Nike to stop using kangaroo leather in shoes

The decision follows the introduction of a bill earlier this year in the US state of Oregon—where Nike is headquartered—that would ban the sale of “any part of a dead kangaroo or any product containing a part of a dead kangaroo", US media outlets reported.

Legislators in Connecticut are also mulling over similar bans. California banned kangaroo leather products in the 1970s.

Animal rights activists in Australia and elsewhere as well have campaigned against the commercial killing of kangaroos.

German sportswear firm Puma had earlier announced it would halt this year production of football boots made from kangaroo leather, replacing that with a superior non-animal based, synthetic material.

Fibre2Fashion News Desk (DS)