“It is therefore an SNCF passenger who was knowingly crushed! ” Monday, on his site, the association fighting against animal abuse has announced the filing of a complaint against the SNCF after a train deliberately ran over a cat. Reha Hutin, president of the 30 million Friends Foundation, filed a complaint for “serious abuse and acts of cruelty resulting in the death of an animal”: “Beyond the abominable cruelty of the facts, the animal was in rule since his mistresses had paid for a ticket so that he could travel legally. »
“You can’t do just anything with the living. But here, agents deliberately made the decision to start a train when the masters informed them of the presence of their cat on the tracks. It is therefore in conscience that this potentially fatal decision – and which unfortunately was – was taken. It is therefore not an incident, but an act of cruelty! “, detailed Me Xavier Bacquet, lawyer for the association, in a press release on the association’s website.
“It is strictly forbidden to go down on the tracks”
On January 2, Georgina and her daughter Melaïna were patiently waiting for their train at Montparnasse station when their cat Neko decided to take refuge under a train. For twenty minutes, the two women tried to delay the train and call their cat, visibly determined not to move. The mother also attempted to speak to the driver. But nothing to do for the staff. The train started and severed the animal in two, as the Parisian.
Previously contacted by 20 minutes, the SCNF said it was “affected” by the incident but considered that it had acted in the name of the safety of its agents and passengers: “It is strictly forbidden to go down on the tracks, which would endanger the lives of both travelers or our agents. Railway installations are dangerous when you are no longer on a platform and safety is our first priority. A train parked in a station is indeed always supplied with electricity and the risks of electrocution are real. »