Every year, kangaroos die in vast numbers because of Nike. That’s the inescapable conclusion of an investigation by the Center for a Humane Economy (“the Center”) into the soccer cleat trade. And it’s the precise reason last year the Center announced its “Kangaroos Are Not Shoes” (KANS) campaign. Nike still doesn’t appreciate why killing two … Read more
Nike drives the killing of kangaroos in the Australian Outback to make soccer cleats. But why? At the European Football (soccer) Championships that Italy won a week ago, kangaroo skin shoes tightly swathed the feet of a healthy number of elite players. But from our analysis, conducted with partner groups in Europe, it’s clear the … Read more
Leaders of New Jersey Senate introduce legislation to ban sale of kangaroo parts, while animal welfare groups in EU promote parallel legislation to federal Kangaroo Protection Act Washington, D.C. – Nike has not made any public declarations about its use of kangaroo skins in some athletic shoe models, despite mounting pressure on the company to … Read more
Senators Kean and Weinberg introduce legislation to stop sale of soccer cleats made from kangaroo skins by Nike, Adidas (TRENTON, NJ) – Veteran state senators are seeking to make the Garden State the second state in the nation to ban the trade in kangaroo skins for soccer shoes or cleats, and other purposes. Commercial shooters … Read more
We knew of the remarkable career of the Australian poet, essay, and novelist David Brooks, but only met him after Animal Wellness Action’s sister organization, the Center for a Humane Economy, launched its “Kangaroos Are Not Shoes” campaign. He and Jeffrey Masson, also a best-selling author, based in Australia, wrote an essay about the commercial … Read more
Press Release PERTH, AUSTRALIA – Jennifer Skiff, a world-renowned author and director of international programs for Animal Wellness Action (AWA) and the Center for a Humane Economy (CHE) and her Happy Kangaroo team mates, Stuart Gordon, Carly Lambert, and Michael Berry dove into the Indian Ocean this week, competing in one of the most extreme … Read more
Press Release Contact:Jeff Burnside • 206-512-6544jeff@centerforahumaneeconomy.org Portland, OR – Just in case Nike executives are missing the message from millions of social media hits, 60,000 petition signatures, a newly introduced Kangaroo Protection Act in Congress, and one very powerful short film, strategically placed billboards in the Portland metro area will make sure they know: Vast … Read more
AWA leaders talk with Gavin Polone as he and director Derek Ambrosi retrace a supply chain stretching from Australia to consumer markets everywhere Just days after the Center for a Humane Economy and Animal Wellness Action launched a campaign to urge Nike and other major athletic footwear makers to shed the skins of kangaroos in … Read more
State’s largest violator of ban on selling kangaroo parts changes course after law enforcement pays a visit Los Angeles, CA — Niky’s Sports, California’s largest soccer goods retailer, has stopped selling kangaroo skin soccer shoes (or “cleats”) through its eight stores, adhering to a state law banning commerce in kangaroo body parts after long being out … Read more
Nike’s kangaroo-leather soccer shoes drive massive wildlife kill in Australia’s Outback By a long shot, the public-private scheme to kill kangaroos in Australia is the biggest commercial slaughter of native wildlife in the world. Despite all the pretense and rationalizations hitched to it by proponents of this open-air slaughter, it’s motivated by profit and the … Read more