PrepTest 63, Section 3, Question 4
Sam: Mountain lions, a protected species, are preying on bighorn sheep, another protected species. We must let nature take its course and hope the bighorns survive.
Sam: Mountain lions, a protected species, are preying on bighorn sheep, another protected species. We must let nature take its course and hope the bighorns survive.
Meli: Nonsense. We must do what we can to ensure the survival of the bighorn, even if that means limiting the mountain lion population.
Sam: Mountain lions, a protected species, are preying on bighorn sheep, another protected species. We must let nature take its course and hope the bighorns survive.
Meli: Nonsense. We must do what we can to ensure the survival of the bighorn, even if that means limiting the mountain lion population.
Sam: Mountain lions, a protected species, are preying on bighorn sheep, another protected species. We must let nature take its course and hope the bighorns survive.
Which one of the following is a point of disagreement between Meli and Sam?
Humans should not intervene to protect bighorn sheep from mountain lions.
The preservation of a species as a whole is more important than the loss of a few individuals.
The preservation of a predatory species is easier to ensure than the preservation of the species preyed upon.
Any measures to limit the mountain lion population would likely push the species to extinction.
If the population of mountain lions is not limited, the bighorn sheep species will not survive.
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