A Russian prepare attendant who threw a household’s beloved cat off a prepare in freezing temperatures and in the end despatched the animal to his loss of life has been suspended from work.
“She is presently not working with passenger trains, quickly for a interval of assessment,” Ivan Kolesnikov, the deputy normal director of Russian Railways, was quoted telling lawmakers on Tuesday.
He mentioned an investigation is ongoing into the high-profile loss of life of Twix the cat, which has sparked requires legal expenses in opposition to the prepare employee. Twix, an orange and white tabby, was touring along with his proprietor by prepare to St. Petersburg final week when he someway acquired out of his provider and commenced scampering across the wagon. Though the cat had a ticket, and thus permission to be on the prepare, an attendant booted him off the prepare after claiming she thought he was a stray.
Frantic search efforts ensued after the cat’s proprietor realized what had occurred, however Twix was discovered lifeless on Jan. 20 not removed from the spot the place he’d been dumped within the Kirov area.
Volunteers who discovered him mentioned he appeared to have been frozen and gnawed on by canines.
The top of the Investigative Committee, Alexander Bastrykin, ordered an investigation into Twix’s loss of life on Monday.
“The pet was on the prepare legally: a baggage receipt was issued for the cat, and he was touring in a carriage the place the transport of animals is allowed,” the Investigative Committee mentioned in a press launch.
