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October 9, 2011
Adidas Concedes and Reduces Use of Kangaroo Skins

June 23, 2010
Victory claimed as Nike plan to drop ‘cruel’ kangaroo leather football boots

Feb 4, 2010
Truro school urged to take Skippy off the menu

July 10, 2009
Calls to ban "dangerous" kangaroo meat from UK

May 21, 2009
Cruel kangaroo meat dropped from final major UK stockist

September 04, 2009
Greenpeace does not advocate kangaroo meat consumption

May 20, 2009
Cruel kangaroo meat dropped from final major UK stockist

November 6, 2008
'Exotic meats' off the menu

July 25 , 2005
Viva! Kangaroo Victory in California As Beckham Plays Ball

June 29 , 2006
Animal Campaigners Claim Victory As CA Anti-Wildlife Bill is Defeated

March 1 , 2006
Beckham’s Mercy Dash For Kangaroos May Be Too Late

January 31 , 2006
Becks Kicks Off His Kangaroo Boots

August 8 , 2005
Kangaroo Populations Crash as Commercial Killing Continues

February 2 , 2005
Lymm Pub Bins Kangaroo Meat in Response to Viva!’s Cruelty Claims

January 25, 2005
Millions won’t be Celebrating Australia Day say Viva!

August 04, 2004
“Think twice” before you go Down-under urges Viva!

July 22, 2004
Australia Massacres its National Symbol on the Capital’s Doorstep

June 25, 2004
Spoon it Like Beckham

May 25, 2004
Oz to Attract Tourists – With Dead Kangaroos

May 18, 2004
David Beckham Gets His Kicks Out of Kangaroo Slaughter

December 29, 2003
Viva!USA Asks New Adidas CEO to make a New Year’s Resolution: Phase Out Kangaroo Skins in 2004!

October 5, 2003
Adidas Exposed! - Activists Streak at World Cup Game

September 18, 2003
Women’s World Cup Gets a Kick Out of Killing
Adidas Under Fire for Kangaroo Slaughter

August 27, 2003
Adidas Customers Dismayed by Kangaroo Slaughter - Activists to Present Shoe Company with Video Showing "Shock on the Street"

August 21,2003
Update on Adidas Kangaroo Lawsuit
Lombardi Sports agrees to Comply with Law

13 August 2003
MEDIA RELEASE USA:
Images of Kangaroo Slaughter to Roll Into Sacramento Adidas' support of massacre exposed

8 August 2003
MEDIA RELEASE: Animal Campaigns Group Accuses Adidas of Cruelty as Share Price Falls

7 August 2003
MEDIA RELEASE USA: Images of Kangaroo Slaughter to Roll Into Seattle Adidas' support of massacre exposed

23 July 2003
MEDIA RELEASE USA: Images of Kangaroo Slaughter to Roll Into San Diego

28 May 2003
MEDIA RELEASE: Kangaroos Skins Still Illegal - Kudos to California Senators Who Upheld Current Law

07 May 2003
MEDIA RELEASE: Viva!USA Adidas sued for Breaking California Law
According to a lawsuit filed this morning on behalf of Viva!USA, sports giant Adidas is in violation of California Penal Code § 653o, which states that the body parts or products of kangaroos cannot be imported into or sold in the state. In direct breach of that law, Adidas Predators have been found on sale in the state.

25 April 2003
Australia - Worst in the World for Wildlife! Leaked report reveals cataclysmic collapse of unique wildlife and ecosystems.
Kangaroo industry expresses "concern over the health of the [kangaroo]
population..."

21 April 2003
MEDIA RELEASE USA: Earth Day marks hearing for the fate of Kangaroo protection in California

15 April 2003
Threat to Kangaroos' Protected Status in California - Help Needed
UPDATE: SB233 was postponed and was not heard on April 22. We will update you once we have more information.

27 March 2003
MEDIA RELEASE: Viva! announces 3rd International Day of Action against Adidas - Saturday 30 August 2003 

7 February 2003
MEDIA RELEASE: Viva! UK: ‘Bloody’ Protests outside Sports Shops highlight Adidas’s support of Kangaroo Killing

7 February 2003
MEDIA RELEASE USA: Adidas: No Friend of Kangaroo Jack

 

 

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