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Population Control
25 articles
Wednesday, May 7, 2008
Debate grows with population
World |
May 7, 2008
Ask Josephine Gonzalez how many children a family should have and the stick-figured 31-year-old mother answers without hesitation. Read more
Tuesday, March 4, 2008
Questions raised over future of China’s one-child policy
World |
March 4, 2008
First they said they might do it, then they said they wouldn’t. Read more
Friday, December 28, 2007
Employing birth control to tame urban wildlife
California | Local |
December 28, 2007
There were too many squirrels in Santa Monica and too many pigeons
in Hollywood. Read more
Thursday, December 13, 2007
South Africa elephants get birth control
World |
December 13, 2007
Samson, otherwise known as Elephant No. Read more
Sunday, November 4, 2007
NORTHEAST
National |
November 4, 2007
Waning storm brushes area; damage slight
The remnants of Hurricane Noel brushed parts of the Northeast with strong winds and heavy rain, causing some coastal flooding and knocking out power to tens of thousands of people, but sparing the New England region widespread damage. Read more
Nation in Brief | NEVADA - Officials ponder a black-bear season
National |
November 4, 2007
Nevada wildlife officials, who have dealt with a record number of
bear complaints, are considering holding the state’s first-ever
black-bear hunting season. Read more
Tuesday, May 16, 2006
Foes of Illegal Immigration See Support Growing
California | Local |
May 16, 2006
Not everyone who is up in arms over illegal immigration has plans to
patrol the border or participate in a face-off at a day labor site. Read more
Wednesday, April 19, 2006
Measure on Strays Backed
California | Local |
April 19, 2006
About 1 million residents of unincorporated communities in Los
Angeles County soon will be required to spay or neuter their dogs, as
supervisors Tuesday initially approved a sweeping ordinance designed
to control strays. Read more
Tuesday, May 17, 2005
U.S. OKs killing of wolves in Gila forest
News |
May 17, 2005
A pack of endangered Mexican gray wolves in New Mexico’s Gila
National Forest has developed a fatal appetite for livestock. Read more
Friday, May 2, 2003
Grass-Roots Donors Fund U.N. Agency
World |
May 2, 2003
When the U.S. government withheld $34 million in aid it had pledged
to the U.N. Population Fund last July, Jane Roberts and Lois Abraham
“just got mad.” Read more
Friday, August 23, 2002
China Redefines Extra Offspring as Burden Rather Than Offense
World |
August 23, 2002
China is revising its notorious one-child policy to remove the stigma
it had attached to people who desire a larger family. Read more
Thursday, July 25, 2002
EU Will Boost U.N. Family Planning Funds
World |
July 25, 2002
EUROPE * The European Union will boost family planning aid to poor nations
to close a gap left when the U.S. withdrew $34 million for the U.N.
Population Fund over concerns that the money might help China limit
population through abortion and forced sterilization. Read more
Wednesday, February 14, 2001
In China, 7 Brides for 14 Brothers
News |
February 14, 2001
Liu Haisheng went looking for a few good women last month. Read more
Saturday, November 6, 1999
Abuses Alleged in S. Korea’s Now-Banned Sterilization of Mentally Ill
News |
November 6, 1999
In 1982, when Yu suffered a depression so severe he refused to
leave his house, was afraid to meet anyone, shouted at his family and
sometimes threw things in rage, his parents called a local mental
institution to come and take him away. Read more
Tuesday, October 12, 1999
Growth Slows as Population Hits 6 Billion
News |
October 12, 1999
Despite common perceptions that the pace of the world’s population
growth is spiraling out of control, women around the globe are having
fewer children than their mothers and the birthrate is now declining in
every nation on the planet. Read more
Sunday, September 5, 1999
Who Will Heed the Warnings on the Population Bomb?
Magazine |
September 5, 1999
Consider, if you can stand it, almost every public policy crisis
that blips on the radar, and follow each back to its source. Read more
Saturday, July 3, 1999
U.N. Adopts Plan to Slow Population
News |
July 3, 1999
The U.N. General Assembly adopted new proposals Friday to curb the
world’s population growth, including calls for giving women greater
access to abortions and giving adolescents greater access to sex education. Read more
Wednesday, March 31, 1999
City to Consider a Policy on Spaying, Neutering
California | Local |
March 31, 1999
The City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to explore the
feasibility of a mandatory policy of spaying and neutering dogs and cats
to help alleviate the problem of animal overpopulation. Read more
Saturday, February 13, 1999
Managed Killing of Seals, Sea Lions That Imperil Other Species Urged
News |
February 13, 1999
Officials should be allowed to kill federally protected sea lions
and seals as a last resort when the animals prey on a declining fish
population such as salmon, a federal report to Congress says. Read more
Friday, January 22, 1999
Catholic Mexico’s Surprising Birthrate
News |
January 22, 1999
A bold declaration of Roman Catholic faith is etched in white
stones on a hillside above this central Mexican town and visible for
miles beyond: “Long Live Mary, Immaculate Queen!” Read more
