1. International Congress 1904
the flesh of even healthy animals contains ptomaine
poisons, while many animals are diseased when slaughtered. Such impure
food produces many of the organic diseases that afflict and shorten
human life." The
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2. International Vegetarian Union - East/SE Asia & Oceania
The growth
of the animal rights movement was leading to co-operation between the
societies and the animal rights movement. An Australian Vegetarian Congress
is planned for 1985.
Asia: In Indonesia a
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3. European Vegetarian Congress 1997 - Talks - Ethics, Christianity and Vegeta...
recognised the dignity of animals in his 1990 speech "Peace With Creation And The Creator" in which he says that, "animals too have a soul."
We have now got to the point of apologizing for our anthropocentric dominion over animals (Parliament
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4. International Vegetarian Union - Africa
has calculated that animal farming is responsible for 51% of greenhouse gas emissions, (http://www.worldwatch.org/node/6294n line 13), not only 18% as the FAO used to think. Dr Anteneh explained that it will be Africa that will be the
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5. International Vegetarian Union - World Vegetarian Congress, Dresden, Germany...
, Netherlands / Stefan Eck, Germany / Ralph Chaloupek, Austria - The Necessity of Political Engagement for Animal Welfare and Animal Rights. The Animal Welfare Parties
16.00: Stephen Walsh , UK - Text (PDF 446k English) : Myths and
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