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In 2023, a departing train in Paris ran over a cat that had escaped from a traveller’s bag, in a case that caused an uproar in France.<\/p>\n
Despite requests from the animal’s owners to delay the departure and rescue the animal, the Paris-Bordeaux high-speed TGV train with 800 passengers on board left, slicing Neko the cat in two. France’s national rail operator SNCF insisted at the time that the animal was “not visible.”<\/p>\n
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After two years of deliberation SNCF has now issued clear rules.<\/p>\n
If your pet escapes and falls onto the train tracks in France, a train can be delayed by a maximum of 20 minutes, according to the new protocol, a copy of which was seen by AFP.<\/p>\n
The protocol “formalises practices that have always been in place in this type of situation and are applied with common sense and humanity by our staff,” a spokesman for rail infrastructure management unit SNCF Reseau told AFP on Friday.<\/p>\n
The new rules were spelled out in a memo to SCNF staff on Thursday.<\/p>\n
Once a passenger has reported an animal missing, SNCF staff have 10 minutes to “clear up any doubts” by trying to spot the animal from the platform, according to the new rules.<\/p>\n
If the missing pet is spotted, staff have a maximum of 10 minutes “to remove the animal without entering the danger zone” and accessing the tracks.<\/p>\n
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If the animal still does not emerge, the train is required to proceed at very low speed to give it a final chance to escape.<\/p>\n
Neko’s owners sued SNCF but lost on appeal.<\/p>\n
After the cat’s death Clement Beaune, the transport minister at the time, had asked the SNCF chief executive to look into “all possible options for changing your internal procedures.”<\/p>\n
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