SAN FRANCISCO, CA - JULY 23: John Bristow wears a pair of Adidas Predator shoes made of Kangaroo hide as he teaches a soccer camp on July 23, 2007 in San Francisco, California.

No kangaroo is killed for the creation of a soccer shoe. Kangaroo hunting in Australia is necessary for population control, and the leather Adidas uses is a by-product of this.

2007-07-23 21:17:37 PDT -- Kangaroo-skin soccer shoes are beloved by some players who say their leather is light, thin and supple, stretching and molding around the feet, helping to provide that ...

The group is behind the campaign "Kangaroos Are Not Shoes," which it announced in 2020, and has been key instrumental to introducing legislation banning the import and sale of kangaroo products.

New Balance told the Center for a Humane Economy, a Washington, D.C.-based animal welfare organization, that it will phase out the use of kangaroo hides and stop selling shoes made with them by ...

Goal! Kangaroo shoe leather a big loser at 2022 World Cup soccer tournament. Lionel Messi, Kylian Mbappe, and other global soccer stars chose not to wear Nike or Adidas football boots made from ...

A federal ban on kangaroo products was proposed in the U.S. House in 2021, but was not approved. The ban on “k-leather” would not be without precedent: California enacted a ban on kangaroo ...

The group has spearheaded the "Kangaroos Are Not Shoes" campaign, which it announced in 2020, and has been key behind introducing legislation banning the import and sale of kangaroo products.

Our newsroom contacted the shoe company, which confirmed that Adidas does use kangaroo leather in some of its shoes as of August 2024. This claim is "True." ...

New from KangaROOS in the early part of the new year is a pack of the brand's Rage runner styled with well-known animal prints. Leopard and Zebra trim finds its way to the black-based upper of ...

California bans the sale of shoes made from dead kangaroos. It’s the law, so enforce it A kangaroo hops through the outback landscape near Marree, Australia.