i own a small factory in china and it's a very common thing out there as well, to kill baby girls. cause of the one child policy, boys are treasured for many reasons in poor families whereas girls are seen as a burdon and not respected. china actually adopted a 1.5 child policy in the rural areas to curb the murder/sale of baby girls, where if your first child is a girl, you can try again once more to try and get a boy. but hasnt really helped the problem significantly. . .