“It was an SNCF passenger who was knowingly run over,” said the president of the Foundation, Reha Hutin, recalling that the animal had its own ticket.
New twist in the case of the cat crushed by a TGV under the eyes of its owner in Paris. This Monday, the 30 million friends Foundation announced that it was filing a complaint against the SNCF “for acts of cruelty», Believing that the company did not react to save the animal. One “aberrant lack of empathy“, while the cat in question was clearly in danger, judge the defenders of animals.
“Beyond the abominable cruelty of the facts, the animal was in order since his mistresses had paid a ticket so that he could travel legally. It is therefore an SNCF passenger who was knowingly run over!“, denounces the president of the Foundation, Reha Hutin. She also announces that her organization is filing a complaint against the SNCF for “serious abuse and acts of cruelty resulting in the death of an animal“.
His lawyer, Maître Xavier Bacquet, stresses that “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“. One “act of cruelty“, according to him.
A “sad incident”, according to the SNCF
Reported by our colleagues from Parisian , the case dates back to early January. Waiting on a platform at Gare Montparnasse to board their train, Georgia and her 15-year-old daughter, Melaïna, see their cat Neko run away from the crate he was in. The latter then took refuge under a train, and the owners, distraught, alerted SNCF agents, who forbade them from saving the animal and did not go looking for it themselves. A few tens of minutes later, the TGV leaves, and the cat is cut in two by the oars. After his death, the controllers offer the mother to recover the body of the cat.
This story – asad incident“, according to the SNCF, which recalls that it is “it is strictly forbidden to descend on the tracks, which would endanger the lives of the two passengers or our agents– triggered many reactions from animal rights activists. Recently, the Brigitte Bardot Foundation was offended by the railway group’s lack of reaction: “It is astonishing that the SNCF does not join in the reinforcement of the animal protection”, she reacted. For their part, Georgia and Melanïa, told 30 million friends that they hope their tragedy will never happen.to other people“.