User blog comment:Zippertrain85/Why The Imperials Are Wrong/@comment-3025184-20130711203000/@comment-80.216.217.200-20130713014739

That, that does serve to make their reproduction slower anyway, so your point is moot.

Besides which, nowhere in the lore does it state for a fact that the Elves eugenics project is the reason for their slow breeding and few children.