Press Release Center For A Humane Economy Helping Lead U.S. Actions Because Adidas Is An Outlier In Still Sourcing Kangaroo Parts For Soccer Cleats Sydney, Australia — Animal advocates, including the Center for a Humane Economy, are taking to the streets in a global day of protest against Adidas over its financing of the largest … Read more
Germany-based sportwear company can help turn things around by joining competitors in abandoning wildlife slaughter for its products. (Washington, D.C.) – The Center for a Humane Economy called on Adidas—the only remaining athletic shoe seller among the top five global brands to source wildlife skins for soccer cleats—to select an advocate of wildlife protection for … Read more
When U.S.-based New Balance informed the Center for a Humane Economy (the Center) days ago that it will phase out kangaroo skins in its supply chain, it was one more big moment in our efforts to protect Australia’s iconic mammals. Since the launch of our Kangaroos Are Not Shoes campaign in 2020, four of the … Read more
Boston-based athletic wear brand announces pledges to drop kangaroo-based shoes six months after Portland-based Nike says it will move away from the use of wildlife skins to make soccer cleats. Washington, D.C. — The athletic wear giant New Balance informed the Center for a Humane Economy yesterday that it has altered its sourcing policies and … Read more
Dick’s is still peddling athletic shoes from Adidas, Mizuno and others sourcing skins from kangaroos—even after Nike and Puma announced in 2023 they’d stop the practice. Pittsburgh, PA — The Center for a Humane Economy is telling Dick’s Sporting Goods to end its role as America’s biggest retailer of kangaroo-based shoes. The animal-welfare group and … Read more
Nike and Puma Made Public Pronouncements in March That They’d Halt Use of Kangaroo Skins in Their Supply Chains by the End of the Year WASHINGTON, D.C. – Leading a bipartisan group of three Republicans and three Democrats as sponsors, U.S. Representatives Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Penn., and Jan Schakowsky, D-Ill., introduced the Kangaroo Protection Act, H.R. 4995, … Read more
Australia’s slaughter of kangaroos has long been an outlier on the world stage when it comes to our treatment of wildlife. In contemporary times, it was rivaled in scale and savagery perhaps only by the mass killing of baby harp and hooded seals in Atlantic Canada. Nike, one of the most recognizable brands in the … Read more
U.S. athletic wear brand announces policy to drop kangaroo-based shoes just days after Puma made a similar announcement, offering the prospect of ending the massive slaughter of kangaroos to make shoes for the world’s biggest sport Washington, D.C. – Nike, one of the best-known brands in the world, announced today that it will stop using … Read more
Puma sheds kangaroo skins in its athletic shoes, indirectly pressuring Nike and Adidas to disassociate themselves from the largest slaughter of terrestrial wild animals in the world Washington, D.C. – Puma, one of the biggest brands in athletic shoes and sportswear, announced this week that it is shedding kangaroo skins in its soccer cleats, bringing … Read more
Press Release Vermont Representative Conor Casey champions new bill to promote humane and conservation-minded commerce Montpelier, Vt. – Animal Wellness Action and Center for a Humane Economy applauded State Representative Conor Casey, Washington-4, for introducing legislation to stop Nike and other athletic shoe companies from sourcing kangaroo skins for soccer cleat models. He has introduced the fifth state bill this year … Read more