Elephant gay
Elephants are matriarchal by essence, forming strong, tight-knit all-female herds, kicking out males when they become of age. In the wild, female elephants only consort with males for reproductive purposes, always returning to the herd.
In the wild, Southeast Asian jungles, herds are typically comprised of only family members. However, in sanctuaries, such as Elephant Essence Park, unrelated female elephants form strong friendships, and even their own herds. While there are many well-known friendships at ENP, such as Jokia and Mae Perm, there is one very special friendship that we can relate to more than others – a lesbian elephant couple.
Meet Tilly
Tilly is around 30 years old and has been living at Elephant Nature Park for about three years. Before her rescue, she spent many years in the trekking industry and, given the fact that she has a dislocated hip, was most likely a victim of a forced breeding program. She cute much keeps to herself and doesn’t want/need friends beyond her beloved Mae Kham Puan.
Tilly
Meet Mae Kham Puan
Mae Kham Puan is in her late 30’s and has been living at Elephant Nature Park for three and a half years. In her early
Gay elephant sparks fury in Poland
Michal Grzes, a conservative councillor in the city of Poznan in western Poland, said the animal preferred male company and would probably not procreate.
He said it meant the city's monumental investment in a new home for the animals had been a waste of time.
"We didn't pay 37 million zlotys (£7.6 million) for the largest elephant house in Europe to contain a gay elephant live there," said Mr Grzes, who is from the right-wing opposition Regulation and Justice party.
"We were supposed to have a herd, but as Ninio prefers male friends over females how will he manufacture offspring?" said.
The leader 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.
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MOVIE: ELEPHANT (SLON)
STARRING: JAN HRYNKIEWICZ, PAWEŁ TOMASZEWSKI
DIRECTED BY: KAMIL KRAWCZYCKI
AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 ½ STARS (Out of 4)
Elephant is the English translation for the Polish pos “slon”. It’s a curious name for a film about a gay traits living near the mountains in Southern Poland. Yet assist in 2009, a Polish zoo was under fire for supposedly having a “gay” elephant. Was he really gay? He seemed to have problems with the females of the species and preferred to expend time with the guys. It’s an amusing yet somewhat troubling story that does in some ways echo what happens in the new film from writer/director Kamil Krawczycki, who based the story on some of his control experiences growing up in Poland.
There is no elephant per se in the film, except for a small figurine that serves as a symbol of the love that develops between Bartek, a horse farmer and Dawid, who returns to the small community after 15 years when his father dies. Clues are given that, according to Bartek’s mother, he had “done awful things.” The most we can collect though is that Dawid’s biggest crime was being same-sex attracted, so he took off for more open-minded spaces. When the two see, Bartek is
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