The companies did not say they were phasing out the material due to animal welfare concerns. But they, together with Adidas, have been targets of a campaign called “Kangaroos Are Not Shoes,” run by the U.S.-based Center for a Humane Economy.Asked if Adidas also planned to phase out kangaroo leather, spokesperson Stefan Pursche said it “plays a minor role and is significantly below 1 percent because we’ve been able to substitute kangaroo leather with other innovative materials in many products.
Kangaroos are often seen on golf courses at dusk in regional Australia, and, on occasion, even try to play a bit of soccer: In 2018, a rooBut in lean years the kangaroos starve in the millions, Grigg said. Their populations swell in the wet and collapse in the country’s brutal dry. He is in favor of culling and a commercial industry — a mainstream view among ecologists, he said.
Euan Ritchie, professor of wildlife ecology and conservation at Deakin University, said he would be concerned if kangaroos were no longer being harvested. “It’s quite horrific to see when kangaroo numbers get really high and they overgraze,” he said. “You end up with horrible images of kangaroos starving to death and landscapes that are largely devoid of grass.” They also take food sources away from other, sometimes endangered, native species when their numbers are too great, he said.launched in January 2020 and has bought billboards in Nike’s home state of Oregon, lobbied U.S. lawmakers, organized a petition and protested outside Nike stores.
The kangaroo 🦘 is in plagueproportions and of course its meat should of been distributed to Asia decades ago. Where these people lack types of protein and rely on fishing.
Talk to BauerHockey, they used to make skates from Roo leather in the 80’s. They were awesome.
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Zero kangaroos will be saved as a result of this. They are not endangered. Koalas are in danger. It’s a shame these activists are not better informed and putting their energy towards a genuine crisis.
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This is peak Americans not knowing what TF they are talking about. Those politicians have probably never been to Australia, and certainly have no concept of the sustainability of the Kangaroo industry. I am literally embarrassed for American policy makers.
If the kangaroos are killed for meat anyway. Surely the skins shouldn’t be wasted.
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It’s so stupid. The manufacturing of the synthetic material has to be worse for the environment than the safe, humane harvesting of a very very plentiful animal
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Kangaroo populations are out of control in Australia. Using K leather is very ecological.
Absolutely ridiculous. There are rend of millions of kangaroos in Australia and the ones shot are from the most populous breeds. People using cuteness as a factor instead of their brains.
Given that there are about 50 million kangaroos in Australia, which is about twice that of people. I would say that they are doing just fine.