Footage of a man throwing Twix the cat out of a train has been published

On December 16, Izvestiya published footage of a man throwing Twix, the cat that died in the cold in Kirov in January, out of the train.

The recording shows that one of the passengers takes the cat out of the car in the vestibule, then the conductor holds the door and pushes the animal with his foot. A man - presumably another passenger - takes the animal onto the platform before the train departs.

Thecase with the cat Twix, who was thrown out of the train car at a stop in Kirov, occurred on January 11. The cat got out of the carrier. The conductress could not find the owner of the pet and decided that he was a stray. The animal was thrown out at the nearest bus stop in the freezing cold. Twix was taken home after surgery, he had all the documents and a ticket.

After the request of the owner Edgar Gaifullin the cat was searched almost all over Kirov. On January 20, the corpse of the animal was found near the railroad tracks.

Russian Railways later reported that the conductor was temporarily suspended from work. The company also apologized and said that they would amend the documents on the transportation of animals on trains to prohibit conductors from dropping them off the train on the way.

Later, December 13, lawyer Vladislav Idamzhapov, representing the interests of the conductor, said that the cat was dropped off the train by a passenger. At the same time, the lawyer clarified that neither the actions of the passenger, nor of the conductor could be signs of a crime under Article 245 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Cruel treatment of animals"). According to the lawyer, the conductress was in a bad condition for a long time because of harassment on the Internet. It is specified that the woman is not going to file a lawsuit for moral compensation, as she wants "this story to stop".

At the same time, a source in the law enforcement agencies told Izvestia that the criminal case on the death of Twix was closed.