It isn’t often that The Transit Wire gets to post a story about technology coming to the aid of a lost cat; this one comes from the Los Angeles Times. It seems that Lilou boarded a Dublin-bound train without knowledge of her owner. A passenger turned the cat over to Irish Rail officials, who used the train’s surveillance video to figure out where the feline boarded. The railroad then distributed a photo of the cat via Twitter, which was widely retweeted and came to the attention of the owner within a few hours. To help Lilou out the next time she wanders, Irish Rail issued her a personalized (felinized?) rail pass, complete with photo ID. Link to full story in Los Angeles Times.
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