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EVU Talks 2007: The veggie answer to global hunger
Statement by the European Vegetarian
Union
Following a debate about the problem of global hunger, it is declared that vegetarianism offers the
possibility of considerably alleviating the growing threat.
Feeding large percentages of available human
food crops to farm animals is unethical and represents a blatant lack of solidarity with the hungry
The
existing water shortage is aggravated by ever-larger quantities of water being used for animal husbandry, leaving less
for crops
The present high production of meat is uneconomical and can only be maintained with huge financial subsidies,
leading to harsh social injustice.
The FAO report "Livestock's long shadow" states that livestock
farming already generates almost a fifth of greenhouse gases, which are expected to raise the average temperature.
Global warming leads to droughts, failing harvests and even more hardship for the poor.
The artificial
extension of the food chain due to the transformation of grain into meat causes a huge waste of resources.
The European Vegetarian Union demands that:
- national and international decision makers stop subsidizing the production of meat and invest instead in
sustainable aid programmes;
- meat packages carry warnings informing about the hazard which animal husbandry
represents to the environment and food security;
- international organizations and agencies incorporate the
benefits of a vegetarian lifestyle into future strategies for the fight against global hunger.
A healthy life
without meat is possible, beneficial for the environment and allows a fairer distribution of natural riches. Any policy
pretending that the consumption of meat has to be the social norm is rejected.
Vienna, 1 May 2007
Renato Pichler
President
European Vegetarian Union (EVU)
www.euroveg.eu
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Josphat Ngonyo, Kenya
>Africa Network for Animal Welfare
www.anaw.org
jos@anaw.org
>AgireOra Network, Italy
Italian Network for animal-rights activism
www.agireora.org
info@agireora.org
Dr.Sandeep K.Jain, India
Chief Coordinator,
>Care of Animals & Protection of Environment-India(CAPE-India)
capeindia1@gmail.com
Dawn Moncrief
Executive Director
> Farm Animal Reform Movement (FARM)
www.farmusa.org
>Jewish Vegetarians of North America (JVNA)
www.JewishVeg.com
>Jews for Animal Rights
www.micahbooks.com
Dr. Helmut F. Kaplan, Austria
Philosopher and author
www.tierrechte-kaplan.org
Dr. Kurt Simons
Vorsitzender
>Menschen für Tierrechte -
Bundesverband der Tierversuchsgegner e.V.
Roermonder Str. 4a, D - 52072 Aachen
info@tierrechte.de
www.tierrechte.de
David Cantor , US
Founder and executive director
>Responsible Policies for Animals
www.RPAforAll.org
Marius-Cristian Vasilescu, Romania
Vice-president
>Romanian Vegetarian Society
www.svr.ro
info@svr.ro
Barbara Ruetting
Member of the Bavarian State Parliament
Honorary Board Member European Vegetarian Union
http://www.barbara-ruetting.de/
http://www.bayern.gruene.de/cms/default/rubrik/3/3793.htm
>SaiCosaMangi.info Project, Italy
www.saicosamangi.info
info@saicosamangi.info
Mahesh Agarwal, India
Secretary and Chief Executive Officer
> Sahayog, India
www.jainhelp.com
Richard H. Schwartz, USA
President
Jewish Vegetarians of North America
www.JewishVeg.com/schwartz
Nandita Shah, India
>SHARAN
www.sharan-india.org
>Società Scientifica di Nutrizione Vegetariana-SSNV, Italy
www.scienzavegetariana.it
www.vegpyramid.info
>Society of Ethical and Religious Vegetarians (SERV)
www.serv-online.org
Ulla Troëng
President
> Swedish Vegan Society
www.vegan.se
>Swiss Union for Vegetarianism (SVV)
www.vegetarismus.ch
Revd Lynne Chitty, UK
>Three Counties Ecumenical Prayer group
Lynnechitty@gloucestercathedral.org.uk
David Román
President
> Unión Vegetariana Española (Spanish Vegetarian Union)
www.unionvegetariana.org
uve@unionvegetariana.org
Peter Lake
Chair
>Vegetarian For Life (UK)
Vegetarian Housing Association (UK)
www.veghousing.org.uk
Mike Maybury VIP, UK
>Vegetarian Information, Portsmouth
michael.maybury2@ntlworld.com
>Vegetarian Society (Singapore)
www.vegetarian-society.org
>Vegetarian Union of North America (VUNA) )
www.ivu.org/vuna
Hildegund Scholvien, Germany
2. Vorsitzende
>Vegetarierbund-Deutschlands e.V. (VEBU)
info@vebu.de
www.vebu.de
Patrick Smith
>Veggies Catering Campaign
www.veggies.org.uk
info@veggies.org.uk
Pete Cohon
Founder
>VeggieJews, USA
www.groups.yahoo.com/group/veggiejews
Herma Caelen
>Vegi-Info Belgium
www.vegetarisme.ch/be
Pradeep Kumar Nath
Founder/President
> Visakha SPCA , India
www.visakhaspca.org
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