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New Balance to hop out of the kangaroo leather shoe business

September 29, 2023 By Merritt Clifton

Kangaroos jump for joy Down Under WASHINGTON D.C.;  BOSTON, Massachusetts––“The athletic wear giant New Balance informed the Center for a Humane Economy yesterday that it has altered its sourcing policies and that the company will phase out its use of kangaroo skins and halt sales of kangaroo-based shoes by next December,”  emailed Center for a […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Asia/Pacific, Australia & New Zealand, Culture & Animals, Feature Home Bottom, Hunting & trapping, Sports, USA, Wildlife, Wildlife Tagged With: Adidas, Animals Australia, Frankie Seymour, Merritt Clifton, New Balance, Nike, Wayne Pacelle

Kangaroo leather soccer shoes get the boot from Puma & Nike

March 15, 2023 By Merritt Clifton

Pumas do not hunt kangaroos anyhow BEAVERTON,  Oregon––Pumas,  native to almost all of the Americas,  do not hunt kangaroos,  native only to Australia. Neither will kangaroos be hunted any longer to supply the German sportswear manufacturer Puma with their hides,  the Puma company has announced. Nor will kangaroo hides be impaled on Nike spikes,  the […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Asia/Pacific, Australia & New Zealand, Culture & Animals, Feature Home Bottom, Fur & leather, Horses & Farmed Animals, Sports, USA, Wildlife, World Tagged With: Adidas, Al Spalding, Merritt Clifton, Mizuno, Nike, Pele, Puma

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