A Polish politician has criticised his local zoo for acquiring a "gay" elephant named Ninio who prefers male companions and will probably not procreate, local media reported on Friday. "We didn't pay 37 million zlotys (7.6 million pounds) for the largest elephant house in Europe to have a gay elephant live there," Michal Grzes, a conservative councillor in the city of Poznan in western Poland, was quoted as saying. "We were supposed to have a herd, but as Ninio prefers male friends over females how will he produce offspring?" said Grzes, who is from the right-wing opposition Law and Justice party. The head of the Poznan zoo said 10-year-old Ninio may be too young to decide whether he prefers males or females as elephants only reach sexual maturity at 14. full story: http://uk.news.yahoo.com/22/20090410/tod-oukoe-uk-poland-elephant-b7e5c6f.html
wow... like he'll b the only male. and so what if he wants males? is he gonna call the elaphant an abomination? please... lighten up Mr. Grzes
Remeber, the politicians in the states who are most out spoken and anti gay tend to be gayer then barney frank... and usually with underage people/cops in in airport bathrooms. Wonder if that holds true in europe also.
Absolutely. And this says less about homophobia but more about the way animals are handled, as if they were objects that have to be 'useful' for human purposes. Same ol' story.
Really, it's just an animal. And it's not an animal facing exinction. In the grand scheme of things, it doesn't matter. You know, his dog is probably gay. I really really hope it is.
I'm embarrased to say that I've got family from that part of the world. Hooray for 'Platforma Obywatelska'
Maybe they could do artificial insemination and give Michal Grzes the honor of getting the sperm from the elephant! Now THAT would be something to bitch about!
What a sad little man Mr. Grzes must be. With everything that is wrong with the world today he worries about a possible, homosexual elephant!
I vote we use nature to eradicate the idea of marriage all together... only 3-4 percent of mammals have managomaus, mate for life leanings. that makes marriage unnatural if you think about it. Homosexuality is common in animals; far more then people would want to think, and far more common then monagamy... does that make homosexuality more natural?
