Adidas And Nike Will Eliminate Soccer Shoes With Kangaroo Skin.

According to its official website yesterday, Nike will eliminate soccer shoes with kangaroo skin based on humanitarian considerations.

To enable animals to be treated humanely, Nike has informed the Australian government that local suppliers will be humane to animals according to strict rules and regulations.

In an interview with reporters yesterday, Sabrina, director of Adidas business communications, said: "based on the reasons for innovation, the Falcon series football shoes will no longer use kangaroo skin."

She also said that synthetic materials have been able to provide shoes with the same properties as kangaroo skin.

Abandoning kangaroo skin

Is it meant to protect kangaroo?

Yesterday, foreign football equipment website football fashion disclosure, Nike will eliminate the use of kangaroo skin.

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Subsequently, the Chengdu Commercial Daily reporter saw this official statement on Nike's English official website.

Nike said that since December 2009, the company has adjusted its strategy, for the longer term development and humanitarian considerations, has eliminated the products of snake skin, lizard skin and crocodile skin, and will gradually eliminate kangaroo skin.

Nike said it will actively develop and innovate synthetic materials to gradually get rid of the use of kangaroo skin to make sneakers.

In addition, Nike also disclosed in the statement that in order to allow animals to be treated humanely, the company has informed the Australian government that local suppliers will be humane to animals according to strict rules and regulations.

Nike and Adidas are used.

What's the attitude of Adidas after making a statement in Nike after making a statement by Nike's main sporting goods company? Yesterday, the reporter contacted Adidas headquarters by e-mail. The director of corporate communications of the company said: "based on the cause of innovation, Adidas's Falcon series football shoes will no longer use kangaroo skin."

She also said that synthetic materials have been able to provide athletes and consumers with the same athletic shoes as kangaroo skins.

In fact, sporting goods companies use kangaroo skin to make sneakers in recent years, and they have been protested and opposed by animal protection organizations abroad.

In 2007, the Supreme Court of the United States made a ruling against Adidas selling kangaroo shoes in California.

In addition, Rooney, Terry and other Premiership stars have been condemned by international animal protection organizations for wearing soccer shoes made of kangaroo skin.

Prior to the world cup in South Africa, Justin Carswell, the head of the Australian Wildlife Conservation Association, also said that soccer stars were expected to play the role of killing animals in the world cup.

Abandoning kangaroo skin

Shoes cost less?

Some people think that synthetic materials can not completely replace the texture of kangaroo skin. A general manager of American soccer commentator and football supplies company, Ben Perkins, wrote earlier this year on the football viewpoint of the famous American football review website, calling for "do not prohibit kangaroo soccer shoes".

He said: "we are strongly against the genuine leather made football shoes from the market. I also know that synthetic materials are cheaper, but the feeling of leather shoes is irreplaceable.

Some people think that leather is much more expensive, but synthetic leather adds a lot of technology. They will say how much technology is worth, so the last manufactured shoes are not necessarily cheaper than genuine leather.

In addition, some people on the Internet believe that Nike's statement is probably not just out of humanitarianism, but also in terms of cost control.

In this regard, the Chengdu Commercial Daily reporter interviewed a well-known football equipment website master webpage couple, hoping to get professional answers from him.

Occasionally, the main advantages of kangaroo shoes are breathability, softness, better ductility and ball control, but higher cost. Therefore, the products of Nike's shoes are made of high-end products.

I even said that although synthetic materials will spend more money in the development stage, after this stage, the cost will still drop. "No longer use kangaroo skin for environmental protection, and the purpose of environmental protection is ultimately to reduce material losses."

In recent years, Nike has been developing the soccer shoes of synthetic materials with a lighter aim, such as assassin series.

In order to reduce the weight of the shoes, Nike is bound to use the light material road, and also use the technology of "flying line".

I even revealed that Nike's brand new synthetic material is Kangalite, and the "CTR360" series uses this material. "Nike said this material is softer and closer to the grip of kangaroo skin, but I still think there is a big gap between Kangalite and kangaroo skin.

Of course, its cost should be lower than that of kangaroo skin. "

At this point, the view of even and Ben Perkins is the same.

In addition to making soccer shoes with kangaroo skin, many sporting goods are also related to animal organs.

For example, the most famous pig bladder, before the advent of modern football, the ancient football that was made of pig bladder for gallbladder, was widely popular in Britain.

During the 2006-07 season, NBA had been reformed and used artificial skins to play basketball. But the League found that after hitting the ball, not only did the players hit a lower percentage, but they also easily hurt their fingers.

In addition, there are horse racing, the best saddle is usually made of calf skin, and horses are usually made of high quality cowhide.

One of the shell materials of sheep volleyball is sheepskin.

When using sheepskin, the handle can reach the middle soft degree.

The horse's early ice hockey match protector, horse hide is the most important material.

WinDriver, a famous Canadian ski goods company, once had a famous glove. Its material was deer skin. Adidas clover once had a board shoe and was made of deer skin.

Ostrich ostrich skin is often used to make golf bags, and crocodile skin is also one of the materials.

The AAPro series of alligator skin golf bags launched by the US AmbrosiAbrianna company can reach up to US $62 thousand.

Because care

Beckham gave up kangaroo shoes

Kangaroo skin made sneakers have been strongly opposed by wildlife protectors. They oppose the way of killing kangaroos to get the whole kangaroo skin.

According to the data, the kangaroo skin made of shoes is mainly derived from those newly born kangaroos. In order to ensure the integrity of leather, most of them are killed with sticks.

Wildlife advocates think such a way is too cruel for a kangaroo, so they will boycott the shoes made of kangaroo skin.

During the 2002 World Cup, Beckham wore shoes that were made of kangaroo skin. As a result, he was protested by the wildlife protectors and showed Beckham the video of the wooden club knocking the kangaroo.

In the end, Beckham gave up his kangaroo shoes.

But although kangaroo is one of the symbols of Australia, kangaroo is not a specially protected animal in Australia.

Adidas plans to stop using kangaroo skin as raw material for sneakers. When the Chengdu business daily told the news to an Australian local resident, he was surprised to say, "in fact, animals like kangaroo and koala, which are rare in Chinese friends, are common species in Australia."

According to the Australian resident, at present, there are more than 60 million kangaroos in Australia. Because kangaroo is fed on wild grass and shrubs all year round, the ecological balance of Australia is threatened. "In Australia, the government will pay for the planned killing of kangaroos every year."