A stunned MP couldn’t believe his eyes after he spotted a sheep wearing a nappy on the train.
Footage filmed by Mariusz Krystian shows the young woolly traveller being led calmly down the aisle before being parked neatly in a legroom space.
In a second clip shared online, the confused creature can be heard bleating as it wanders nervously up and down the gangway between two carriages.
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The bizarre scenes unfolded during the Polish politician’s Pendolino trip from Kraków to Warsaw in Poland on Tuesday (4 Nov), as reported by What’s The Jam.
The sheep’s nappy suggested its owner had tried to plan ahead, but a photo posted by the 49-year-old MP, apparently showing droppings on the carpet, hinted the plan hadn’t quite worked.
Posting the follow-up video, Krystian said: “Many of you are saying the animal was being properly looked after! Nonsense!
“It was frightened and stressed.
“This is what ‘modern’ animal cruelty looks like.
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“And on top of that, the entire carriage was left filthy.”
Krystian, a right-wing Law and Justice MP in Poland’s lower house, earlier told local media: “I’m on the Kraków-Warsaw Pendolino and there’s a woman here travelling with a sheep – a live one – wearing a nappy.
“Is this the new PKP (Polish State Railways) standard under Minister Klimczak? People are really pushing it with these animals on trains.”
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After consulting a sheep-breeding pal, the irritated MP added: “This is extremely distressing for an animal like that.
“A sheep is a herd animal – on its own, it suffers. And on top of that, these conditions are incredibly stressful for it.”
PKP Intercity rules do allow animals on board – even in nappies – as long as they’re properly secured.
The guidelines mainly cover dogs and cats, but Polish media say it’s not the first time the country’s trains have seen strange passengers – one past traveller was reportedly a goose.
Not everyone was shocked, though. One commenter, Barbara, was entirely unfazed, saying: “Seems fine to me – doesn’t bother me at all.
“At least it won’t nick anything, which you can’t always say about the people on trains.”
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