Kangaroos Are Not Shoes is a campaign with a single goal: secure a commitment from athletic shoe companies to rid their supply chains of kangaroo skins.
Watch our short film throws the curtain back on the mass slaughter of more kangaroos — more than 2 million a year!
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2 million wild kangaroos slaughtered every year so Adidas and other companies can make their soccer shoes!
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Kangaroo Protection Act
The Kangaroo Protection Act (H.R. 1992) would ban the sale of any kangaroo parts in the U.S.
It would close off one of the world’s biggest markets for kangaroo parts and go a long way to stopping the slaughter in the Outback.
3-Time Olympic gold medalist Heather Mitts-Feeley
and other Olympic athletes called on Nike to stop producing shoes made from kangaroos — and it worked! Now moving on to Adidas .
Taking a Closer Look at the Moral Fabric of Athletic Footwear
An Industry Analysis by the Center for a Humane Economy
Read our white paper to see how plant-based fabrics, plastics, and other synthetic products have spurred a sharp reduction in the amount of leather in footwear in the last decade, particularly in athletic shoes.