<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class="">Missoula,</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I feel comfortable posting this to our community listserv because it is designed to foster conversation regarding conservation. </div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;" class="">I never really wanted kids. I didn’t want the responsibility. Now my wife is pregnant with twins. Like most humans with one (or more) children on the way, I am experiencing a whole range of emotions: from joy and anticipation to fear and self-loathing. Why would anyone feel self-loathing about having kids? Well, most scientists agree we have an over-population problem.</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;" class=""> </span><font face="Helvetica, sans-serif" class="">I’m an environmental attorney… with a science background. To help combat the </font><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;" class="">feeling of being a hypocrite, I have raised the issue with my wife of </span><font face="Helvetica, sans-serif" class="">being spayed and neutered after our litter of wolverines are born. </font></p><div class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""> </span><u class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">Conversation Starter</span></u></div><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>1.<span style="font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class=""> </span></span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">Do you think overpopulation and climate change are Chinese hoaxes? <o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2.<span style="font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class=""> </span></span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">If you think overpopulation is a real issue, how do you talk about it with:<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 1in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">-<span style="font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class=""> </span></span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">People in rural areas?</span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 1in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="text-indent: -0.25in; font-size: 9pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">-<span style="font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class=""> </span></span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in; font-size: 9pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">Women that want children?</span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>3.<span style="font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class=""> </span></span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">Do you think technology can solve our over-population problems?<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><div class="">
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