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    If an area in Pasco County is affected by pet overpopulation‚ then faeces waste produced by the pets will lead to increased nitrogen concentration in the soil and fecal coliform contaimination in nearby aquatic ecosystems. Pet overpopulation is common due to people not neutering their animals‚ causing them to reproduce and overcrowd areas. People also do not want their animals‚ so they just hand them to the shelter and hope they get adopted‚ but that happens frequently‚ so many people doing that

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    Persuasive Essay Overpopulation Overpopulation is becoming one of the most preeminent problems facing human civilization. This complicated‚ pervasive issue will come to be a problem of the utmost importance for people of all races‚ religions‚ and nationalities. Our planet now provides for approximately 5.8 billion people‚ with projections of around 10 billion by the year 2050. Two billion of these are extremely poor‚ the poorest of which live in absolute poverty and misery. One very serious

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    Overpopulation in the Prison System Overpopulation in the Prison System has been a growing concern in society. An explanation for this is the rise in crime over the past years. As the crime rate increases so do the amount of convictions‚ which leads to more incarcerations and overpopulation in the Prison System. The cause for the increase in crime over recent years has been partly attributed to the disappearance of jobs. Many people have been victims in the struggle to find jobs. When faced with

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    allowing for a deeper integration of the reader into the given context. With several fonts of information embedded in this article from TIMES magazine‚ Olivia Waxman articulates the momentum in which American society is tuning on the issue of overpopulation. The consensus is‚ again‚ the need to control the birthrate‚ thus diminishing (or try to) population growth. One of the sources the author uses is Stanford entomologist Paul Ehrlich who argues that “it was time for a population-control movement

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    | | The Population Explosion: Causes and Consequences by Carolyn Kinder Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute (2012) Until recently‚ birth rates and death rates were about the same‚ keeping the population stable. People had many children‚ but a large number of them died before age five. During the Industrial Revolution‚ a period of history in Europe and North America where there were great advances in science and technology‚ the success in reducing death rates was attributable to several factors

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    India has taken a couple different measures to fix overpopulation including forced vasectomies‚ providing contraceptives‚ and creating different incentives for women and men to lower the number of children they are having; China was forced to limit its citizen to only one child per family; they went as far as using punishments‚ both mild and severe‚ for those that had more than one child. India’s way of dealing with the extreme overpopulation is majority incentive based. The Indian government

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    Overpopulation in Cairo By Grant Lindgren‚ Daniel Jarosz‚ Ryan Petritis‚ Isaiah Carrington The problem in Cairo • Cairo‚ Egypt is completely overpopulated. People have to live in cemeteries from lack of housing. This causes a problem because of the close proximity‚ it is easier to catch and spread diseases and can lead to food shortages. The overpopulation is caused by 99% of Egypt being a desert and impossible to live in. This also causes a problem for the environment because the population

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    2011‚ just a period of 12 years‚ and the growth rate is still ever increasing. We must slow the increase of our planet’s population before our resources become scarce and our quality of life decreases drastically. We must solve the problem of overpopulation before we‚ the human race‚ reach our carrying capacity.  Our population is believed to currently be over seven billion people! That is seven billion people sharing the same planet as us and relying on the same resources as we do. When we reach

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    Deforestation often takes place as an effect of overpopulation‚ urbanization‚ economical reasons and government’s corruption. Due to urbanization‚ the demand for housings will rise‚ causing more land to be cleared in order for more housing to be built to house the locals. Forests are cleared for agricultural purposes‚ such as to grow more crops on a bigger area of land. These crops are sources of food for people. Materials from the trees‚ such as timber‚ are used for making furniture and paper products

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    Overpopulation of Animals in Animal Shelters Overpopulation of Animals in Animal Shelters Tonia Lavine Rogue Community College Over Population of Animals in Animal Shelters Millions of companion animals are being euthanized by animal shelters each year nationwide. One might ask why this is. Is there any one person or persons that is responsible for the over population of animals going to our local shelters? These are all questions that need to be answered. If we as the general public want

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