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Manchinha Case
The Manchinha case, also known as the Carrefour dog case, refers to the killing of a stray dog named Manchinha. On 28 November 2018, she was killed by a Carrefour employee near a store where she had been living in Osasco, Greater São Paulo, Brazil. The case generated national and international backlash against the French corporation and led to the passing of a law that increased the penalty for the Cruelty to animals, mistreatment of animals by the National Congress of Brazil, Brazilian Congress. Manchinha Manchinha was an abandoned female Mongrel, mixed-breed dog. She lived in the parking lot of a Carrefour hypermarket and was given food and water by customers and employees. The name Manchinha means ''small spot'' in Portuguese language, Portuguese and refers to the dark spots in her white fur. Background and crime In November 2018, the owners of the Carrefour store were notified of an upcoming visit from store headquarters. An employee responsible for site security was o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carrefour
Carrefour Group, S.A. (, ), is a French multinational retail and wholesaling corporation headquartered in Massy, Essonne, Massy, France. It operates a chain of hypermarkets, grocery stores and convenience stores. By 2024, the group had 14,000 stores in 40 countries.. It is the seventh-largest retailer in the world by revenue. History The first Carrefour shop (not a hypermarket) opened in 1960, within suburban Annecy, near a crossroads (junction), crossroads (hence the name ― ''carrefour'' means ''crossroads'' in French). The group was created in 1958 by Marcel Fournier, Denis Defforey and Jacques Defforey, who attended and were influenced by several seminars in the United States led by "the Pope of retail", Bernardo Trujillo. The Carrefour group was the first in Europe to open a hypermarket: a large supermarket and a department store under the same roof. They opened their first hypermarket on 15 June 1963 in Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois, Essonne, Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois, ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
