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French railways operator fined over train that ran over a cat

A Paris court has fined the French railways operator SNCF 1,000 euros for negligence and ordered it to pay another 1,000 euros in damages to each of the two owners of a cat which, after escaping its travel bag in Montparnasse station, was killed by a departing high-speed train.

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A French court has found the national rail operator guilty of negligence after a departing train ran over a cat hiding on its tracks, reports The Guardian.

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