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US author Norm Phelps about his hopes for 2009: ... „We cannot separate our own wellbeing from the wellbeing of animals. As Henry Beston told us, we are all caught up together in the web of life. And so, I am looking forward to 2009 with the hope that we are awakening from our national nightmare and are ready to join with people of good will and compassion around the world in taking up the long, hard, slow process of building Albert Schweitzer’s ethical civilization: a civilization of peace on earth and good will toward all living beings.“

Vegetarianism – Health

'Vegetarians and vegans figured out the health advantages of a meatless diet long ago'

Peter Fricker, projects and communications director of the Vancouver Humane Society: 'Vegetarians and vegans figured out the health advantages of a meatless diet long ago. That's why they have lower rates of obesity, heart disease, diabetes, colon cancer, hypertension and other diseases.

http://www.euroveg.eu/lang/en/news/news.php?id=40722

 

New study links diet to heart failure risk

Increasing the number of regular whole grain servings in your diet by just one may lessen heart failure risk by 7 percent among middle-aged African-American and white men and women, according to findings from a long-term study.

http://www.euroveg.eu/lang/en/news/news.php?id=40204

 

USA: Being vegan, inside and out

A vegan for the last eight years, Jennifer Storey is careful not to put meat, eggs, honey or milk in her body. Now it's becoming easier not to put them on her body, either. From conditioner to lip balm to plant-based pedicures, companies and spas nationwide are offering vegan products and services......

http://www.euroveg.eu/lang/en/news/news.php?id=40196

 

 

Meat - Global warming

Climate conference addresses problems of meat consumption

Recent climate change negotiations in Poznan, Poland, addressed the impact on global warming of raising animals for food….

http://www.euroveg.eu/lang/en/news/news.php?id=40450

 

Climate change, meat eating and the environment/Noam Mohr from EarthSave interviewed by Claudette Vaughan

Excerpt: It’s important to note too that even if we ignore the effect of aerosols, animal agriculture is also a major source of carbon dioxide emissions

http://www.euroveg.eu/lang/en/news/news.php?id=40323

 

USA: Farmers blanch at idea of cow tax/EPA anti-methane effort is ridiculed

It turns out "going green" may mean cutting back on those juicy steaks and burgers. The reason: Cattle and other livestock expel tons of methane gas, which wreaks havoc on the environment...

http://www.euroveg.eu/lang/en/news/news.php?id=40367

 

 

Meat means misery

Force-Fed: Plea To Ban Foie Gras

Animal welfare campaigners are demanding a ban on the delicacy foie gras after uncovering evidence of cruelty to ducks and geese. Investigations carried out by the charity Four Paws in Hungary and Bulgaria discovered animals suffering from the effects of force-feeding....

http://www.euroveg.eu/lang/en/news/news.php?id=40586

 

Exposed: Rabbits screaming during slaughter!

An undercover expose of rabbit farms in two different countries (France and China) shows how cruel rabbits are treated.

http://www.euroveg.eu/lang/en/news/news.php?id=40557

 

UK: Our Basra soldiers bite heads off live chickens / Sergeant-major decapitates chicken with his teeth...

http://www.euroveg.eu/lang/en/news/news.php?id=40687&l

 

'Welfare doesn't come into it'

...the truth behind the European pig industry - and so behind most of the pork we eat

http://www.euroveg.eu/lang/en/news/news.php?id=40390

 

UK: Alarm over cruelty behind the bacon on our breakfast plates

Two thirds of pork, bacon and ham imported into Britain are from pigs reared on the Continent in cruel farm conditions that are banned in the UK.

http://www.euroveg.eu/lang/en/news/news.php?id=40560

 

Holland-Live pigs by road to Russia

The Dutch Ministry of Agriculture have issued permits to livestock traders, sending live pigs to Russia.... Animal Rights activists, have been trying to outlaw the trade with no success....

http://www.euroveg.eu/lang/en/news/news.php?id=40669

 

