A proposed ban on kangaroo-based products by Oregon lawmakers would only result in more suffering and unregulated killing of the native Australian marsupial, according to conservationists and wildlife experts.
Senate Bill 764, introduced by Sen. Floyd Prozanska (D-Eugene), would ban the sale of kangaroo parts and products in Oregon with the threat of fines or a prison sentence.
The Bill is largely aimed at Nike—headquartered in Oregon—which uses kangaroo leather in the manufacture of soccer cleats.
“I understand this legislation may have a financial impact on some Oregon shoe manufacturers, but in the balance, Oregon should be standing on the humane side of this issue,” said Prozanski, who chairs the Senate Judiciary Committee, in a press release from the Center for a Humane Economy….