I wouldn't get too excited about this one just yet. All sorts of nutty proposals go through our state legislature. Most of them never
make it out of committee.
"Oregon bill would ban using kangaroo to make elite soccer cleats and
other products"
TB
I wouldn't get too excited about this one just yet. All sorts of
nutty proposals go through our state legislature. Most of them never
make it out of committee.
"Oregon bill would ban using kangaroo to make elite soccer cleats and
other products"
"Cleats made from kangaroo leather are one of the only affected products routinely sold in Oregon"
https://www.opb.org/article/2023/01/23/kangaroo-leather-ban-oregon-bill/
WTF? Cleats? There are actually a lot more products than this that
use kangaroo leather. It's used for shoes and boots and some athletic
shoes. It makes excellent whips. So, anyhow, where is this coming from?
"PRESS RELEASE
For Immediate Release:
January 11, 2023
Contact:
Marty Irby
Email Marty here
State Legislation Introduced to Stop Nike from Driving the Slaughter of Kangaroos in Their Native Habitats in Australia
Connecticut State Representative David Michel champions new policies to promote humane and conservation-minded commerce
Hartford, CT – The Center for a Humane Economy applauded State Representative David Michel, D- Stamford, for introducing legislation to stop Nike and other athletic shoe companies from sourcing kangaroo skins
for a small number of their soccer cleat models.
California, the largest soccer market in the United States, already bans trade in kangaroo parts, forbidding Nike, Adidas and other brands from selling shoe models made from kangaroos. In Connecticut’s legislature, H.B. 5113, the Kangaroo Protection Act, would amend state statutes pertaining to commerce to “prohibit the sale, barter and offering for
sale or barter of any dead kangaroo or product made from dead
kangaroos.” The bill has been referred to the Joint Committee on
Commerce as of January 10.
“Synthetic soccer cleats are readily available and easily rival or outperform those made from the skins of kangaroos,” says Wayne Pacelle, president of Animal Wellness Action and the Center for a Humane Economy
and a native of New Haven.
“There’s no reason to kill two million kangaroos on the other side of the planet for soccer cleats that can be made with other fabrics,”
Pacelle said. “With millions of Australian animals dead, the mass
killing of kangaroos in their native habitats continues to supply major athletic shoe retailers who can easily use an alternative fabric for all
of their offerings.”
Each year, around 2 million wild kangaroos are gunned down in their
native habitat to feed the kangaroo parts industry. An estimated 70
percent of all kangaroo skins sold are used to make soccer cleats.
As horrific as the shooting of millions of adult kangaroos is, the abuse visited on hundreds of thousands of baby kangaroos — joeys — each year is even worse. The defenseless young animals are yanked from the pouches
and killed by blunt force trauma to the head after their mothers have
been shot, often with a violent swing against the side of a car or other solid surface."
[snip]
https://centerforahumaneeconomy.org/2023/01/11/state-legislation-to-stop-nike-from-driving-kangaroo-slaughter-in-australia
Australia has about twice as many kangaroos as people. They figure
they're only taking a fraction of the sustainable harvest and would like
to sell more kangaroo products. The Center for a Humane Economy's main objection seems to be that they are killing "iconic wildlife". <Cue some idiot to start crooning about wild horses.>
"Editorial: California bans the sale of shoes made from dead kangaroos. It’s the law, so enforce it"
"For most of the last half-century, California has banned the sale of
any item made from kangaroos, which are killed in mass slaughters for commerce each year in Australia. Enforcement of the law was suspended in 2007 — at the urging of the Australian government and companies that
sell products made from the skins — but the ban resumed in 2016 and has been in effect ever since.
Yet that didn’t completely stop the sale of popular kangaroo leather soccer cleats in California, which is considered the largest market for soccer shoes in the world with Los Angeles one of the most
soccer-obsessed cities in the country.
Cleats made of so-called k-leather are sought after for their light
weight and strength, and dozens of California stores have continued
selling them in their shops as well as online, according to a lawsuit recently filed by national animal welfare groups, Animal Wellness Action
and the Center for a Humane Economy, against one retailer. The groups
intend to sue additional stores they believe are violating the law.
Demand from consumers and lack of enforcement by the state have made it relatively easy for stores to ignore the ban. The Center for a Humane Economy released a report in 2020 indicating that 85 out of 124
independent soccer retail stores were violating the ban. That prompted animal welfare groups to launch a campaign to encourage state
enforcement and to pressure companies to stop selling the shoes,
especially in light of the availability and growing popularity among professional soccer players of shoes made of synthetic non-leather materials. In 2020 the state Department of Fish and Wildlife sent a
letter to soccer retailers across the state warning them that the law
would be enforced.
But the violations continued. Investigators for the groups went to
dozens of stores to see whether the law was being followed. According to
the lawsuit against Riverside County-based retailer Soccer Wearhouse,
all of its locations — four at the time of the 2020 report — were selling kangaroo leather cleats. In 2021 and 2022, investigators found
the retailer’s three open locations were still selling k-leather cleats and they say that employees they talked to knew the shoes were illegal." [snip]
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2022-08-15/editorial-california-bans-the-sale-of-shoes-made-from-dead-kangaroos-its-the-law-so-enforce-it
"The Pros and Cons of Kangaroo Leather"
https://stridewise.com/kangaroo-leather-pros-cons/
TB
On Monday, January 23, 2023 at 11:24:30 AM UTC-8, Technobarbarian wrote:half the world... "Oh the horror! The horror!" HawHawHaw!
I wouldn't get too excited about this one just yet. All sorts of
nutty proposals go through our state legislature. Most of them never
make it out of committee.
"Oregon bill would ban using kangaroo to make elite soccer cleats and
other products"
"Cleats made from kangaroo leather are one of the only affected products
routinely sold in Oregon"
https://www.opb.org/article/2023/01/23/kangaroo-leather-ban-oregon-bill/
WTF? Cleats? There are actually a lot more products than this that
use kangaroo leather. It's used for shoes and boots and some athletic
shoes. It makes excellent whips. So, anyhow, where is this coming from?
"PRESS RELEASE
For Immediate Release:
January 11, 2023
Contact:
Marty Irby
Email Marty here
State Legislation Introduced to Stop Nike from Driving the Slaughter of
Kangaroos in Their Native Habitats in Australia
Connecticut State Representative David Michel champions new policies to
promote humane and conservation-minded commerce
Hartford, CT – The Center for a Humane Economy applauded State
Representative David Michel, D- Stamford, for introducing legislation to
stop Nike and other athletic shoe companies from sourcing kangaroo skins
for a small number of their soccer cleat models.
