INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Russian law enforcement authorities ended an examination into animal ruthlessness almost a year after the death of a family pet feline
mistakenly tossed from a train stimulated a national protest, media reported Friday.The feline, Twix, acquired nationwide attention after he
was found dead, likely from frostbite, in freezing conditions northeast of Moscow on Jan
Detectives dropped the animal cruelty case in October due to the lack of a criminal misdeed, the tabloid Komsomolskaya Pravda reported,
mentioning a confidential source close to law enforcement.The source declared a train conductor had actually found Twix and shown him to
travelers, including the person transferring the cat.But nobody recognized the pet, the source stated
They included that Twix was later on put in the trains vestibule, where a passenger apparently left him on the platform during a drop in
Kirov.Twixs owner, Edgar Gaifullin, whose stepfather was entrusted with transporting the feline from Yekaterinburg to St
Petersburg, decreased to discuss the case.The cats death prompted extensive outrage, with over 260,000 individuals signing a petition
requiring the termination of the train conductor
Russias leading investigator likewise ordered a probe into the incident.Following the public backlash, Russian Railways issued an apology
for Twixs death and revealed new guidelines for handling pets on trains
Instead of abandoning animals, conductors are now required to hand them over to railway station personnel, who will call animal protection
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