Dear HCN,


If many families elected to have eight children, as Lyle McNeal did (HCN, 1/31/00: Searching for pasture), there would be no space available to pasture his Churro sheep. In fact, it will be “Standing Room Only” for humans on our fragile planet.


Lew Vavra
Laramie, Wyoming

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