Man and his pet rat escorted off MBTA bus after other riders 'felt unsafe'
BOSTON - Transit Police were called to an MBTA bus in Jamaica Plain Thursday evening because a passenger brought a rat on board.
Police said they were alerted to a "disturbance" on the bus in Jackson Square around 5 p.m. That disturbance was a 56-year-old man who had his "pet rat sitting on his shoulder."
"Other riders felt unsafe & exited," Transit Police said in a tweet Friday.
The officer explained the agency's policy about not allowing animals on the T and escorted the man and his rat off the bus.
No other information about the incident was released.
