2021/01/07 | Country | Thailand | | Monkeys are still in slavery to harvest coconuts one year after the first investigation in Thailand . Of the 14th farms visited in 2020, it was confirmed that half of them still exploit monkeys. | Thailand | PETA | BLOOMBERG | | |
2020/12 | Corporation | Urban Outfitters, Anthropologie, and Free People | Urban Outfitters Inc. | Numerous animal cruelty and mistreatments issues in 116 farms in six countries on four continents linked to exploitation of wool, cashmere, mohair, leather, down, silk, and alpaca fleece | United States / wordlwide | PETA US | PETA FR | | |
2020/12/17 | Supranational | European Union | | Positive news: EU Court backs ban on animal slaughter without stunning | European Union | BBC | Le Monde | Politico | |
2020/12/17 | Commodity | Cotton | | 20% of the world’s cotton comes from forced-labor, hand-picked hand-picked by half-million people (Uighur and Turkic minorities) in China | China (Xinjiang region) | The Guardian | The Center for Global Policy (NGO) | Reuters | |
2020/12/11 | Commodity | water | | Water futures can now be traded on a Stock-Exchange for the first time - this amplifies the risk of speculation on water and thus the risk of water scarcity and biodiversity loss in the poorest regions | worldwide | CNN | Investopedia (futures and speculative ability) | NASDAQ TICKER NQH2O | The Costa Rica news |
2020/12 | Corporation | Restaurant Brands International (Burger King, Tim Hortons, Popeyes) | | Positive news: commitment to use 100% cage-free eggs worldwide by the end of 2025 / 2030 according to regions | Canada and United States | RBI | | | |
2020/12/04 | Association | Telethon | Association française contre les myopathies (AFM) | The fundraising campaign has been funding animal experimentation (breeding of genetically illed dogs) with a lack of results since 15 years | France | PETA | AFM Telethon | | |
2020/12 | Corporation | Herta | Nestlé and Casa Tarradellas (40% / 60% of the capital) | pig abuse and greenwashing controversy | France (Allier) | L214 | Paris Match | The Guardian | BFM |
2020/11/22 | Country | France | | 1,000 minks culled in France due to coronavirus contamination | France (Eure-et-Loir) | Le Monde | BBC | Science | BBC (Coronavirus: calls to shut down dirty fur trade) |
2020/11/21 | Corporation | Carrefour Brazil | Carrefour | In Brazil, death of man beaten up by security guard and policeman in Carrefour sparks protests | Brazil (Porto Alegre) | La Croix | Reuters | | |
2020/11 | Country | France, Germany, Denmark, Sweden, Netherlands, UK | | Systemic risk: Denmark, France, Germany, Sweden, the Netherlands and UK have registered outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza | France, Germany, Denmark, Sweden, Netherlands, UK | Wattagnet (Information site specialized in poultry) | Le Monde (article 1) | Le Monde (article 2) | Le Monde (article 3) |
2020/11 | Country | South Africa | | PETA recorded conversations in which South African President Cyril Ramaphosa’s managers admitted that he shares equally in the profits from all hunts conducted through Tsala Hunting Safaris | South Africa | PETA | | | |
2020/11/11 | Corporation | HERMES | | Hermès to build Australia's largest crocodile farm | France / Australia | Capital (Fr) | ABC | | |
2020/11 | Country | United States | | Positive news: the United States does not plan to cull minks that have contracted coronavirus on fur farms in Utah, Wisconsin, and Michigan. US CDC investigations are ongoing on evidence that the minks are making humans sick in the U.S. | USA (Utah, Wisconsin, and Michigan) | National Geographic | | | |
2020/11 | Country | Sweden | | Positive news: Sweden does not plan to cull minks | Sweden | ABC news | | | |
2020/11 | Country | Spain | | Spain has culled 100,000 mink in Aragón province | Spain | BBC | | | |
2020/11 | Country | Denmark | | Denmark will cull all its mink (17 million) after a mutated form of coronavirus was found that can spread to humans | Denmark | BBC | | | |
2020/11 | Corporation | Ascena retail group (Ann Taylor, LOFT, Lou & Grey, Lane Bryant and Cacique) | | Positive news: Ascena retail bans Alpaca after talks with PETA after the winter 2020 season | United States / Peru | PETA | New York Post | | |
2020/11 | Corporation | Michell Group, the world’s largest exporter of alpacas' wool and supplier of major brands (ESPRIT, Marks & Spencer, Smith & Caughey’s that are phasing out). Gap and H&M have cut ties with Michell Group. | Michell & Cía. S.A | Alpacas Tied Down, Cut Up for Sweaters and Scarves | Peru | PETA | | | |
2020/10 | Corporation | Costco | | Positive news: Costco drops Chaokoh coconut milk producer over allegations of forced monkey in Thailand labor | USA/Thailand | USA today | Huffpost | | |
