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PETA Contest Prize? Free Vasectomy

Evann Gastaldo — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 09:43:04 CDT

This has got to be one of PETA’s weirdest stunts yet: The animal rights group is staging a contest related to its spay/neuter campaign, and the lucky winner will get … a free vasectomy. To enter, you just get your cat or dog spayed or neutered, then submit an essay...

Forced Abortions Continue in Parts of China

mockingbird — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 14:04:20 CDT

China's one-child policy, long a staple of its public policy for urban, ethnic Han Chinese, officially exists on the national level as a series of monetary incentives for those who hold to it and monetary punishments for those who run afoul. Numerous interviews and investigations, however, consistently uncover the policy...

India to Newlyweds: We'll Pay You Not to Have Kids

Polly Davis Doig — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 11:04:07 CDT

India's overwhelmingly young, babymaking population is putting it on a blistering pace to overtake even China's near-2 billion souls, and the thought of the resource drain is filling government officials with dread. But unlike China, which can simply institute a one-child rule, India's messy democracy must explore alternative ways to...

China Forces Sterilization on 10K People

tricksy_rabbit — Sat, 24 Apr 2010 09:14:59 CDT

As part of a plan to control population explosion, China's health authorities plan to sterilize 10,000 people in southern China over the next four days. The campaign in Puning City calls for people who already have at least one child to be sterilized; many who decline the surgery are...

China Faces a Future With Too Many Men

Nick McMaster — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 14:06:13 CDT

China has made astounding advances in recent decades, but a destabilizing gender imbalance threatens the country's progress. The one-child policy combined with a marked preference for sons has led to skewed gender ratios: in some areas, up to 168 males for every 100 females. Authorities fear young men who are...

Save the Planet: Use a Condom

Matt Cantor — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 13:02:48 CDT

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 means another...

NYC to Kill 2K Geese Near Main Airports

Harry Kimball — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 17:15:04 CDT

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...

After 3 Maulings, Anchorage Mulls Bear Policy

Jess Kilby — Mon, 11 May 2009 08:09:00 CDT

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...

A Year After China Quake, a Baby Boom

Mat Probasco — Sun, 03 May 2009 13:42:21 CDT

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...