PARIS: 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. 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." After two years of deliberation, SNCF has now issued clear rules. If