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EUROPEAN VEGETARIAN UNION
NEWSLETTER FEBRUARY 2007
Dear friends,
We are very pleased about a message of support for the EVU Talks 2007 which has been sent to us by the President of the Republic of Slovenia, Dr. Janez Drnov¨ek:
“If in certain periods of the human history people were dependent on animal food to avoid
hunger, this is certainly not the case now. We can produce enough vegetarian food to feed all the people of the
world.
Killing and torturing animals is a sign of low consciousness. It goes together with the
prevailing patterns of selfishness and greed that rule the world. That's a major reason why we have so much human
suffering around the world and so many people starving and dying from hunger.
A more balanced society
based on higher consciousness could assure enough food for everybody, without killing and eating animals. It's very
clear that animals have feelings and that they can be happy or suffer. But people who torture and kill them have no
feelings and no consciousness. And those who eat dead animals share the responsibility.
I can foresee
that in the not-so-distant-future people will eat only vegetarian food. Eating animals will be as unimaginable as is
cannibalism today. And there will be much more harmony and peace in the world.”
The EVU Talks 2007 will take place in Vienna from 27 April to 1 May 2007 under the theme 'The veggie answer to world hunger'. I am looking forward to meeting many of you there.
Best regards
Renato Pichler
President
European Vegetarian Union
www.euroveg.eu
evu@euroveg.eu
More information:
Programme and
more details
Millions to Go Hungry by 2080.
Content:
1. Open Letter to EU
2.
Vegetarianism and Health
3. Sealing and Whaling
4. Animal
Diseases
5. Labeling
6. Meat – once a living animals
7.
Good
News
8. Films, Books, Cartoons, Videos
9. The EVU Website offers
1. Open Letter to EU
In the ongoing hot
debates about climate change the vegetarian alternative is constantly ignored and so we thought it would be a good
idea
to send an Open Letter to Mr. José Manuel Barroso,
President of the European Commission.
We pointed out that the time has now come to examine the beneficial role
which vegetarians can play in healing the environment.
More information on global warming:
All-Star Global Concerts Planned on Climate.
Climate and Meat:
A Few More 'Inconvenient Truths'
The Ecological Consequences of
Meat Consumption
A brochure informing about the ecological consequences of meat consumption, issued by the
European Vegetarian Union (11 pages A 5), price EUR 0.50, can be ordered by E-Mail: evu@euroveg.eu or: European Vegetarian Union, Bahnhofstrasse 52, CH-9315 Neukirch
(Egnach), Switzerland.
American Dietetic Association: 'Vegetarian
kids can be just as healthy as other children'
Approximately 1.5 million American kids between 8 and 18 are
now vegetarians…
Vegetarians are more likely to be smart, healthy ...
Sources of Protein in Vegetarian and Vegan
Diets/London Nutritionist challenges BBC
Nutrition expert Yvonne Bishop-Weston reveals the elite vegetarian
protein rich foods and confirms that a vegetarian diet is suitable even for elite athletes. …
UK: Complaints about a poster which claimed feeding meat to youngsters amounted to child abuse have been rejected by the Advertising Standards Authority.
The Year of the Pig
Recommendation
by PETA to Chinese people: ‘Forget about those tempting pork dishes traditionally consumed to welcome the
Chinese
New Year. Adopt a 'healthy, humane vegetarian diet' instead.’…
Pigs - Fascinating Facts
Pills or papayas?
Survey finds
Americans want healthful foods, not more medicines
H.H. Orgyen Trinle Dorje, Karmapa XVII is
vegetarian since a few years/At January 3, 2007
He made a strong statement against eating meat within his
monasteries and centers. No meat is to be prepared in the kitchen of any Kagyu Monastery or Centre.
If you are interested to listen to a discussion about vegetarianism, here is the link:
www.euroveg.eu/lang/en/news/news.php?id=19694
MEP Caroline Lucas demands immediate moratorium on all seal fur imports and that an EU delay the on seal fur ban will mean 200.000 deaths
‘'Feeding fish,
whale and seal to children is a form of child abuse' – that is what Paul Watson said in an Interview with
Renato Pichler – However, Japanese whalers continue to kill whales for ‘scientific purposes’ and
sell the meat to supermarkets, restaurants and school cafeterias.
