds.'

External links

• Zoophiles Make Scientists Rethink Human Sexuality