PARIS — A French court on Tuesday (July 4) found France's national rail operator guilty of negligence after a departing train ran over a cat that had escaped from a traveller's bag, in an incident that outraged animal rights groups.
The owners of Neko — which means"cat" in Japanese — accused rail staff of cruelty after they refused to delay a high-speed service from Paris to Bordeaux in January after their pet jumped on the tracks.
An animal rights charity filed a legal complaint afterwards against the SNCF national railways for"serious abuse and cruelty leading to the death of an animal". The ruling magistrate concluded that there had been"an absence of commitment of the necessary resources to rescue the cat". The verdict went against the recommendation of prosecutors who had called for the SNCF to be cleared of all charges, saying that there had not been a"lack of humanity" from staff.Neko's owner Georgia and her 15-year-old daughter Melaina saw Neko escape from their travel bag and disappear under the high-speed TGV with 800 passengers on board shortly before departure time.
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