Siobhan O'Connor
Author of No More Dirty Looks.
- March 27, 2009 • 3:22 pm PDT
- 1 responses
In other animal news, China has started putting supposedly overpopulated animals on the pill. A pill similar to the one ladies take is being used to curb the procreation of pikas, which are adorable rabbit-looking things that may be tearing up the countryside.How to do it? Sprinkle the Tibetan soil with contraceptives that look like food, naturally. China's state-run news agency reported that "one bite of the tempting bran-like pellet-and she's lost an opportunity to be a mother. The pellets containing a specially developed contraceptive and abortion drug have been spread around northwest China's Gurbantunggut Desert in a bid to control a destructive plague of gerbils."
Never mind the inhumane-treatment-of-animals argument-what about the part where they're putting presumably toxic chemicals in the freaking soil? We're assuming animal rights groups will be issuing statements soon. Environmental groups, too. Stay tuned.
.JPG)
