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overpopulationSituation in which the number of individuals of a given species exceeds the number that its environment can sustain. Possible consequences are environmental deterioration, impaired quality of life, and a population crash (sudden reduction in numbers caused by high mortality and failure to produce viable offspring). How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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But the bill, meant to combat the overpopulation of strays by requiring all dogs and cats to be spayed or neutered, has also drawn fire from breeders who would have to pay to register purebred pets. China's government is trying to limit overpopulation with it's one-child policy, in effect since nineteen 79. Crosby ends the book by examining the possibility of a new epidemic of yellow fever, as poverty and overpopulation in West Africa today provide conditions similar to those of 1878. |
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