‘I ate elephant – it was very tasty’: Australian lawmaker risks backlash with support for big-game hunting
Robert Borsak was asked whether he had sampled any of the dead elephants he’s posed next to for photos over the years.
Australian lawmaker Robert Borsak is furious with animal rights groups he claims hold undue influence over national policies.
It tastes like venison. There are parts of the head and the neck which we sliced and fried with a bit of butter
So during a late-night speech at state parliament Tuesday, he announced that not only has he shot and killed an elephant – he’s eaten one.
“Yes I did, but it wasn’t in one sitting,” he said when asked by Greens party lawmaker Jeremy Buckingham whether he had sampled any of the dead elephants he’s posed next to for photos over the years. “It tastes like venison. There are parts of the head and the neck which we sliced and fried with a bit of butter – it’s very tasty.”
The elephant might have been a treat for Borsak on his Zimbabwean hunting trip a decade ago, but it didn’t sit so well with Buckingham.
“It’s sick to shoot and kill an elephant for thrills, and it’s revolting that Mr Borsak would eat the elephant,” Buckingham said. “He’s unfit for office.”
Borsak’s comments really shouldn’t come as much of a surprise: He belongs to a political party literally called the Shooters, Fishers, and Farmers.