China: Dead, Diseased Pigs Sold for Food

Six people have been detained in southern China's Guangdong Province for allegedly running a network that processed and sold meat from dead and diseased pigs. Some of the stinking meat seized by law enforcement officials at the scene had been soaked in an unidentified chemical with a strong smell similar to the pesticide DDT...

http://www.euroveg.eu/lang/en/news/news.php?id=40556

 

 

Food Insecurity – Global Hunger

Billions face food shortages, study warns

Half of the world's population could face severe food shortages by the end of the century as rising temperatures take their toll on farmers' crops, scientists have warned....

http://www.euroveg.eu/lang/en/news/news.php?id=40496

 

Global food security: more European initiatives needed say MEPs

The European Parliament calls for “immediate and continuous action” to ensure global food security. It believes the aid of EUR 1 billion that the EU has decided to give to developing countries should be accompanied by fresh investment in agriculture and it calls for mechanisms to be set up to ensure that sufficient global food stocks are available.... http://www.evana.org/index.php?id=40613⟨=en

=> Please sign the petition to the UN

http://un.evana.org/sign.php?lang=en

 

 

Politics

 

US, EU hormone beef ban dispute escalates/

On Jan. 15, the United States announced changes to trade sanctions it applies on European goods, prompting officials in Brussels to accuse Washington of escalating a 13-year-old beef hormone dispute and threaten new legal action, according to The Associated Press. ...Susan Schwab, the soon-to-be-departing U.S. trade representative, said that the U.S. would shift sanctions to new European goods to pressure the 27-nation European Union to comply with World Trade Organization rulings against its ban on hormone-treated beef...

http://www.euroveg.eu/lang/en/news/news.php?id=40714

 

USA: Chicago Health Commissioner Says, 'Go Veg!'

Chicago's health commissioner, Dr. Terry Mason, has launched his "Re-Start" campaign, which asks Chicagoans to go vegetarian for January.....

http://www.euroveg.eu/lang/en/news/news.php?id=40536

 

Jens Holm, MEP Sweden: We should abolish meat subsidies,

let meat bear its own environmental costs and work to make modern vegetarian food cheaper

http://www.euroveg.eu/lang/en/news/news.php?id=40259

 

STOP Long Animal Transports / Today, too many animals are transported under unacceptable conditions on European highways

http://www.euroveg.eu/lang/en/news/news.php?id=40534

EU/Animal transport: MEPs debate non-enforcement of rules/Rules to protect animals aren't being enforced properly according to two British MEPs who will raise the issue in a debate in Parliament...

http://www.euroveg.eu/lang/en/news/news.php?id=40603

 

 

Fishing and whaling

Ingrid Newkirk: Fish? No, they're 'sea kittens'

Fish feel pain, learn from each other and remember – will 'rebranding' them stop us treating them so cruelly?

http://www.euroveg.eu/lang/en/news/news.php?id=40648

 

Japanese whaling fleet endures rising tide of opposition

Could it be karma, bad luck, or merely unfortunate circumstances that have victimized the Japanese whaling fleet in the Antarctic region? http://www.euroveg.eu/lang/en/news/news.php?id=40642

 

 

 

Celebrities

 

OK! Exclusive: Alanis Morissette's Slim-Down Secrets!

Alanis’ vegan diet — one of the more popular in Hollywood these days — has helped her shed 20 pounds since she began the new regime in September.....

http://www.euroveg.eu/lang/en/news/news.php?id=40466

 

India: Bollywood’s Sexiest Vegetarians

Growing up eating vegetables off your dinner plate was never a fun idea! But with more and more Bollywood stars announcing their support for maintaining a vegetarian lifestyle, eating veggies has definitely become a lot more appetizing...

http://www.euroveg.eu/lang/en/news/news.php?id=40301

 

USA: Mickey Rourke wins Best Actor at Golden Globes and thanks his dogs in acceptance speech

http://www.euroveg.eu/lang/en/news/news.php?id=40541

 

UK: Britain's Princ Edward has escaped prosecution for allegedly beating a dog, after an animal welfare group said Friday there was insufficient evidence to charge him....

http://www.euroveg.eu/lang/en/news/news.php?id=40475

 

 

 

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