WARSAW – A Polish politician has criticised his local zoo for acquiring a “gay” elephant named Ninio who prefers male companions and will probably not procreate, the local media reports.
“We didn’t pay 37 million zlotys (€8.5 million) for the largest elephant house in Europe to have a gay elephant live there,” Michal Grzes, a conservative councillor from Poznan 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, 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 the age of 14. – (Reuters)