adidas kangaroos

[louisecheese]

is it true that adidas kill kangaroos to make football boots for beckham?

[mikewall01]

I don't believe that Adidas actually kill kangaroos. However someone appears to because many manufactures use kangaroo hides to make football boots. This includes the Adidas Predator boots worn by Mr. Beckham. You can check this out, and see a list of all other kangaroo hide football boots at; http://www.savethekangaroo.com/adidas/beckham.shtm
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[Gef]

Even if it is true I don't have a problem with this. We kill cows for beef and use the hides as leather. Kangaroos are also farmed for their meat and so it makes sense to also make use of the hide.

[Yai]

I agree with Gef. Apparently there are more Kangaroos in Australia than people. Just because it's an animal we're not familiar with here doesn't mean it must be an endangered species or something.

[louisecheese]

hey, i have no problem with it. just that somebody told me, and i wanted to know if they were pulling my leg! cheers for the answers.

[Stav]

Waste of Kangaroo if you ask me I think that certainly more can be done to save the Kangaroos. We all no Beckham cant use his left foot for toffee, so they only need to make one boot for him, thus using less Kangaroo. Trouble is, he may need the one with 'L' written on so he isnt confused with just one boot with 'R' on it.