California, the largest soccer market in the United States, already bans
trade in kangaroo parts, forbidding Nike, Adidas and other brands from
selling shoe models made from kangaroos. In Connecticut’s legislature,
H.B. 5113, the Kangaroo Protection Act, would amend state statutes
pertaining to commerce to “prohibit the sale, barter and offering for
sale or barter of any dead kangaroo or product made from dead
kangaroos.” The bill has been referred to the Joint Committee on
Commerce as of January 10.
“Synthetic soccer cleats are readily available and easily rival or
outperform those made from the skins of kangaroos,” says Wayne Pacelle,
president of Animal Wellness Action and the Center for a Humane Economy
and a native of New Haven.
“There’s no reason to kill two million kangaroos on the other side of
the planet for soccer cleats that can be made with other fabrics,”
Pacelle said. “With millions of Australian animals dead, the mass
killing of kangaroos in their native habitats continues to supply major
athletic shoe retailers who can easily use an alternative fabric for all
of their offerings.”
Each year, around 2 million wild kangaroos are gunned down in their
native habitat to feed the kangaroo parts industry. An estimated 70
percent of all kangaroo skins sold are used to make soccer cleats.
As horrific as the shooting of millions of adult kangaroos is, the abuse
visited on hundreds of thousands of baby kangaroos — joeys — each year >> is even worse. The defenseless young animals are yanked from the pouches
and killed by blunt force trauma to the head after their mothers have
been shot, often with a violent swing against the side of a car or other
solid surface."
[snip]
https://centerforahumaneeconomy.org/2023/01/11/state-legislation-to-stop-nike-from-driving-kangaroo-slaughter-in-australia
Australia has about twice as many kangaroos as people. They figure
they're only taking a fraction of the sustainable harvest and would like
to sell more kangaroo products. The Center for a Humane Economy's main
objection seems to be that they are killing "iconic wildlife". <Cue some
idiot to start crooning about wild horses.>
"Editorial: California bans the sale of shoes made from dead kangaroos.
It’s the law, so enforce it"
"For most of the last half-century, California has banned the sale of
any item made from kangaroos, which are killed in mass slaughters for
commerce each year in Australia. Enforcement of the law was suspended in
2007 — at the urging of the Australian government and companies that
sell products made from the skins — but the ban resumed in 2016 and has
been in effect ever since.
Yet that didn’t completely stop the sale of popular kangaroo leather
soccer cleats in California, which is considered the largest market for
soccer shoes in the world with Los Angeles one of the most
soccer-obsessed cities in the country.
Cleats made of so-called k-leather are sought after for their light
weight and strength, and dozens of California stores have continued
selling them in their shops as well as online, according to a lawsuit
recently filed by national animal welfare groups, Animal Wellness Action
and the Center for a Humane Economy, against one retailer. The groups
intend to sue additional stores they believe are violating the law.
Demand from consumers and lack of enforcement by the state have made it
relatively easy for stores to ignore the ban. The Center for a Humane
Economy released a report in 2020 indicating that 85 out of 124
independent soccer retail stores were violating the ban. That prompted
animal welfare groups to launch a campaign to encourage state
enforcement and to pressure companies to stop selling the shoes,
especially in light of the availability and growing popularity among
professional soccer players of shoes made of synthetic non-leather
materials. In 2020 the state Department of Fish and Wildlife sent a
letter to soccer retailers across the state warning them that the law
would be enforced.
But the violations continued. Investigators for the groups went to
dozens of stores to see whether the law was being followed. According to
the lawsuit against Riverside County-based retailer Soccer Wearhouse,
all of its locations — four at the time of the 2020 report — were
selling kangaroo leather cleats. In 2021 and 2022, investigators found
the retailer’s three open locations were still selling k-leather cleats
and they say that employees they talked to knew the shoes were illegal."
[snip]
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2022-08-15/editorial-california-bans-the-sale-of-shoes-made-from-dead-kangaroos-its-the-law-so-enforce-it
"The Pros and Cons of Kangaroo Leather"
https://stridewise.com/kangaroo-leather-pros-cons/
TB
Gawd damnnn! I'm surprised some love & freedom, critter rights group bunch of sob sisters, hasn't started up a campaign, to save the wild hogs - Yet? The NY Times Magazine just had an article about how the US is breeding fighting chickens for
Dr. Doolittle Jr.
On 1/23/2023 7:13 PM, film...@gmail.com wrote:
On Monday, January 23, 2023 at 11:24:30 AM UTC-8, Technobarbarian
wrote:
I wouldn't get too excited about this one just yet. All sorts of
nutty proposals go through our state legislature. Most of them never
make it out of committee.
"Oregon bill would ban using kangaroo to make elite soccer cleats and
other products"
"Cleats made from kangaroo leather are one of the only affected
products
routinely sold in Oregon"
https://www.opb.org/article/2023/01/23/kangaroo-leather-ban-oregon-bill/ >>>
WTF? Cleats? There are actually a lot more products than this that
use kangaroo leather. It's used for shoes and boots and some athletic
shoes. It makes excellent whips. So, anyhow, where is this coming
from?
"PRESS RELEASE
For Immediate Release:
January 11, 2023
Contact:
Marty Irby
Email Marty here
State Legislation Introduced to Stop Nike from Driving the
Slaughter of
Kangaroos in Their Native Habitats in Australia
Connecticut State Representative David Michel champions new
policies to
promote humane and conservation-minded commerce
Hartford, CT – The Center for a Humane Economy applauded State
Representative David Michel, D- Stamford, for introducing
legislation to
stop Nike and other athletic shoe companies from sourcing kangaroo
skins
for a small number of their soccer cleat models.
California, the largest soccer market in the United States, already
bans
trade in kangaroo parts, forbidding Nike, Adidas and other brands from
selling shoe models made from kangaroos. In Connecticut’s
legislature,
H.B. 5113, the Kangaroo Protection Act, would amend state statutes
pertaining to commerce to “prohibit the sale, barter and offering >>> for
sale or barter of any dead kangaroo or product made from dead
kangaroos.†The bill has been referred to the Joint Committee on
Commerce as of January 10.
“Synthetic soccer cleats are readily available and easily rival or >>> outperform those made from the skins of kangaroos,†says Wayne
Pacelle,
president of Animal Wellness Action and the Center for a Humane
Economy
and a native of New Haven.
“There’s no reason to kill two million kangaroos on the other >>> side of
the planet for soccer cleats that can be made with other fabrics,†>>> Pacelle said. “With millions of Australian animals dead, the mass
killing of kangaroos in their native habitats continues to supply
major
athletic shoe retailers who can easily use an alternative fabric
for all
of their offerings.â€
Each year, around 2 million wild kangaroos are gunned down in their
native habitat to feed the kangaroo parts industry. An estimated 70
percent of all kangaroo skins sold are used to make soccer cleats.
