Thus The Wall Street Journal today. “A cheap, quick, relatively painless procedure could make a big dent in overpopulation,” elaborates the newspaper. “What’s stopping it?” Given that the article is one of the most read at present, I decided to check it out. Heretofore, veterinarians have surgically sterilized dogs, but now there is a faster and cheaper method of neutering male dogs: a quick injection of calcium chloride, a common industrial chemical, into the testicles. Before the injection, the dogs get a light sedative, but there is no need for general anesthesia or incision. Predictably, this method of controlling the dog population is not used for purely bureaucratic reasons, as ever. For instance, calcium chloride is not approved by the Food and Drug Administration in the States. In addition, many veterinarians are still appalled by the new method. Be that as it may, I chuckled when I came to the end of the article. There is an even simpler solution to too many dogs and many other pets, to be sure, but let it remain unmentioned. The simpler the solution, the greater the bureaucracy, anyhow.