2020/10 | Country | France government | | France authorizes the return of neonicotinoid pesticides, bee killers | France | News Press | | | |
2020/10 | Corporation | Starbucks | | Starbucks is opening a cafe in Yulin, the dog eating city | United States | Non-Profit Organization Duo Duo Project | | | |
2020/09 | Bank | CREDIT AGRICOLE | | Controversy on financing intensive animal suffering | France | Welfarm | | | |
2020/09/24 | Corporation | Eurotunnel (Getlink) | | Controversy on pheasant and partridge chicks carriage for hunting | France / United Kingdom | L214 | | | |
2020/09
| Company | United Therapeutics | | Financing of controversial animal testing / implantation of organs from species in another
| United States | PETA | CNBC | | |
2020/09 | University | David K.C. Cooper’s xenotransplantation laboratory | University of Alabama–Birmingham (UAB) | Unsuitable use of laundry detergent on the open, hemorrhaging surgical wound of a baboon, falsification of veterinary care records to hide failures in attending to animals’ suffering | United States | PETA | | | |
2020/09 | University | Wisconsin National Primate Research Center | University of Wisconsin–Madison | 2,000 monkeys severely confined, under constant stress, and mutilated | United States | PETA | UNIVERSITY of WISCONSIN–MADISON | | |
2020/09 | Country | Ship Gulf Livestock 1 | New Zealand | New Zealand has suspended the export of live cattle after a ship that left its shores with 43 crew members and nearly 6,000 cows capsized off Japan | New Zealand
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2020/09 | Bank | Deutsche Bank | | Money laundering / FinCen Files / Amount of suspicisous transactions: $1,310,771,379,656. | Germany | International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) | | | |
2020/09 | Bank | JPMorgan | | Money laundering / FinCen Files / Amount of suspicisous transactions: $514,206,745,666. | United States | International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) | | | |
2020/09 | Bank | Standard Chartered | | Money laundering / FinCen Files / Amount of suspicisous transactions: $166 billion. | United Kingdom | International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) | | | |
2020/09 | Bank | Bank of New York Mellon | | Money laundering / FinCen Files / Amount of suspicisous transactions: $64 billion. | United States | International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) | | | |
2020/09 | Bank | Barclays | | Money laundering / FinCen Files / Amount of suspicisous transactions: $21.6 billion. | United Kingdom | International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) | | | |
2020/09 | Bank | Société Générale | | Money laundering / FinCen Files / Amount of suspicisous transactions: $8.4 billion. | France | International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) | | | |
2020/09 | Bank | HSBC | | Money laundering / FinCen Files / Amount of suspicisous transactions: $4.48 billion. | United Kingdom | International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) | | | |
2020/09 | Bank | State Street Corporation | | Money laundering / FinCen Files / Amount of suspicisous transactions: $2 billion. | United States | International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) | | | |
2020/09 | Bank | Commerzbank AG | | Money laundering / FinCen Files / Amount of suspicisous transactions: $1.76 billion. | Germany | International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) | | | |
2020/09 | Bank | China Investment Corporation | | Money laundering / FinCen Files / Amount of suspicisous transactions: $1.3 billion. | China | International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) | | | |
2020/06/18 | Ontario government | Ontario | Canada | Controversial bill 156 was enacted as a statute on 18/6/2020, just one day before the killing of activist Regan Russell by a livestock truck driver - the law prohibits any person to interfere with a motor vehicle transporting farm animals | Canada | Governtment of Ontario | Legislative Assembly of Ontario (Bill 156 chronology) | Wikipedia (Death of Regan Russell) | Mercy for Animals (documentary by award-winning filmmaker Shaun Monson on the death of Regan Russell) |
2015 | Corporation | Prada | Prada Holding S.P.A. | Investigation: ostriches Butchered for 'Luxury' Bags and Accessories | Italy / South Africa | PETA | | | |
2015 | Corporation | Hermès | | Investigation: ostriches Butchered for 'Luxury' Bags and Accessories | France / South Africa | PETA | | | |
2015 | Corporation | Gucci | Kering | Investigation: ostriches Butchered for 'Luxury' Bags and Accessories | France / South Africa | PETA | | | |
2015 | Corporation | Louis Vuitton | LVMH | Investigation: ostriches Butchered for 'Luxury' Bags and Accessories | France / South Africa | PETA | | | |