Terry Gou, a 72-year-old billionaire running for president of Taiwan, has proposed a unique solution to solve the country’s declining birthrate: reward pregnancy with free pet animals.
Taiwan has one of the lowest birthrates in the world with a current population that’s aging rapidly, The Guardian reported Tuesday. On the flip side, pet adoptions have skyrocketed in the country, according to the outlet.
“Give birth to a child and I will let you raise one more pet,” the billionaire founder of key Apple supplier Foxconn announced Friday in Taipei, The Guardian reported via a translation from Formosa TV. “A cat, a dog. Give birth to two, and I will let you adopt two more.”
“If there is no birthrate in the future, who will take care of our furry friends?” he later told reporters, according to The Guardian….
