Is mass sterilisation a more humane way of population control than natures continuing efforts -?
In regard to any organism on the planet other than humans: If something has to be effective to be humane, then hell no. Whitetail deer sterilization drugs in the U.S. is a perfect example. Each individual animal must be drugged at least twice for the drug to be effective, the drugs are extremely expensive, at least 70% of the deer population must be treated for the sterilization to be effective, and the drug itself is only 80% effective. Predators are the chief agents of population control, not famine or disease, which are the result of hitting carrying capacity, often due to lack of predators. When it comes to humans, we tend to stop popping out kids when we have a higher standard of living. In Europe and the U.S., the trend for most couples is to have a single child, which actually results in a very low growth rate, and eventually possibly a declining growth rate. In those areas that are third world, it’s exactly the opposite. People have more children because it’s all that they have