Only this year things turned somewhat sour
for
their slaughter armada…
Japan whalers
'may abort hunt'
Explosion rocks whaling boat in Antarctica
Japan Pushes Whaling as Consumers' Appetite Fades
a. BSE
A hot topic, so far carefully and successfully avoided, is now being discussed: Can milk transmit Mad Cow Disease?
Swiss firm Alicon said Monday, 5. February, it detected prion proteins in cow milk, raising the
possibility mad cow disease could be transmitted via
milk.
Milk Might Transmit Mad Cow Disease.
Canada has ninth confirmed case of mad cow disease.
b. Bird flu is still not under control – and probably won’t be as long as birds are raised and slaughtered.
Joanna Lumley: Spare a thought for all those turkeys.
UK/CIWF calls for government rethink in
food
policy following avian influenza outbreak.
New report says intensive farming to blame for virulent virus
MEP Caroline Lucas: EU must clarify farming rules to stop spread of bird flu.
U.N.: Poultry trade spreads bird flu.
UK: Bird flu is the price of your £5 roast.
c. USA: Even ‘premium’ chickens harbor dangerous bacteria.
Will soon be milk products from cloned
animals on the market?
And will we be able to identify these products? Will the labels be fair and honest?
The food you eat may not be what you think it is
EU May Reconsider Labels for 'Biotech' Meat, Eggs
EU: Food Quality Schemes under the Microscope
Monsanto Cites Milk Tests, Says Consumers Being Misled
For a convenient and safe way to shop: The
V-Label
An independent label, which is used on the products of various manufacturers, is more trustworthy
than a not controlled label of the food industry.
6. Meat equals death and destruction
Forty-eight thousand million animals-yes, 48 billion creatures-are estimated to die each year as a
result of human activities ranging from factory farming to hunting, the fur garment trades, commercial exploitation of
various kinds, and biomedical research.
That's more
than 130 million creatures every single day, including birds, cows, and hogs, all of them highly sociable
animals.
Each year in the United States, nearly 10 billion land animals are raised and killed for food.
Philip Wollen: 'In their capacity to feel fear, pain, hunger and thirst, a pig is a dog is a bear.....is a boy'
Ireland: Unfortunate pigs
'To see
their sad little faces with snouts peering out through the truck bars with some lying in icy water for hours just
broke
my heart'
…poachers kill chimps for the illegal wild meat, or "bush meat," trade…
Animal welfare in transport:
New
EU rules enter into force
The new Regulation on animal welfare in transport enters into force
Israel: Vegetarian village celebrates jubilee
USA: Happy calves:
Sickly
newborns come to Orland Farm Sanctuary, growing stronger every day …
USA/Florida: Duck Survives Two Days in Fridge After Being Shot
8. Films, Books, Cartoons, Videos
Films:
'A Sacred
Duty: Applying Jewish Values to Heal the World'
Jewish Vegetarians of North America (JVNA) is collaborating
with multi-award winning filmmaker Lionel Friedberg to produce a documentary on how Jewish religious teachings can
promote a healthier, more humane and sustainable world.
Shannon Keith made film to present the animal rights activists’ side of story
Books:
New book by
Marc Bekoff:
The Emotional Lives of Animals
Cartoons:
Read about a vegetarian
dog-acrobat
Videos:
Meet Einstein-Video
Julia Butterfly Hill talks about humanity’s disconnect from nature and how we are part of nature’s system, not above or beyond it.
Julia looks at how negative news stories in the media fuels consumer activity.
More news, updated (almost) daily
www.euroveg.eu/lang/en/news/news.php
www.evana.org
If you have not done so, why not become member of the European Vegetarian Union now. It is so easy http://www.euroveg.eu/lang/en/about/support/membership.php