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NEWS ABOUT: population control

population control stories: 9 news summaries

 Save the Planet:  
 Use a Condom 

Studies point to environmental toll of each kid

Sep 15, 09 1:02 PM CDT
(Newser) - You’ve got your hybrid, your low-watt bulbs, and your solar panels: what’s the next step to saving the planet? Try a pack of condoms. New studies point to the hefty environmental toll of each child, particularly in America, the Washington Post reports. Every kid born in the US... More »

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climate change • environment • parenting • study • children • birth control • research • population control • carbon emissions


 NYC to Kill 
 2K Geese 
 Near Main 
 Airports  

Bird strike that brought down Flight 1549 inspires hunt to kill 2K Canada geese

Jun 11, 09 5:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - Sully's revenge: Authorities are going to round up and kill up to 2,000 Canada geese near JFK and LaGuardia airports, reports the New York Post. A bird strike led to pilot Chesley Sullenberger's unexpected detour on the Hudson in January, and the city and Port Authority want to lower... More »

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New York City • JFK Airport • hunting • population control • LaGuardia Airport • Flight 1549 • Canadian geese • bird strike

(Newser) - Anchorage has long been a bear-friendly town, but with three uncharacteristic maulings last summer some residents want a more aggressive wildlife management policy this year, the AP reports. The city of 285,000 is also home to more than 300 bears and borders a national park that officials have called... More »

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Alaska • wildlife • population control • grizzly bear • bear • Anchorage • bear attack

(Newser) - The devastation is still raw from the earthquake that snuffed out thousands of young lives in rural China a year ago, reports the Los Angeles Times, but many grieving parents have found new hope in the form of another baby. More than 10% of new mothers in one Sichuan Province... More »

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China • birth control • birth rate • population control • Sichuan province • China earthquake • one-child policy

China Uses 'the Pill' to Stop Gerbil Overpopulation

Officials hide contraceptive meds in gerbil feed

Mar 25, 09 4:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - Chinese officials have resorted to contraceptive pills to control the exploding gerbil population threatening a fragile desert ecosystem, the BBC reports. The government is placing feed pellets mixed with the medication by the gerbils’ burrows, which damage the roots of what plants survive there. Authorities have tried measures to boost... More »

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China • ecology • population control • desert • rodents • rodent • Xinjiang • owls

China Hangs Onto 1-Child Policy

Country fears growth boom if rule is rescinded

Mar 10, 08 6:16 PM CDT
(Newser) - China will keep up its one-child policy over the next decade as nearly 200 million citizens reach child-bearing age, CNN reports. "Given such a large population base, there would be major fluctuations in population growth if we abandoned the one-child rule now," said the country's family planning minister,... More »

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China • fertility • population • birth rate • population control • baby boom • one child policy • overpopulation • fines

China May Drop 1-Baby Law

Officials want more girls, but fear triggering baby boom

Feb 29, 08 7:32 AM CST
(Newser) - China, faced with an aging population and too few women, may end its controversial one- child-per-family policy. The law that allowed urban couples only one child and rural families two is credited with preventing 400 million births over three decades. But cultural preferences for males has also created a troubling... More »

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China • birth rate • population control • one child policy • University College London • fines • National Population and Family Planning Commission • Institute of Child Health • family planning law

South Africa to Lift Ban
on Killing Elephants

Government says culling is a 'last resort' population control option

Feb 25, 08 4:40 PM CST
(Newser) - South Africa will lift its 1994 ban on elephant culling, sparking outrage among animal rights activists, the Guardian reports. Killing animals will remain "the option of last resort, acceptable only under strict conditions," said the environment minister. He added that managing the elephant population, which has grown to... More »

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environment • South Africa • population control • elephant • overpopulation

Hollywood Tries Pigeon Birth Control

Rooftop feeders will hold contraceptive-laced kibble

Jul 30, 07 10:05 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hollywood will try to cut its pigeon population by lacing rooftop feeders with birdie birth control. The contraceptive OvoControl P is meant to reduce the spectacular amount of pigeon poop flooding from above, the LA Times reports, and even PETA is on board. "We would much rather they use... More »

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Hollywood • Los Angeles • birth control • PETA • pigeon • population control • OvoControl

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