Japanese footwear giants react after adidas stops sourcing kangaroo parts OSAKA, Japan – Mizuno Corporation, a Japan-based leader in performance athletic footwear sold across the globe, will phase out the use of kangaroo leather in its shoes, according to reporting from Financial Times. The move comes two weeks after adidas announced an exit from the trade and just a … Read more
Kangaroos Are Not Shoes
Momentum building for a global retreat from the trade in kangaroo skins KOBE, HYOGO, JAPAN — Just days after adidas announced it has ended its sourcing of kangaroo skins for its soccer cleats, the global athletic shoe giant ASICS has followed suit. The Japan-based company delivered that news to Animal Wellness Action and the Center for a … Read more
Wayne Pacelle of the Center for a Humane Economy makes case for action at Annual Shareholder Meeting in Fürth, Germany, and adidas CEO announced a permanent exit from the trade WASHINGTON, D.C. — After an in-person plea by the Center for a Humane Economy president Wayne Pacelle to adidas’s leadership to halt sourcing of kangaroo … Read more
Annual shareholder meeting to occur on May 15th in Fürth FÜRTH, Germany — Wayne Pacelle, president of Animal Wellness Action and the Center for a Humane Economy, will attend the adidas Annual General Meeting on Thursday, May 15, in Fürth, Germany, to address the company’s continued use of kangaroo leather in its footwear lines. Pacelle will call on adidas leadership to … Read more
There’s no longer any compelling wildlife management or commercial use argument for kangaroo massacre in the Outback You can listen to this article here: This week, U.S. Representatives Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Penn., and Jan Schakowsky, D-Ill. — two major champions of animal welfare in Congress — introduced the Kangaroo Protection Act, H.R. 1992, to end the … Read more
Kangaroo Protection Act would bar imports of kangaroo parts into the world’s largest economy Washington, D.C. — Animal Wellness Action and the Center for a Humane Economy applauded U.S. Representatives Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Penn., and Jan Schakowsky, D-Ill., for this week introducing the Kangaroo Protection Act, H.R. 1992, to ban the sale of kangaroo body parts in the United States. The … Read more
Thanks to our Kangaroos Are Not Shoes campaign — launched in 2020 — the world now knows the gory details of the largest slaughter of mammals in the world for commercial trade in their parts. In Australia, nighttime shooters roll into the homes and habitats of kangaroos with their spotlights and rifles and take aim … Read more
Senators weigh in to stop the largest annual slaughter of terrestrial wildlife in the world WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sens. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., and Cory Booker, D-N.J. introduced legislation today to cut off the U.S. marketplace to the parts of kangaroos, who are commercially slaughtered in their native habitats for export, mainly to make athletic … Read more
Press Release Famed athlete should elect for an abbreviated board term if the company doesn’t soon end its role in ‘largest terrestrial slaughter of wildlife in the world’ Washington, D.C. — The Center for a Humane Economy has called on Olympic gold medalist and world champion athlete Jackie Joyner-Kersee to leave the Adidas board of directors … Read more
Press Release Athletic wear giant contributes to mass orphaning of kangaroos Washington, D.C. — The Center for a Humane Economy responded to news this week that a live 6-month-old joey had to be rescued from inside the pouch of its decapitated mother in Queensland, Australia. Photographs and video of the grisly scene prompted the Center to … Read more