As horrific as the shooting of millions of adult kangaroos is, the
abuse
visited on hundreds of thousands of baby kangaroos — joeys — >>> each year
is even worse. The defenseless young animals are yanked from the
pouches
and killed by blunt force trauma to the head after their mothers have
been shot, often with a violent swing against the side of a car or
other
solid surface."
[snip]
https://centerforahumaneeconomy.org/2023/01/11/state-legislation-to-stop-nike-from-driving-kangaroo-slaughter-in-australia
Australia has about twice as many kangaroos as people. They figure
they're only taking a fraction of the sustainable harvest and would
like
to sell more kangaroo products. The Center for a Humane Economy's main
objection seems to be that they are killing "iconic wildlife". <Cue
some
idiot to start crooning about wild horses.>
"Editorial: California bans the sale of shoes made from dead
kangaroos.
It’s the law, so enforce it"
"For most of the last half-century, California has banned the sale of
any item made from kangaroos, which are killed in mass slaughters for
commerce each year in Australia. Enforcement of the law was
suspended in
2007 — at the urging of the Australian government and companies that >>> sell products made from the skins — but the ban resumed in 2016
and has
been in effect ever since.
Yet that didn’t completely stop the sale of popular kangaroo leather >>> soccer cleats in California, which is considered the largest market
for
soccer shoes in the world with Los Angeles one of the most
soccer-obsessed cities in the country.
Cleats made of so-called k-leather are sought after for their light
weight and strength, and dozens of California stores have continued
selling them in their shops as well as online, according to a lawsuit
recently filed by national animal welfare groups, Animal Wellness
Action
and the Center for a Humane Economy, against one retailer. The groups
intend to sue additional stores they believe are violating the law.
Demand from consumers and lack of enforcement by the state have
made it
relatively easy for stores to ignore the ban. The Center for a Humane
Economy released a report in 2020 indicating that 85 out of 124
independent soccer retail stores were violating the ban. That prompted
animal welfare groups to launch a campaign to encourage state
enforcement and to pressure companies to stop selling the shoes,
especially in light of the availability and growing popularity among
professional soccer players of shoes made of synthetic non-leather
materials. In 2020 the state Department of Fish and Wildlife sent a
letter to soccer retailers across the state warning them that the law
would be enforced.
But the violations continued. Investigators for the groups went to
dozens of stores to see whether the law was being followed.
According to
the lawsuit against Riverside County-based retailer Soccer Wearhouse,
all of its locations — four at the time of the 2020 report — were
selling kangaroo leather cleats. In 2021 and 2022, investigators found
the retailer’s three open locations were still selling k-leather >>> cleats
and they say that employees they talked to knew the shoes were
illegal."
[snip]
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2022-08-15/editorial-california-bans-the-sale-of-shoes-made-from-dead-kangaroos-its-the-law-so-enforce-it
"The Pros and Cons of Kangaroo Leather"
https://stridewise.com/kangaroo-leather-pros-cons/
TB
Gawd damnnn! I'm surprised some love & freedom, critter rights
group bunch of sob sisters, hasn't started up a campaign, to save
the wild hogs - Yet? The NY Times Magazine just had an article
about how the US is breeding fighting chickens for half the
world... "Oh the horror! The horror!" HawHawHaw!
Dr. Doolittle Jr.
That sounds like a waste of an awful lot of chicken McNuggets. Or, at least, some cheap crab bait. I have an easy way to rehabilitate
and rehome food, without needing to psychoanalyze it. I don't think
those folks would approve.
"Government officials build massive chicken ‘slow cooker’ in southeast Washington"
"The science of getting rid of more than a million Northwest chickens infected with highly pathogenic avian influenza"
https://www.nwnewsnetwork.org/2023-01-20/government-officials-build-massive-chicken-slow-cooker-in-southeast-washington
TB
Technobarbarian wrote:
On 1/23/2023 7:13 PM, film...@gmail.com wrote:
On Monday, January 23, 2023 at 11:24:30 AM UTC-8, Technobarbarian wrote: >>>> I wouldn't get too excited about this one just yet. All sorts of
nutty proposals go through our state legislature. Most of them never
make it out of committee.
"Oregon bill would ban using kangaroo to make elite soccer cleats and
other products"
"Cleats made from kangaroo leather are one of the only affected
products
routinely sold in Oregon"
https://www.opb.org/article/2023/01/23/kangaroo-leather-ban-oregon-bill/ >>>>
WTF? Cleats? There are actually a lot more products than this that
use kangaroo leather. It's used for shoes and boots and some athletic
shoes. It makes excellent whips. So, anyhow, where is this coming from? >>>>
"PRESS RELEASE
For Immediate Release:
January 11, 2023
Contact:
Marty Irby
Email Marty here
State Legislation Introduced to Stop Nike from Driving the Slaughter of >>>> Kangaroos in Their Native Habitats in Australia
Connecticut State Representative David Michel champions new policies to >>>> promote humane and conservation-minded commerce
Hartford, CT – The Center for a Humane Economy applauded State
Representative David Michel, D- Stamford, for introducing
legislation to
stop Nike and other athletic shoe companies from sourcing kangaroo
skins
for a small number of their soccer cleat models.
California, the largest soccer market in the United States, already
bans
trade in kangaroo parts, forbidding Nike, Adidas and other brands from >>>> selling shoe models made from kangaroos. In Connecticut’s
legislature,
H.B. 5113, the Kangaroo Protection Act, would amend state statutes
pertaining to commerce to “prohibit the sale, barter and offering for
sale or barter of any dead kangaroo or product made from dead
kangaroos.†The bill has been referred to the Joint Committee on >>>> Commerce as of January 10.
“Synthetic soccer cleats are readily available and easily rival or >>>> outperform those made from the skins of kangaroos,†says Wayne
Pacelle,
president of Animal Wellness Action and the Center for a Humane Economy >>>> and a native of New Haven.
“There’s no reason to kill two million kangaroos on the other >>>> side of
the planet for soccer cleats that can be made with other fabrics,†>>>> Pacelle said. “With millions of Australian animals dead, the mass >>>> killing of kangaroos in their native habitats continues to supply major >>>> athletic shoe retailers who can easily use an alternative fabric for
all
of their offerings.â€
Each year, around 2 million wild kangaroos are gunned down in their
native habitat to feed the kangaroo parts industry. An estimated 70
percent of all kangaroo skins sold are used to make soccer cleats.
