--- title: "Animals & Environment - Companion Animals - IVU - International Vegetarian Union" description: "Animals & Environment - Companion Animals: Animals Animals as Food Beef, Veal, Poultry BSE Clothing Companion Animals Eggs/Dairy Products Entertainment and Hunting The Environment 'Exotic' meat Farm Animals Fish Gardening Genetic Engineering Research on Animals Slaughter Wildlife Español -" url: "https://ivu.org/international-vegetarian-union/resources/interviews/6364-animals-pets.html" date: "2026-11-06T00:06:24+00:00" language: "en-GB" --- # Animals & Environment - Companion Animals ![Animals & Environment - Companion Animals](https://ivu.org/images/legacy/history/banners/animals-pets.png) [Animals](https://ivu.org/international-vegetarian-union/resources/interviews/6349-animals-animals.html) [Animals as Food](https://ivu.org/international-vegetarian-union/resources/interviews/6363-animals-meat.html) [Beef, Veal, Poultry](https://ivu.org/international-vegetarian-union/resources/interviews/6352-animals-beef.html) [BSE](https://ivu.org/international-vegetarian-union/resources/interviews/6198-science-articles-bse.html) [Clothing](https://ivu.org/international-vegetarian-union/resources/interviews/6354-animals-clothing.html) [Companion Animals](https://ivu.org/international-vegetarian-union/resources/interviews/6364-animals-pets.html) [Eggs/Dairy Products](https://ivu.org/international-vegetarian-union/resources/interviews/6355-animals-dairy.html) [Entertainment and Hunting](https://ivu.org/international-vegetarian-union/resources/interviews/6356-animals-entertainment.html) [The Environment](https://ivu.org/international-vegetarian-union/resources/interviews/6357-animals-environment.html) ['Exotic' meat](https://ivu.org/international-vegetarian-union/resources/interviews/6358-animals-exotic.html) [Farm Animals](https://ivu.org/international-vegetarian-union/resources/interviews/6359-animals-farms.html) [Fish](https://ivu.org/international-vegetarian-union/resources/interviews/6360-animals-fish.html) [Gardening](https://ivu.org/international-vegetarian-union/resources/interviews/6361-animals-gardening.html) [Genetic Engineering](https://ivu.org/international-vegetarian-union/resources/interviews/6200-science-articles-genetic.html) [Research on Animals](https://ivu.org/international-vegetarian-union/resources/interviews/6205-science-articles-research.html) [Slaughter](https://ivu.org/international-vegetarian-union/resources/interviews/6365-animals-slaughter.html) [Wildlife](https://ivu.org/international-vegetarian-union/resources/interviews/6366-animals-wildlife.html) | - ***Español*** - [*20 Razones Para no Apoyarel Comercio de Mascotas*](https://ivu.org/international-vegetarian-union/resources/interviews/6683-spanish-trans-arrs-pets.html) - [A Dog in the Classroom is Fun](http://www.europeanvegetarian.org/evu/english/news/news991/fun.html) (EVU News, 1999) - [A little story about a 'lion'](https://ivu.org/international-vegetarian-union/resources/interviews/5588-news-evu-news961-lion.html) (EVU News, 1996) - [Cats - a Vegetarian Diet?](http://www.vegsoc.org/info/catfood.html) (VegSocUK) - ***Español:** - [Gatos - ¿Una Dieta Vegetariana?](https://ivu.org/international-vegetarian-union/resources/interviews/6739-spanish-trans-vsuk-catfood.html)* - ***Français:** - ['Les chats - Régime végétarien ?](https://ivu.org/international-vegetarian-union/resources/interviews/6458-french-trans-catfood.html)* - ***Italiano** [Gatti - una dieta vegetariana?](https://ivu.org/international-vegetarian-union/resources/interviews/6553-italian-trans-vsuk-catfood.html)* - ***Italiano** - [Come difendere gli animali di casa](http://www.vegetariani.it/dossier/mucca_pazza/diete.htm) (AVI)* - [Dogs - a Vegetarian Diet?](http://www.vegsoc.org/info/dogfood1.html) (VegSocUK) - ***Español:** - [ Los perros - ¿ Dieta Vegetariana?](https://ivu.org/international-vegetarian-union/resources/interviews/6740-spanish-trans-vsuk-dogfood1.html)* - [HelpingAnimals.com](http://www.helpinganimals.com/) (PETA site) - [HelpPuppies.com](http://www.helppuppies.com/) (PETA site) - [Must Dogs have Meat for Food?](https://ivu.org/international-vegetarian-union/resources/interviews/3903-congress-wvc57-souvenir-dogs.html) - [The old tradition of eating dogs is still alive in Switzerland](http://www.europeanvegetarian.org/evu/english/news/news964/dogs.html) - Sigrid De Leo (EVU News, 1996) - ***Deutsch*** - [*Schweiz: Die alte Tradition des Hundeessens ist immer noch lebendig,*](http://www.europeanvegetarian.org/evu/german/news/news964/dogs.html) - ***Italiano*** - [*In Svizzera sopravvive ancora la vecchia tradizione di mangiare cani*](http://www.europeanvegetarian.org/evu/italian/news/news964/dogs.html) - ***Româna*** - [*Vechea traditie de a manca caini este inca pastrata in Elvetia*](http://www.europeanvegetarian.org/evu/romanian/news/news964/dogs.html) - [Vegan Cats & Kittens](http://www.vegansociety.com/html/info/info15.html) (VeganSoc) - ***Deutsch:** [Vegetarische Hundeernährung](http://www.vegetarismus.ch/info/27.htm) (SVV)* - ***Deutsch:** [Vegetarisches Katzenfutter](http://www.vegetarismus.ch/vegepet.htm) (SVV)* 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**. Where this is the case, we have chosen to leave the original link text in place, as it may itself carry information of historical value. - Hits: 1334 ### Vegan Recipes - [![Yemiser W'et (Spicy Ethiopian Lentil Stew)](https://ivu.org/media/zoo/images/yemiser-w-et--spicy-ethiopian-lentil-stew--1775263381_ee5ae420fa35aa51fd49dbb80cd4b495.jpg "Yemiser W'et (Spicy Ethiopian Lentil Stew)")](https://ivu.org/vegan-recipes-around-the-world/vegan-food-academy/front-page/item/yemiser-wet-spicy-ethiopian-lentil-stew.html "Yemiser W'et (Spicy Ethiopian Lentil Stew)") #### [Yemiser W'et (Spicy Ethiopian Lentil Stew)](https://ivu.org/vegan-recipes-around-the-world/vegan-food-academy/front-page/item/yemiser-wet-spicy-ethiopian-lentil-stew.html "Yemiser W'et (Spicy Ethiopian Lentil Stew)") [Main course](https://ivu.org/vegan-recipes-around-the-world/vegan-food-academy/front-page/category/main-course-for-lunch-and-dinner.html) [Ethiopia](https://ivu.org/vegan-recipes-around-the-world/vegan-food-academy/front-page/category/ethiopian.html) [Soups](https://ivu.org/vegan-recipes-around-the-world/vegan-food-academy/front-page/category/soup.html) [African](https://ivu.org/vegan-recipes-around-the-world/vegan-food-academy/front-page/category/african.html) - 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