Overview

• The passenger, Camille, says her cat Monet had a €7 ticket and was in a transport carrier when a controller issued a €110 contravention.
• The written notice cites repeated meowing, complaints from several travelers, a refused seat change, and records a basis of public-order disturbance.
• SNCF states the sanction was not for meowing itself but followed multiple complaints and a relocation offer that was declined, and it plans to contact the customer.
• Camille has formally contested the fine and did not pay on the spot, prompting SNCF to say it will re-examine the case in light of her account.
• Media link the episode to a broader run of disputed fines this summer, as the Institut pour la justice asks the Défenseure des droits to investigate potentially arbitrary or discriminatory practices.