As horrific as the shooting of millions of adult kangaroos is, the
abuse
visited on hundreds of thousands of baby kangaroos — joeys — >>>> each year
is even worse. The defenseless young animals are yanked from the
pouches
and killed by blunt force trauma to the head after their mothers have
been shot, often with a violent swing against the side of a car or
other
solid surface."
[snip]
https://centerforahumaneeconomy.org/2023/01/11/state-legislation-to-stop-nike-from-driving-kangaroo-slaughter-in-australia
Australia has about twice as many kangaroos as people. They figure
they're only taking a fraction of the sustainable harvest and would
like
to sell more kangaroo products. The Center for a Humane Economy's main >>>> objection seems to be that they are killing "iconic wildlife". <Cue
some
idiot to start crooning about wild horses.>
"Editorial: California bans the sale of shoes made from dead kangaroos. >>>> It’s the law, so enforce it"
"For most of the last half-century, California has banned the sale of
any item made from kangaroos, which are killed in mass slaughters for
commerce each year in Australia. Enforcement of the law was
suspended in
2007 — at the urging of the Australian government and companies that
sell products made from the skins — but the ban resumed in 2016 >>>> and has
been in effect ever since.
Yet that didn’t completely stop the sale of popular kangaroo leather
soccer cleats in California, which is considered the largest market for >>>> soccer shoes in the world with Los Angeles one of the most
soccer-obsessed cities in the country.
Cleats made of so-called k-leather are sought after for their light
weight and strength, and dozens of California stores have continued
selling them in their shops as well as online, according to a lawsuit
recently filed by national animal welfare groups, Animal Wellness
Action
and the Center for a Humane Economy, against one retailer. The groups
intend to sue additional stores they believe are violating the law.
Demand from consumers and lack of enforcement by the state have made it >>>> relatively easy for stores to ignore the ban. The Center for a Humane
Economy released a report in 2020 indicating that 85 out of 124
independent soccer retail stores were violating the ban. That prompted >>>> animal welfare groups to launch a campaign to encourage state
enforcement and to pressure companies to stop selling the shoes,
especially in light of the availability and growing popularity among
professional soccer players of shoes made of synthetic non-leather
materials. In 2020 the state Department of Fish and Wildlife sent a
letter to soccer retailers across the state warning them that the law
would be enforced.
But the violations continued. Investigators for the groups went to
dozens of stores to see whether the law was being followed.
According to
the lawsuit against Riverside County-based retailer Soccer Wearhouse,
all of its locations — four at the time of the 2020 report — were
selling kangaroo leather cleats. In 2021 and 2022, investigators found >>>> the retailer’s three open locations were still selling k-leather >>>> cleats
and they say that employees they talked to knew the shoes were
illegal."
[snip]
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2022-08-15/editorial-california-bans-the-sale-of-shoes-made-from-dead-kangaroos-its-the-law-so-enforce-it
"The Pros and Cons of Kangaroo Leather"
https://stridewise.com/kangaroo-leather-pros-cons/
TB
Gawd damnnn! I'm surprised some love & freedom, critter rights group
bunch of sob sisters, hasn't started up a campaign, to save the
wild hogs - Yet? The NY Times Magazine just had an article about
how the US is breeding fighting chickens for half the world... "Oh
the horror! The horror!" HawHawHaw!
Dr. Doolittle Jr.
That sounds like a waste of an awful lot of chicken McNuggets. >> Or, at least, some cheap crab bait. I have an easy way to rehabilitate
and rehome food, without needing to psychoanalyze it. I don't think
those folks would approve.
"Government officials build massive chicken ‘slow cooker’ in
southeast Washington"
"The science of getting rid of more than a million Northwest chickens
infected with highly pathogenic avian influenza"
https://www.nwnewsnetwork.org/2023-01-20/government-officials-build-massive-chicken-slow-cooker-in-southeast-washington
TB
I allege that they should transgender all those fighting roosters and
mandate that they lay eggs in the interest of national breakfast security.
On 1/23/2023 9:27 PM, bfh wrote:
Technobarbarian wrote:
On 1/23/2023 7:13 PM, film...@gmail.com wrote:
On Monday, January 23, 2023 at 11:24:30 AM UTC-8, Technobarbarian wrote: >>>> I wouldn't get too excited about this one just yet. All sorts of
nutty proposals go through our state legislature. Most of them never >>>> make it out of committee.
"Oregon bill would ban using kangaroo to make elite soccer cleats and >>>> other products"
"Cleats made from kangaroo leather are one of the only affected
products
routinely sold in Oregon"
https://www.opb.org/article/2023/01/23/kangaroo-leather-ban-oregon-bill/
WTF? Cleats? There are actually a lot more products than this that
use kangaroo leather. It's used for shoes and boots and some athletic >>>> shoes. It makes excellent whips. So, anyhow, where is this coming from? >>>>
"PRESS RELEASE
For Immediate Release:
January 11, 2023
Contact:
Marty Irby
Email Marty here
State Legislation Introduced to Stop Nike from Driving the Slaughter of >>>> Kangaroos in Their Native Habitats in Australia
Connecticut State Representative David Michel champions new policies to >>>> promote humane and conservation-minded commerce
Hartford, CT – The Center for a Humane Economy applauded State >>>> Representative David Michel, D- Stamford, for introducing
legislation to
stop Nike and other athletic shoe companies from sourcing kangaroo
skins
for a small number of their soccer cleat models.
California, the largest soccer market in the United States, already >>>> bans
trade in kangaroo parts, forbidding Nike, Adidas and other brands from >>>> selling shoe models made from kangaroos. In Connecticut’s
legislature,
H.B. 5113, the Kangaroo Protection Act, would amend state statutes
pertaining to commerce to “prohibit the sale, barter and offering for
sale or barter of any dead kangaroo or product made from dead
kangaroos.†The bill has been referred to the Joint Committee on >>>> Commerce as of January 10.
“Synthetic soccer cleats are readily available and easily rival or
outperform those made from the skins of kangaroos,†says Wayne
Pacelle,
president of Animal Wellness Action and the Center for a Humane Economy >>>> and a native of New Haven.
“There’s no reason to kill two million kangaroos on the other
side of
the planet for soccer cleats that can be made with other fabrics,†>>>> Pacelle said. “With millions of Australian animals dead, the mass >>>> killing of kangaroos in their native habitats continues to supply major >>>> athletic shoe retailers who can easily use an alternative fabric for >>>> all
of their offerings.â€
Each year, around 2 million wild kangaroos are gunned down in their >>>> native habitat to feed the kangaroo parts industry. An estimated 70 >>>> percent of all kangaroo skins sold are used to make soccer cleats.
