Kangaroo hide export to the USA is to be stopped
By Judy Evans
@JudyEv (325758)
Rockingham, Australia
April 13, 2021 8:09am CST
Sometimes I’m asked if kangaroos have any use. Many are killed for pet food. There is a limited market for human consumption except perhaps in outback areas where people consume kangaroo meat as part of their normal diet.
In addition, just a few days ago, I read that kangaroo hides are exported to America to Nike and Adidas companies where they are used for the making of shoes. However, that will all stop soon as animal activists have managed to persuade these companies that they should use something else.
While it’s pretty sad that kangaroo are shot to provide these companies with leather, closure of such markets will not stop the killing as kangaroo numbers have increased to the point where culling is necessary.
Photo is of ‘our’ roos.
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@RebeccasFarm (86754)
• United States
13 Apr 21
Hmm had no idea they were made into shoes here
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@RebeccasFarm (86754)
• United States
13 Apr 21
@JudyEv Ah well I dont buy those shoes anyway
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@JudyEv (325758)
• Rockingham, Australia
13 Apr 21
@RebeccasFarm Our eldest collected Nikes for a while. When we visit, he almost forces us to buy a pair - which we do just to please him. lol One year he had two pair for me that he had got off Ebay, we bought a pair each and he gave Vince two pair that were the wrong size for him but which fitted Vince. So we came home with another six pairs of sneakers! I haven't had to buy any since that visit which was some years ago. 
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@snowy22315 (169965)
• United States
13 Apr 21
Well, it sounds like regardless of whether they are used in shoes or not. Not all of them can be contained there. So, it is kind of a moot point it seems whether Nike uses them in shoes or not since some have to be culled anyway apparently.
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@wolfgirl569 (95171)
• Marion, Ohio
13 Apr 21
The baby peeking out is cute. Its always sad but if the parts dont go to waste that helps.
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@wolfgirl569 (95171)
• Marion, Ohio
14 Apr 21
@JudyEv Horses used to be here. Then people complained and they tried to make the foods from grain. That causes problems as dogs and cats are not vegetarians at all. Some brands are now using different meats again. Of course abandoned and mistreated horses went up when they did that.
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@JudyEv (325758)
• Rockingham, Australia
14 Apr 21
@wolfgirl569 It is just pie in the sky to think that all animals can just go on living whatever their circumstances.
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@profree2019 (1218)
• Barquisimeto, Venezuela
13 Apr 21
Since I was a child, my mother taught me that we kill animals, only if we are going to eat them. Of course now as an adult, I understand that there are other reasons that justify their being killed, such as overpopulation or dangerous diseases, but what I do not accept is that it is done for commercial purposes, it does not fit in my head.
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@m_audrey6788 (58485)
• Germany
13 Apr 21
Oh my. I didn`t know that. Good thing that I don`t buy shoes from Nike or Adidas 
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@marguicha (215428)
• Chile
13 Apr 21
We have some animals here that have turned into plagues. The only difference with kangaroos is that they are not native. Men brought boars, visons and other animals with winderful skins for their furs years ago. They did not earn what they wished so they set them free. Now they are destroying our native forests. They should be killed and their furs and meat should be used.
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@stanley777 (9402)
• Philippines
13 Apr 21
I never knew kangaroo were used like this.
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@sunrisefan (28524)
• Philippines
14 Apr 21
NZ is also moving to stop the export of live animals (mostly cattle). This has probably been triggered by the sinking of a cargo boat last year carrying 6,000 cattle which perished along with the 42 crew of the ship. Lawmakers are coming up with the ban because of the ordeal the animals might have been suffering while on long journey at sea plus the fact that they will be in a strange environment they are not used to when they arrive at their destination.
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@JudyEv (325758)
• Rockingham, Australia
15 Apr 21
@sunrisefan I think mostly they are treated badly once they get to Indonesia. It would be best if they could be slaughtered in Australia and then the meat shipped.
@sunrisefan (28524)
• Philippines
15 Apr 21
@JudyEv I think advocates of animal welfare are the ones strongly pushing for it. If you think about, the animal are indeed pitiful having to endure the long journey. We would not be sure how they will be treated at their destination whereas here in NZ, they are very well cared for and have wide tracks of grazing land.
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@allknowing (130066)
• India
14 Apr 21
You are right letting Roos to multiply do pose problems. It is ordained that animals are there for a purpose whether we like it or not.
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@allknowing (130066)
• India
15 Apr 21
@JudyEv Chicken are meant to be eaten but I had them as pets and realised that was not a wise thing to do.
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@LindaOHio (156157)
• United States
13 Apr 21
It's a shame that culling is necessary. It would be so cool to look out a window and see a roo.
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@JudyEv (325758)
• Rockingham, Australia
15 Apr 21
@LindaOHio My friend from the same village has seen kangaroos on her walks so hopefully I'll see some too.
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@LindaOHio (156157)
• United States
14 Apr 21
@JudyEv How far would it be for you to visit some now and again? Are there any "roo areas" close by?
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@FayeHazel (40248)
• United States
13 Apr 21
Wow... For some reason I had thought that kangaroos were endangered ...
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@FayeHazel (40248)
• United States
14 Apr 21
@JudyEv Hm, I wouldn't have thought....
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