The NSW upper house MP whose boast that he had shot and eaten an elephant brought him global attention has admitted he's done so eight times.

Robert Borsak MLC, who represents the Shooters and Fishers party in the NSW parliament, last week admitted in parliament he had eaten the dead elephant he was pictured standing alongside in a notorious trophy photo taken a decade ago. "It's very tasty," he said.

The brief back-and-forth with a Greens antagonist last week led to global media coverage of a late Tuesday sitting of the NSW Legislative Council. The Times of London and many other UK newspapers followed the story. So too did the Washington Post, CNN and African media.

On Monday the Herald called Mr Borsak with a follow-up question: how many elephants had he shot?