As horrific as the shooting of millions of adult kangaroos is, the
abuse
visited on hundreds of thousands of baby kangaroos — joeys —
each year
is even worse. The defenseless young animals are yanked from the
pouches
and killed by blunt force trauma to the head after their mothers have >>>> been shot, often with a violent swing against the side of a car or
other
solid surface."
[snip]
https://centerforahumaneeconomy.org/2023/01/11/state-legislation-to-stop-nike-from-driving-kangaroo-slaughter-in-australia
Australia has about twice as many kangaroos as people. They figure
they're only taking a fraction of the sustainable harvest and would >>>> like
to sell more kangaroo products. The Center for a Humane Economy's main >>>> objection seems to be that they are killing "iconic wildlife". <Cue >>>> some
idiot to start crooning about wild horses.>
"Editorial: California bans the sale of shoes made from dead kangaroos. >>>> It’s the law, so enforce it"
"For most of the last half-century, California has banned the sale of >>>> any item made from kangaroos, which are killed in mass slaughters for >>>> commerce each year in Australia. Enforcement of the law was
suspended in
2007 — at the urging of the Australian government and companies that
sell products made from the skins — but the ban resumed in 2016 >>>> and has
been in effect ever since.
Yet that didn’t completely stop the sale of popular kangaroo leather
soccer cleats in California, which is considered the largest market for >>>> soccer shoes in the world with Los Angeles one of the most
soccer-obsessed cities in the country.
Cleats made of so-called k-leather are sought after for their light >>>> weight and strength, and dozens of California stores have continued >>>> selling them in their shops as well as online, according to a lawsuit >>>> recently filed by national animal welfare groups, Animal Wellness
Action
and the Center for a Humane Economy, against one retailer. The groups >>>> intend to sue additional stores they believe are violating the law. >>>>
Demand from consumers and lack of enforcement by the state have made it >>>> relatively easy for stores to ignore the ban. The Center for a Humane >>>> Economy released a report in 2020 indicating that 85 out of 124
independent soccer retail stores were violating the ban. That prompted >>>> animal welfare groups to launch a campaign to encourage state
enforcement and to pressure companies to stop selling the shoes,
especially in light of the availability and growing popularity among >>>> professional soccer players of shoes made of synthetic non-leather
materials. In 2020 the state Department of Fish and Wildlife sent a >>>> letter to soccer retailers across the state warning them that the law >>>> would be enforced.
But the violations continued. Investigators for the groups went to
dozens of stores to see whether the law was being followed.
According to
the lawsuit against Riverside County-based retailer Soccer Wearhouse, >>>> all of its locations — four at the time of the 2020 report — were
selling kangaroo leather cleats. In 2021 and 2022, investigators found >>>> the retailer’s three open locations were still selling k-leather >>>> cleats
and they say that employees they talked to knew the shoes were
illegal."
[snip]
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2022-08-15/editorial-california-bans-the-sale-of-shoes-made-from-dead-kangaroos-its-the-law-so-enforce-it
"The Pros and Cons of Kangaroo Leather"
https://stridewise.com/kangaroo-leather-pros-cons/
TB
Gawd damnnn! I'm surprised some love & freedom, critter rights group >>> bunch of sob sisters, hasn't started up a campaign, to save the
wild hogs - Yet? The NY Times Magazine just had an article about
how the US is breeding fighting chickens for half the world... "Oh
the horror! The horror!" HawHawHaw!
Dr. Doolittle Jr.
That sounds like a waste of an awful lot of chicken McNuggets.
Or, at least, some cheap crab bait. I have an easy way to rehabilitate
and rehome food, without needing to psychoanalyze it. I don't think
those folks would approve.
"Government officials build massive chicken ‘slow cooker’ in >> southeast Washington"
"The science of getting rid of more than a million Northwest chickens
infected with highly pathogenic avian influenza"
https://www.nwnewsnetwork.org/2023-01-20/government-officials-build-massive-chicken-slow-cooker-in-southeast-washington
TB
I allege that they should transgender all those fighting roosters and mandate that they lay eggs in the interest of national breakfast security.
Unless they're immigrant chickens. Then they should bus them to chicken sanctuary states..
On 1/23/2023 9:27 PM, bfh wrote:
Technobarbarian wrote:
On 1/23/2023 7:13 PM, film...@gmail.com wrote:
On Monday, January 23, 2023 at 11:24:30 AM UTC-8, Technobarbarian
wrote:
I wouldn't get too excited about this one just yet. All sorts of
nutty proposals go through our state legislature. Most of them never >>>>> make it out of committee.
"Oregon bill would ban using kangaroo to make elite soccer cleats
and
other products"
"Cleats made from kangaroo leather are one of the only affected
products
routinely sold in Oregon"
https://www.opb.org/article/2023/01/23/kangaroo-leather-ban-oregon-bill/ >>>>>
WTF? Cleats? There are actually a lot more products than this that
use kangaroo leather. It's used for shoes and boots and some
athletic
shoes. It makes excellent whips. So, anyhow, where is this coming
from?
"PRESS RELEASE
For Immediate Release:
January 11, 2023
Contact:
Marty Irby
Email Marty here
State Legislation Introduced to Stop Nike from Driving the
Slaughter of
Kangaroos in Their Native Habitats in Australia
Connecticut State Representative David Michel champions new
policies to
promote humane and conservation-minded commerce
Hartford, CT – The Center for a Humane Economy applauded
State
Representative David Michel, D- Stamford, for introducing
legislation to
stop Nike and other athletic shoe companies from sourcing
kangaroo skins
for a small number of their soccer cleat models.
California, the largest soccer market in the United States,
already bans
trade in kangaroo parts, forbidding Nike, Adidas and other brands
from
selling shoe models made from kangaroos. In Connecticut’s
legislature,
H.B. 5113, the Kangaroo Protection Act, would amend state statutes
pertaining to commerce to “prohibit the sale, barter and >>>>> offering for
sale or barter of any dead kangaroo or product made from dead
kangaroos.†The bill has been referred to the Joint
Committee on
Commerce as of January 10.
“Synthetic soccer cleats are readily available and easily >>>>> rival or
outperform those made from the skins of kangaroos,†says >>>>> Wayne Pacelle,
president of Animal Wellness Action and the Center for a Humane
Economy
and a native of New Haven.
“There’s no reason to kill two million kangaroos on
the other side of
the planet for soccer cleats that can be made with other
fabrics,â€Â
Pacelle said. “With millions of Australian animals dead, >>>>> the mass
killing of kangaroos in their native habitats continues to supply
major
athletic shoe retailers who can easily use an alternative fabric
for all
of their offerings.â€Â
Each year, around 2 million wild kangaroos are gunned down in their
native habitat to feed the kangaroo parts industry. An estimated 70
percent of all kangaroo skins sold are used to make soccer cleats.
