According to the local outlet Wrocławskie Fakty, Jeżowska was asked on stage in Wrocław, in southwestern Poland, what she hoped for from Santa Claus.
Rather than offering the usual festive platitude, she steered the moment toward animal welfare.
“Do you love animals?” she asked the audience. “I have cats myself, but it makes me terribly sad that dogs are still suffering on chains,” she said - turning her Christmas wish into a plea for the problem to be addressed.
Her comments came only days after Karol Nawrocki - backed by the right-wing populist Law and Justice (PiS) party - signed a bill outlawing fur farming while simultaneously vetoing an amendment to Poland’s animal-protection law.
The rejected measure would have introduced an immediate ban on tethering dogs and required owners to provide large outdoor enclosures.
Defending his decision, the president argued that the proposed standards would impose unreasonable burdens on dog owners, particularly in rural areas.
The politician pledged to introduce his own bill that would phase out the use of chains without what he described as “absurd” costs and obligations.
Parliament is due to debate whether to override the veto on 17 December.
A three-fifths majority is required, and without it the president’s decision will stand and the new rules will not take effect.
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Source: X/@WroclawFakty