Are these Kangaroo leather loafers from the 1970s?

These shoes look circa 70s to me.
1, Is there a more specific dating do you think?

The photo of the inside didn't come out really clearly....it says
"Directors Quality, Hartt, Canada's Best Shoemakers since 1898,
Genuine Kangaroo."

2. Are/were kangaroo shoes very common in North America? I saw a pair of water bison chelsea boots on ebay from Hartt.

3. And what would 'directors quality' mean?

Thanks ,
Lauren

It looks like a white boot in a snowstorm.... pic?

oops...here's the needle in the haystack......

Oh my stars. I thought they were endangered or something. Sorry. Nice shoes.
Learn something new every day.

I just checked, and I believe the original 'wild' water buffalo but the domesticated ones are used/were used commonly as livestock in Asia. Good to know things, thanks for the prompt Foo Foo

Okay, I'm having an ommision issue day.
That was meant to say the original wild ones are endangered.

They look late 70s - really early 80s to me, by 84ish brown loafers were out in place of black tasselled loafers. Hartt was around for a few days shy of a century - they closed in 1998. 'Director's quality' is probably just a phrase to make it sound good - like 'executive quality', but its not an official term in the shoe industry.

Thanks alot Jonathan.