As horrific as the shooting of millions of adult kangaroos is,
the abuse
visited on hundreds of thousands of baby kangaroos  >>>>> joeys  each year
is even worse. The defenseless young animals are yanked from the
pouches
and killed by blunt force trauma to the head after their mothers
have
been shot, often with a violent swing against the side of a car
or other
solid surface."
[snip]
https://centerforahumaneeconomy.org/2023/01/11/state-legislation-to-stop-nike-from-driving-kangaroo-slaughter-in-australia
Australia has about twice as many kangaroos as people. They figure
they're only taking a fraction of the sustainable harvest and
would like
to sell more kangaroo products. The Center for a Humane Economy's
main
objection seems to be that they are killing "iconic wildlife".
<Cue some
idiot to start crooning about wild horses.>
"Editorial: California bans the sale of shoes made from dead
kangaroos.
It’s the law, so enforce it"
"For most of the last half-century, California has banned the
sale of
any item made from kangaroos, which are killed in mass slaughters
for
commerce each year in Australia. Enforcement of the law was
suspended in
2007  at the urging of the Australian government and >>>>> companies that
sell products made from the skins  but the ban resumed in
2016 and has
been in effect ever since.
Yet that didn’t completely stop the sale of popular >>>>> kangaroo leather
soccer cleats in California, which is considered the largest
market for
soccer shoes in the world with Los Angeles one of the most
soccer-obsessed cities in the country.
Cleats made of so-called k-leather are sought after for their light
weight and strength, and dozens of California stores have continued
selling them in their shops as well as online, according to a
lawsuit
recently filed by national animal welfare groups, Animal Wellness
Action
and the Center for a Humane Economy, against one retailer. The
groups
intend to sue additional stores they believe are violating the law.
Demand from consumers and lack of enforcement by the state have
made it
relatively easy for stores to ignore the ban. The Center for a
Humane
Economy released a report in 2020 indicating that 85 out of 124
independent soccer retail stores were violating the ban. That
prompted
animal welfare groups to launch a campaign to encourage state
enforcement and to pressure companies to stop selling the shoes,
especially in light of the availability and growing popularity among >>>>> professional soccer players of shoes made of synthetic non-leather
materials. In 2020 the state Department of Fish and Wildlife sent a
letter to soccer retailers across the state warning them that the
law
would be enforced.
But the violations continued. Investigators for the groups went to
dozens of stores to see whether the law was being followed.
According to
the lawsuit against Riverside County-based retailer Soccer
Wearhouse,
all of its locations  four at the time of the 2020 >>>>> report  were
selling kangaroo leather cleats. In 2021 and 2022, investigators
found
the retailer’s three open locations were still selling >>>>> k-leather cleats
and they say that employees they talked to knew the shoes were
illegal."
[snip]
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2022-08-15/editorial-california-bans-the-sale-of-shoes-made-from-dead-kangaroos-its-the-law-so-enforce-it
"The Pros and Cons of Kangaroo Leather"
https://stridewise.com/kangaroo-leather-pros-cons/
TB
Gawd damnnn! I'm surprised some love & freedom, critter rights
group bunch of sob sisters, hasn't started up a campaign, to
save the wild hogs - Yet? The NY Times Magazine just had an >>>> article about how the US is breeding fighting chickens for half
the world... "Oh the horror! The horror!" HawHawHaw!
Dr. Doolittle Jr.
      That sounds like a waste of an awful lot of chicken
McNuggets. Or, at least, some cheap crab bait. I have an easy way
to rehabilitate and rehome food, without needing to psychoanalyze
it. I don't think those folks would approve.
"Government officials build massive chicken ‘slow
cooker’ in southeast Washington"
"The science of getting rid of more than a million Northwest
chickens infected with highly pathogenic avian influenza"
https://www.nwnewsnetwork.org/2023-01-20/government-officials-build-massive-chicken-slow-cooker-in-southeast-washington
TB
I allege that they should transgender all those fighting roosters
and mandate that they lay eggs in the interest of national breakfast
security.
Unless they're immigrant chickens. Then they should bus them to
chicken sanctuary states..
On Tuesday, January 24, 2023 at 6:48:14 PM UTC-8, kmiller wrote:wonderful boon for the Natives, and saved lots of lives, along the cavalcade of history.......
On 1/23/2023 9:27 PM, bfh wrote:
Technobarbarian wrote:Unless they're immigrant chickens. Then they should bus them to chicken
On 1/23/2023 7:13 PM, film...@gmail.com wrote:
On Monday, January 23, 2023 at 11:24:30 AM UTC-8, Technobarbarian wrote: >>>>>> I wouldn't get too excited about this one just yet. All sorts of
nutty proposals go through our state legislature. Most of them never >>>>>> make it out of committee.
"Oregon bill would ban using kangaroo to make elite soccer cleats and >>>>>> other products"
"Cleats made from kangaroo leather are one of the only affected
products
routinely sold in Oregon"
https://www.opb.org/article/2023/01/23/kangaroo-leather-ban-oregon-bill/ >>>>>>
WTF? Cleats? There are actually a lot more products than this that >>>>>> use kangaroo leather. It's used for shoes and boots and some athletic >>>>>> shoes. It makes excellent whips. So, anyhow, where is this coming from? >>>>>>
"PRESS RELEASE
For Immediate Release:
January 11, 2023
Contact:
Marty Irby
Email Marty here
State Legislation Introduced to Stop Nike from Driving the Slaughter of >>>>>> Kangaroos in Their Native Habitats in Australia
Connecticut State Representative David Michel champions new policies to >>>>>> promote humane and conservation-minded commerce
Hartford, CT – The Center for a Humane Economy applauded State >>>>>> Representative David Michel, D- Stamford, for introducing
legislation to
stop Nike and other athletic shoe companies from sourcing kangaroo >>>>>> skins
for a small number of their soccer cleat models.
California, the largest soccer market in the United States, already >>>>>> bans
trade in kangaroo parts, forbidding Nike, Adidas and other brands from >>>>>> selling shoe models made from kangaroos. In Connecticut’s
legislature,
H.B. 5113, the Kangaroo Protection Act, would amend state statutes >>>>>> pertaining to commerce to “prohibit the sale, barter and offering for
sale or barter of any dead kangaroo or product made from dead
kangaroos.†The bill has been referred to the Joint Committee on >>>>>> Commerce as of January 10.
