Overview

• A passenger named Camille was fined €110 on a high-speed train from Vannes to Paris after multiple complaints about her cat, Monet, meowing.
• SNCF says the fine addressed a disturbance created by the situation, not the meowing alone, and cites a refusal to relocate to a largely empty carriage.
• The written notice references the start of legal procedures for ‘troubling public order due to noise’ following complaints from several customers.
• Camille says the cat meowed only at the beginning, had a €7 pet ticket, and was in a carrier, and she considers the sanction unjust.
• The case has drawn broad discussion about stricter conduct enforcement on French rail, with recent fines for noisy behavior cited and comparisons to similar crackdowns by TfL and Irish Rail.