You're Mad Over What?

Yahoo! UK news report that a Polish politician is upset over a local zoo getting a "gay" elephant, Ninio. They say he prefers male companions and will probably not procreate.

"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 councilor in the city of Poznan in western Poland, was quoted as saying.

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.

First, I did not know there was such a thing as gay elephants. Second, who the hell cares. I can't believe this made news and I can't believe someone in a leadership role would actually express his distaste like this--over an animal in a zoo. Ugh. Totally ridiculous.