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NSW shooters MP admits eating elephant during African hunting trip
Ben Brennan - Yahoo7 News on June 1, 2016, 3:04 pm
VIDEO: NSW Shooters MP admits eating elephant during hunting trip to Africa
A New South Wales upper house MP has admitted eating an elephant during a hunting trip to Africa.
Shooters and Fishers and Farmers Member of the Legislative Council Robert Borsak confirmed he had indeed eaten elephant during a debate with Greens MLC Jeremy Buckingham on Tuesday.
Robert Borsak has previously been caught up in a hunting controversy after admitting killing an elephant in Zimbabwe more than 10 years ago. Photo: Facebook
Mr Borsak had previously admitted killing elephants during a hunting trip to Zimbabwe more than a decade ago, sparking the question from Mr Buckingham.
Mr Borsak had been speaking about “insidious growth of skewed animal rights ideology”.
Robert Borsak has posted several photos from hunting trips to his social media accounts. Photo: Facebook
“I choose to hunt and gather my own meat because it is my right to do so. It is a clean, organic, and sustainable way to live,” he said.
“I choose to cull feral and invasive animals because culling protects our native species and habitats, and I consider myself a responsible and ethical hunter and fisher.”
Robert Borsak during a hunting expedition in Tasmania. Photo: Facebook
Mr Buckingham interjected asking: “Did you eat the elephant?” The Shooters, Fishers and Farmers MP replied, ”yes”.
According to Mr Borsak, he shot the elephant during a hunting trip designed to cull elephants in plague proportions.
He later clarified he had not eaten the animal "in one sitting".
News Corp reported Mr Borsak saying the animals had been killed under careful management because they were causing damage to local crops.
He defended eating its meat, claiming only westerners were prepared to waste good meat, citing kangaroo culls in Australia in which eating the meat was off limits.
NSW Greens MP Jeremy Buckingham interupted Mr Borsak's speech on animal rights, re-igniting a previous debate over his admission that he had killed an elephant. Photo: AAP
"It's sick to shoot and kill an elephant for thrills, and it's revolting that Mr Borsak would eat the elephant," Mr Buckingham said. "He's unfit for office."
The Shooters and Fishers and Farmers party claims this photo shows Jeremy Buckingham eating a sausage made from venison hunted by Mr Borsak. Photo: Supplied
The Shooters and Fishers and Farmers party has now hit back at Mr Buckingham, showing the ABC a photograph of the Greens MP eating a sausage at a barbecue.
According to the party, Mr Buckingham's venison sausage came from a deer killed by Mr Borsak during a hunt.
Follow the link at: https://au.news.yahoo.com/nsw/a/317...-hunting-trip-to-greens-mp-jeremy-buckingham/
Ben Brennan - Yahoo7 News on June 1, 2016, 3:04 pm
VIDEO: NSW Shooters MP admits eating elephant during hunting trip to Africa
A New South Wales upper house MP has admitted eating an elephant during a hunting trip to Africa.
Shooters and Fishers and Farmers Member of the Legislative Council Robert Borsak confirmed he had indeed eaten elephant during a debate with Greens MLC Jeremy Buckingham on Tuesday.
Robert Borsak has previously been caught up in a hunting controversy after admitting killing an elephant in Zimbabwe more than 10 years ago. Photo: Facebook
Mr Borsak had previously admitted killing elephants during a hunting trip to Zimbabwe more than a decade ago, sparking the question from Mr Buckingham.
Mr Borsak had been speaking about “insidious growth of skewed animal rights ideology”.
Robert Borsak has posted several photos from hunting trips to his social media accounts. Photo: Facebook
“I choose to hunt and gather my own meat because it is my right to do so. It is a clean, organic, and sustainable way to live,” he said.
“I choose to cull feral and invasive animals because culling protects our native species and habitats, and I consider myself a responsible and ethical hunter and fisher.”
Robert Borsak during a hunting expedition in Tasmania. Photo: Facebook
Mr Buckingham interjected asking: “Did you eat the elephant?” The Shooters, Fishers and Farmers MP replied, ”yes”.
According to Mr Borsak, he shot the elephant during a hunting trip designed to cull elephants in plague proportions.
He later clarified he had not eaten the animal "in one sitting".
News Corp reported Mr Borsak saying the animals had been killed under careful management because they were causing damage to local crops.
He defended eating its meat, claiming only westerners were prepared to waste good meat, citing kangaroo culls in Australia in which eating the meat was off limits.
NSW Greens MP Jeremy Buckingham interupted Mr Borsak's speech on animal rights, re-igniting a previous debate over his admission that he had killed an elephant. Photo: AAP
"It's sick to shoot and kill an elephant for thrills, and it's revolting that Mr Borsak would eat the elephant," Mr Buckingham said. "He's unfit for office."
The Shooters and Fishers and Farmers party claims this photo shows Jeremy Buckingham eating a sausage made from venison hunted by Mr Borsak. Photo: Supplied
The Shooters and Fishers and Farmers party has now hit back at Mr Buckingham, showing the ABC a photograph of the Greens MP eating a sausage at a barbecue.
According to the party, Mr Buckingham's venison sausage came from a deer killed by Mr Borsak during a hunt.
Follow the link at: https://au.news.yahoo.com/nsw/a/317...-hunting-trip-to-greens-mp-jeremy-buckingham/