“Synthetic soccer cleats are readily available and easily rival or >>>>>> outperform those made from the skins of kangaroos,†says Wayne >>>>>> Pacelle,
president of Animal Wellness Action and the Center for a Humane Economy >>>>>> and a native of New Haven.
“There’s no reason to kill two million kangaroos on the other
side of
the planet for soccer cleats that can be made with other fabrics,†>>>>>> Pacelle said. “With millions of Australian animals dead, the mass >>>>>> killing of kangaroos in their native habitats continues to supply major >>>>>> athletic shoe retailers who can easily use an alternative fabric for >>>>>> all
of their offerings.â€
Each year, around 2 million wild kangaroos are gunned down in their >>>>>> native habitat to feed the kangaroo parts industry. An estimated 70 >>>>>> percent of all kangaroo skins sold are used to make soccer cleats. >>>>>>
As horrific as the shooting of millions of adult kangaroos is, the >>>>>> abuse
visited on hundreds of thousands of baby kangaroos — joeys —
each year
is even worse. The defenseless young animals are yanked from the
pouches
and killed by blunt force trauma to the head after their mothers have >>>>>> been shot, often with a violent swing against the side of a car or >>>>>> other
solid surface."
[snip]
https://centerforahumaneeconomy.org/2023/01/11/state-legislation-to-stop-nike-from-driving-kangaroo-slaughter-in-australia
Australia has about twice as many kangaroos as people. They figure >>>>>> they're only taking a fraction of the sustainable harvest and would >>>>>> like
to sell more kangaroo products. The Center for a Humane Economy's main >>>>>> objection seems to be that they are killing "iconic wildlife". <Cue >>>>>> some
idiot to start crooning about wild horses.>
"Editorial: California bans the sale of shoes made from dead kangaroos. >>>>>> It’s the law, so enforce it"
"For most of the last half-century, California has banned the sale of >>>>>> any item made from kangaroos, which are killed in mass slaughters for >>>>>> commerce each year in Australia. Enforcement of the law was
suspended in
2007 — at the urging of the Australian government and companies that
sell products made from the skins — but the ban resumed in 2016 >>>>>> and has
been in effect ever since.
Yet that didn’t completely stop the sale of popular kangaroo leather
soccer cleats in California, which is considered the largest market for >>>>>> soccer shoes in the world with Los Angeles one of the most
soccer-obsessed cities in the country.
Cleats made of so-called k-leather are sought after for their light >>>>>> weight and strength, and dozens of California stores have continued >>>>>> selling them in their shops as well as online, according to a lawsuit >>>>>> recently filed by national animal welfare groups, Animal Wellness
Action
and the Center for a Humane Economy, against one retailer. The groups >>>>>> intend to sue additional stores they believe are violating the law. >>>>>>
Demand from consumers and lack of enforcement by the state have made it >>>>>> relatively easy for stores to ignore the ban. The Center for a Humane >>>>>> Economy released a report in 2020 indicating that 85 out of 124
independent soccer retail stores were violating the ban. That prompted >>>>>> animal welfare groups to launch a campaign to encourage state
enforcement and to pressure companies to stop selling the shoes,
especially in light of the availability and growing popularity among >>>>>> professional soccer players of shoes made of synthetic non-leather >>>>>> materials. In 2020 the state Department of Fish and Wildlife sent a >>>>>> letter to soccer retailers across the state warning them that the law >>>>>> would be enforced.
But the violations continued. Investigators for the groups went to >>>>>> dozens of stores to see whether the law was being followed.
According to
the lawsuit against Riverside County-based retailer Soccer Wearhouse, >>>>>> all of its locations — four at the time of the 2020 report — were
selling kangaroo leather cleats. In 2021 and 2022, investigators found >>>>>> the retailer’s three open locations were still selling k-leather >>>>>> cleats
and they say that employees they talked to knew the shoes were
illegal."
[snip]
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2022-08-15/editorial-california-bans-the-sale-of-shoes-made-from-dead-kangaroos-its-the-law-so-enforce-it
"The Pros and Cons of Kangaroo Leather"
https://stridewise.com/kangaroo-leather-pros-cons/
TB
Gawd damnnn! I'm surprised some love & freedom, critter rights group >>>>> bunch of sob sisters, hasn't started up a campaign, to save the
wild hogs - Yet? The NY Times Magazine just had an article about
how the US is breeding fighting chickens for half the world... "Oh
the horror! The horror!" HawHawHaw!
Dr. Doolittle Jr.
That sounds like a waste of an awful lot of chicken McNuggets. >>>> Or, at least, some cheap crab bait. I have an easy way to rehabilitate >>>> and rehome food, without needing to psychoanalyze it. I don't think
those folks would approve.
"Government officials build massive chicken ‘slow cooker’ in >>>> southeast Washington"
"The science of getting rid of more than a million Northwest chickens
infected with highly pathogenic avian influenza"
https://www.nwnewsnetwork.org/2023-01-20/government-officials-build-massive-chicken-slow-cooker-in-southeast-washington
TB
I allege that they should transgender all those fighting roosters and
mandate that they lay eggs in the interest of national breakfast security. >>>
sanctuary states..
A sob sister in The NY Times article did prezatly that! Delivering hundreds of gamecocks to a "sanctuary"... She was so glad she spared them from death, and claimed they only fought in self-defense.... HawHawHaw!
It appears that Australia knows their kangaroo business, and is managing a natural resource wisely? I've long held, the US missed the boat, by not doing the same with the buffalo herds, that once roamed in the millions.... It could have been a
Chas. Goodnight Jr.
On 1/24/2023 7:27 PM, film...@gmail.com wrote:
On Tuesday, January 24, 2023 at 6:48:14 PM UTC-8, kmiller wrote:
On 1/23/2023 9:27 PM, bfh wrote:
Technobarbarian wrote:Unless they're immigrant chickens. Then they should bus them to
On 1/23/2023 7:13 PM, film...@gmail.com wrote:
On Monday, January 23, 2023 at 11:24:30 AM UTC-8,
Technobarbarian wrote:
I wouldn't get too excited about this one just yet. All sorts of >>>>>>> nutty proposals go through our state legislature. Most of them
never
make it out of committee.
"Oregon bill would ban using kangaroo to make elite soccer
cleats and
other products"
"Cleats made from kangaroo leather are one of the only affected
products
routinely sold in Oregon"
https://www.opb.org/article/2023/01/23/kangaroo-leather-ban-oregon-bill/
WTF? Cleats? There are actually a lot more products than this that >>>>>>> use kangaroo leather. It's used for shoes and boots and some
athletic
shoes. It makes excellent whips. So, anyhow, where is this
coming from?
