VIENNA (Reuters) - Vienna has ordered its traditional carriage drivers to clean up their act and strap "poo bags" to their horses' backsides to prevent them from fouling the historic capital's pristine streets.



The carriages, or fiakers, have roamed Vienna for centuries. Today, their bowler-hatted drivers take visitors on tours of the city's sights. But the smelly mess has proven too much for Vienna's city council, which ordered the move Tuesday.


"In summer -- and last summer was particularly hot -- passing cars ground the horse droppings on the road into a fine dust which then flew into the air and caused an unpleasant odor," said a spokesman for Vienna's social democratic party, which backed a bill ordering horses to be fitted with what are known locally by the English term "poo bags."


"I am sure that 100 or 150 years ago it stank as well but people in the city have come to expect a better quality of life," he said.

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Eww, I wonder what the horses think of that...

Do you think they could make one for dogs poo bags for everyone.