--- title: "European Vegetarian Union News - Issue 2, 1997 - IVU - International Vegetarian Union" description: "European Vegetarian Union News - Issue 2, 1997: EVU-News EVU-Novajxoj / EVU-Nytt Issue 2 - Numero 2 - Ausgabe 2 - Número 2 - Numéro 2 / 1997 ‘A rabbit can be perceived, and therefore threaded, in a variety of ways, which influences its social and legal standing. It could be a cuddly" url: "https://ivu.org/international-vegetarian-union/resources/interviews/5651-news-evu-news972-index.html" date: "2026-11-06T00:26:15+00:00" language: "en-GB" --- # European Vegetarian Union News - Issue 2, 1997 **EVU-News** **EVU-Novajxoj / EVU-Nytt** --- **Issue 2 - Numero 2 - Ausgabe 2 - Número 2 - Numéro 2 / 1997** | ![Rabbits](https://ivu.org/images/legacy/history/news/evu/news972/01rabbit.jpg) | ‘A rabbit can be perceived, and therefore threaded, in a variety of ways, which influences its social and legal standing. It could be a cuddly pet, a subject for high-school dissertation or research, a menu item, or the source of a pair of fur mittens. It could be a farmer’s pest, a sportsman’s ‘worthy adversary’, or a greyhound trainer’s lure. But nowhere is the rabbit valued intrinsically, in and for itself.’ - *From: Inhumane Society, Michael W. Fox*[*Italiano*](https://ivu.org/international-vegetarian-union/resources/interviews/6045-italian-news-evu-news972-index.html) **Contents**- [**Notices for Members**](https://ivu.org/international-vegetarian-union/resources/interviews/5656-news-evu-news972-members.html) \- [**Genetic Engineering**](https://ivu.org/international-vegetarian-union/resources/interviews/5650-news-evu-news972-genetics.html) \- **Deutsch** - Gentechnologie \- [**1847-1997 Vegetariarism - A cause for Celebration**](https://ivu.org/international-vegetarian-union/resources/interviews/5646-news-evu-news972-celebrations.html) \- **Español:** [1847-1997 Vegetarianismo: Un motivo de celebración](https://ivu.org/international-vegetarian-union/resources/interviews/5936-spanish-news-evu-news972-celebrations.html) \- [**Did Tyrannosaurus Rex suffer from gout?**](https://ivu.org/international-vegetarian-union/resources/interviews/5659-news-evu-news972-trex.html) \- **Español** - [Padeció de Gota el Tyrannosauro Rex?](https://ivu.org/international-vegetarian-union/resources/interviews/5938-spanish-news-evu-news972-trex.html) \- **Français** - [Le tyrannosaure Rex souffrait-il de goutte ?](https://ivu.org/international-vegetarian-union/resources/interviews/6185-french-news-evu-news972-trex.html) \- **Româna** - Oare Tyrannosaurus rex a suferit de guta? \- [**3rd International Congress on Vegetarian Nutrition**](https://ivu.org/international-vegetarian-union/resources/interviews/5653-news-evu-news972-lomalinda1.html) \- [**Impressions of Loma Linda**](https://ivu.org/international-vegetarian-union/resources/interviews/5654-news-evu-news972-lomalinda2.html) \- [**Researcher as a civic activist**](https://ivu.org/international-vegetarian-union/resources/interviews/5645-news-evu-news972-bicycling.html) \- [**Finland’s first doctoral dissertation on environmental philosophy**](https://ivu.org/international-vegetarian-union/resources/interviews/5648-news-evu-news972-enviro.html) \- [**Victory in Romania: Children’s Home Safe**](https://ivu.org/international-vegetarian-union/resources/interviews/5657-news-evu-news972-romania2.html) \- **Deutsch** - Sieg in Rumänien: Waisenhaus gesichert \- **Româna** - Victorie in România: Casa de Copii in siguranta \- [**The Finnish vegan society - The first 3 years**](https://ivu.org/international-vegetarian-union/resources/interviews/5649-news-evu-news972-finsoc.html) \- [**Removing cruelty from tradition**](https://ivu.org/international-vegetarian-union/resources/interviews/5658-news-evu-news972-tradition.html) \- **Româna** - Scoaterea cruzimii din traditie \- [**Report from Malta**](https://ivu.org/international-vegetarian-union/resources/interviews/5655-news-evu-news972-malta.html) \- [**Growth and Development of Vegetarian Children**](https://ivu.org/international-vegetarian-union/resources/interviews/5647-news-evu-news972-children.html) \- **Español** - [Crecimiento y Desarrollo de los Niños Vegetarianos](https://ivu.org/international-vegetarian-union/resources/interviews/5937-spanish-news-evu-news972-children.html) \- **Româna** - Cresterea si dezvoltarea copiilor vegetarieni \- [**Successful 1st Regional Vegetarian Congress – India and Far East**](https://ivu.org/hv-congress-1999-congress-asia97-index.html) \- [**Bicycling through Sweden**](https://ivu.org/international-vegetarian-union/resources/interviews/5645-news-evu-news972-bicycling.html) \- [**Italy has a new vegetarian society**](https://ivu.org/international-vegetarian-union/resources/interviews/5652-news-evu-news972-italy.html) \- [**European Vegetarian Congress**](https://ivu.org/hv-congress-1999-congress-euro97-index.html) ![image: Sigrid](https://ivu.org/images/legacy/history/news/evu/news964/sigrid.jpg) **Editorial from the Secretary** Dear readers, dear friends, Thanks to the help of a lot of devoted vegetarians and vegans here again an EVU News with several interesting articles and reports I hope. Not to forget of course the [European Congress](https://ivu.org/hv-congress-1999-congress-euro97-index.html) and the AGM in Bussolengo/Italy in September! We are looking forward to see you there! Mind the new address of the congress office! Some of our EVU members have taken part in the International Congress on Vegetarian Nutrition in Loma Linda last spring and you can read their reports about the event. A special 'thank you' goes to Dr. Urs Guthauser, who has written a fundamental article on Genetic Engineering, which has been brilliantly translated into English by a German vegan. On this occasion I would like to thank also all the other translators from various countries who with their free help guarantee that EVU's homepage on Internet has become really 'European'! Those of you who have attended the IVU Congress in The Hague in 1994 will certainly remember the young Finish philosopher Leena Vilkka, who spoke about the intrinsic values of animals and nature. I am glad to be able to offer you two articles about her and her work. Several reports from 'very old' and 'very young' societies complete the contents of this edition of the EVU News which I hope you keep on reading with interest. From the 14th of July till the 6th of August the EVU office will be closed for vacation. Wishing all of you a nice summer I send you best wishes from Switzerland ![signature](https://ivu.org/images/legacy/history/news/evu/news972/02sigriddeleo.gif) *Sigrid De Leo (SDL)* *Hon. Secretary of the EVU* | |---|---| | 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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