"PRESS RELEASE
For Immediate Release:
January 11, 2023
Contact:
Marty Irby
Email Marty here
State Legislation Introduced to Stop Nike from Driving the
Slaughter of
Kangaroos in Their Native Habitats in Australia
Connecticut State Representative David Michel champions new
policies to
promote humane and conservation-minded commerce
Hartford, CT – The Center for a Humane Economy applauded
State
Representative David Michel, D- Stamford, for introducing
legislation to
stop Nike and other athletic shoe companies from sourcing kangaroo >>>>>>> skins
for a small number of their soccer cleat models.
California, the largest soccer market in the United States,
already
bans
trade in kangaroo parts, forbidding Nike, Adidas and other
brands from
selling shoe models made from kangaroos. In Connecticut’s
legislature,
H.B. 5113, the Kangaroo Protection Act, would amend state statutes >>>>>>> pertaining to commerce to “prohibit the sale, barter and
offering for
sale or barter of any dead kangaroo or product made from dead
kangaroos.†The bill has been referred to the Joint
Committee on
Commerce as of January 10.
“Synthetic soccer cleats are readily available and easily
rival or
outperform those made from the skins of kangaroos,†says Wayne
Pacelle,
president of Animal Wellness Action and the Center for a Humane >>>>>>> Economy
and a native of New Haven.
“There’s no reason to kill two million kangaroos
on the other
side of
the planet for soccer cleats that can be made with other
fabrics,â€
Pacelle said. “With millions of Australian animals dead,
the mass
killing of kangaroos in their native habitats continues to
supply major
athletic shoe retailers who can easily use an alternative
fabric for
all
of their offerings.â€
Each year, around 2 million wild kangaroos are gunned down in
their
native habitat to feed the kangaroo parts industry. An
estimated 70
percent of all kangaroo skins sold are used to make soccer cleats. >>>>>>>
As horrific as the shooting of millions of adult kangaroos is, the >>>>>>> abuse
visited on hundreds of thousands of baby kangaroos  >>>>>>> joeys â€â€
each year
is even worse. The defenseless young animals are yanked from the >>>>>>> pouches
and killed by blunt force trauma to the head after their
mothers have
been shot, often with a violent swing against the side of a car or >>>>>>> other
solid surface."
[snip]
https://centerforahumaneeconomy.org/2023/01/11/state-legislation-to-stop-nike-from-driving-kangaroo-slaughter-in-australia
Australia has about twice as many kangaroos as people. They figure >>>>>>> they're only taking a fraction of the sustainable harvest and
would
like
to sell more kangaroo products. The Center for a Humane
Economy's main
objection seems to be that they are killing "iconic wildlife".
<Cue
some
idiot to start crooning about wild horses.>
"Editorial: California bans the sale of shoes made from dead
kangaroos.
It’s the law, so enforce it"
"For most of the last half-century, California has banned the
sale of
any item made from kangaroos, which are killed in mass
slaughters for
commerce each year in Australia. Enforcement of the law was
suspended in
2007  at the urging of the Australian government and >>>>>>> companies that
sell products made from the skins  but the ban resumed
in 2016
and has
been in effect ever since.
Yet that didn’t completely stop the sale of popular >>>>>>> kangaroo leather
soccer cleats in California, which is considered the largest
market for
soccer shoes in the world with Los Angeles one of the most
soccer-obsessed cities in the country.
Cleats made of so-called k-leather are sought after for their
light
weight and strength, and dozens of California stores have
continued
selling them in their shops as well as online, according to a
lawsuit
recently filed by national animal welfare groups, Animal Wellness >>>>>>> Action
and the Center for a Humane Economy, against one retailer. The
groups
intend to sue additional stores they believe are violating the
law.
Demand from consumers and lack of enforcement by the state have >>>>>>> made it
relatively easy for stores to ignore the ban. The Center for a
Humane
Economy released a report in 2020 indicating that 85 out of 124
independent soccer retail stores were violating the ban. That
prompted
animal welfare groups to launch a campaign to encourage state
enforcement and to pressure companies to stop selling the shoes, >>>>>>> especially in light of the availability and growing popularity
among
professional soccer players of shoes made of synthetic non-leather >>>>>>> materials. In 2020 the state Department of Fish and Wildlife
sent a
letter to soccer retailers across the state warning them that
the law
would be enforced.
But the violations continued. Investigators for the groups went to >>>>>>> dozens of stores to see whether the law was being followed.
According to
the lawsuit against Riverside County-based retailer Soccer
Wearhouse,
all of its locations  four at the time of the 2020 >>>>>>> report  were
selling kangaroo leather cleats. In 2021 and 2022,
investigators found
the retailer’s three open locations were still selling
k-leather
cleats
and they say that employees they talked to knew the shoes were
illegal."
[snip]
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2022-08-15/editorial-california-bans-the-sale-of-shoes-made-from-dead-kangaroos-its-the-law-so-enforce-it
"The Pros and Cons of Kangaroo Leather"
https://stridewise.com/kangaroo-leather-pros-cons/
TB
Gawd damnnn! I'm surprised some love & freedom, critter rights
group
bunch of sob sisters, hasn't started up a campaign, to save the >>>>>> wild hogs - Yet? The NY Times Magazine just had an article about >>>>>> how the US is breeding fighting chickens for half the world... "Oh >>>>>> the horror! The horror!" HawHawHaw!
Dr. Doolittle Jr.
That sounds like a waste of an awful lot of chicken
McNuggets.
Or, at least, some cheap crab bait. I have an easy way to
rehabilitate
and rehome food, without needing to psychoanalyze it. I don't think
those folks would approve.
"Government officials build massive chicken ‘slow
cooker’ in
southeast Washington"
"The science of getting rid of more than a million Northwest
chickens
infected with highly pathogenic avian influenza"
https://www.nwnewsnetwork.org/2023-01-20/government-officials-build-massive-chicken-slow-cooker-in-southeast-washington
TB
I allege that they should transgender all those fighting roosters and
mandate that they lay eggs in the interest of national breakfast
security.
chicken
sanctuary states..
A sob sister in The NY Times article did prezatly that! Delivering
hundreds of gamecocks to a "sanctuary"... She was so glad she
spared them from death, and claimed they only fought in
self-defense.... HawHawHaw!
It appears that Australia knows their kangaroo business, and is
managing a natural resource wisely? I've long held, the US missed
the boat, by not doing the same with the buffalo herds, that once
roamed in the millions.... It could have been a wonderful boon for
the Natives, and saved lots of lives, along the cavalcade of
history.......
Chas. Goodnight Jr.
Hard to raise buffalo in casino parking lots.
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