--- title: "European Vegetarian Union News - Issue 1, 1997 - IVU - International Vegetarian Union" description: "European Vegetarian Union News - Issue 1, 1997: EVU-News EVU-Novajxoj / EVU-Nytt Issue 1 - Numero 1 - Ausgabe 1 - Número 1 - Numéro 1 / 1997 Deutsch - Français Editorial from the Secretary First of all I want to thank you for your patience and help! You know that, as I am a" url: "https://ivu.org/history-of-ivu.html?view=article&id=5638:news-evu-news971-index&catid=236" date: "2026-11-06T00:22:33+00:00" language: "en-GB" --- # European Vegetarian Union News - Issue 1, 1997 **EVU-News** **EVU-Novajxoj / EVU-Nytt** --- **Issue 1 - Numero 1 - Ausgabe 1 - Número 1 - Numéro 1 / 1997**--- *Deutsch* - *Français* ![image: Sigrid](https://ivu.org/images/legacy/history/news/evu/news964/sigrid.jpg) **Editorial from the Secretary** First of all I want to thank you for your patience and help! You know that, as I am a full-time teacher, all the work of the EVU office has to be done in the evenings, on weekends and during the holidays. The interest in a natural and healthy life is growing steadily and ever increasing amounts of letters, e-mail and phone-calls have to be answered. The limited time at my disposal. just does not allow me to thank all new (associate, life) members for becoming members and supporting the EVU. That’s why I would like to welcome and thank here all the new members, especially the life members who place their confidence in the work of the EVU. On the index page you will find the names of the generous donators who with there financial contribution assure the publication of the next issues of the EVU News. Thanks to them too as well as to our many loyal members, who continue to show their co-operation by having already paid their contribution for 1997. A lot of time and energy has been lost in fruitless discussions with the Italian organisers of the [6th European Vegetarian Congress](https://ivu.org/hv-congress-1999-congress-euro97-index.html) because of organisational problems. After long and intensive negotiations the **EVU Congress will definitely take place** in Bussolengo/Italy. The conditions remain the same as published before. The EVU has withdrawn from the organisation and the AVI (Associazione Vegetariana Italiana) is taking full responsibility for the organisation of the congress upon itself. Please contact the Italian congress office for any information desired about the program, speakers, cheaper accommodation and excursions. The AGM (Annual General Meeting) of the EVU has been planned for Sunday, 21st of September 1997, Bussolengo. I am very glad to be able to offer you some important articles in this issue. Not long ago I spoke to a vegetarian medical doctor who was convinced that animal experiments are still necessary to guarantee ‘progress’ in medicine. Therefore I thank Dr. Rambeck for his enlightening article on the very sad chapter of animal and consequently human suffering. Hoping that you enjoy reading the EVU News I send you best wishes from Switzerland *Sigrid De Leo (SDL)* *Hon. Secretary of the EVU* **Contents**- [**The NEW Four Food Groups**](https://ivu.org/history-of-ivu.html?view=article&id=5636:news-evu-news971-groups&catid=236) \- **Italiano** - [I Quattro NUOVI Gruppi alimentari ](https://ivu.org/history-of-ivu.html?view=article&id=6037:italian-news-evu-news971-groups&catid=326) \- **Español** - [Los NUEVOS Cuatro Grupos Alimentarios](https://ivu.org/history-of-ivu.html?view=article&id=5932:spanish-news-evu-news971-groups&catid=291) \- [**EVU Financial Report 1996**](https://ivu.org/history-of-ivu.html?view=article&id=5635:news-evu-news971-finance&catid=236) \- [**The Medical Costs Attributable to Meat Consumption**](https://ivu.org/history-of-ivu.html?view=article&id=5631:news-evu-news971-costs&catid=236) \- [**The Impact of Animal Experiments on the Development of Modern Medicine.**](https://ivu.org/history-of-ivu.html?view=article&id=5634:news-evu-news971-experiments&catid=236) \- **Deutsch:** Die Rolle des Tierexperiments für die Entwicklung der Medizin \- **Français:** [](https://ivu.org/history-of-ivu.html?view=article&id=6183:french-news-evu-news971-experiments&catid=379)L'Impact de l'Expérimentation Animale sur le Développement de la Médecine Moderne \- **Español:** [El Impacto de los Experimentos Animales en el Desarrollo de la Medicina Moderna](https://ivu.org/history-of-ivu.html?view=article&id=5931:spanish-news-evu-news971-experiments&catid=291) \- **Italiano**[L'impatto degli esperimenti su animali sullo sviluppo della medicina moderna ](https://ivu.org/history-of-ivu.html?view=article&id=6036:italian-news-evu-news971-experiments&catid=326) \- [**The Great BSE Blunder: Years of Tory Misrule**](https://ivu.org/history-of-ivu.html?view=article&id=5630:news-evu-news971-bseblunder&catid=236) \- [**Vegetarianism is Love for Animals and Humans**](https://ivu.org/history-of-ivu.html?view=article&id=5639:news-evu-news971-love&catid=236) \- **Deutsch:** Vegetarismus ist Liebe zu Tier und Mensch \- **Español:** [El Vegetarianismo Es Amor a los Animales y a los Humanos](https://ivu.org/history-of-ivu.html?view=article&id=5934:spanish-news-evu-news971-love&catid=291) \- **Italiano:** [Vegetarianismo è Amore per animali ed umani](https://ivu.org/history-of-ivu.html?view=article&id=6038:italian-news-evu-news971-love&catid=326) \- [**Successful Vegetarian Festival in Vilnius/Lithuania**](https://ivu.org/history-of-ivu.html?view=article&id=5643:news-evu-news971-vilnius&catid=236) \- [**The Heretic's Feast - extracts**](https://ivu.org/history-of-ivu.html?view=article&id=5637:news-evu-news971-heretics&catid=236) \- **Español:** [El Festín de los Heréticos - pasaje corto](https://ivu.org/history-of-ivu.html?view=article&id=5933:spanish-news-evu-news971-heretics&catid=291) \- [**Vegetarian Orphanage under Threat of Closure in Romania**](https://ivu.org/history-of-ivu.html?view=article&id=5642:news-evu-news971-romanian&catid=236) \- **Româna** - Orfelinat vegetarian sub amenintarea inchiderii in România \- [**The Rebirth of Nature - conversation with Rupert Sheldrake**](https://ivu.org/history-of-ivu.html?view=article&id=5640:news-evu-news971-nature&catid=236) \- **Español:** [El Renacimiento de la Naturaleza](https://ivu.org/history-of-ivu.html?view=article&id=5935:spanish-news-evu-news971-nature&catid=291) \- [**Press Corner:**](https://ivu.org/history-of-ivu.html?view=article&id=5641:news-evu-news971-press&catid=236) Creutzfeldt-Jacob: new cases in England Ritual slaughtering not punishable 'A good Christian is also a vegetarian' Health: even bones can be trained \- [**European Vegetarian Congress**](https://ivu.org/hv-congress-1999-congress-euro97-index.html) A note on this archive. The history section of this website is drawn from a body of legacy content originally compiled by John Davis, former manager of the International Vegetarian Union. It represents his curation of historical material, and in places includes passages written by him directly. Over the years, the IVU website has migrated between several different hosting servers. In the course of these migrations, a number of PDF files were unfortunately lost, and **some links to PDF documents may no longer function**. 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