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.
REPORT: REUTERS
