PrepTest 85, Section 2, Question 7
Principle: People should not feed wild animals because it makes them dependent on humans and less likely to survive on their own.
Principle: People should not feed wild animals because it makes them dependent on humans and less likely to survive on their own.
Situation: Bird lovers commonly feed wild birds to attract them to their yards and gardens.
Principle: People should not feed wild animals because it makes them dependent on humans and less likely to survive on their own.
Situation: Bird lovers commonly feed wild birds to attract them to their yards and gardens.
Principle: People should not feed wild animals because it makes them dependent on humans and less likely to survive on their own.
Which one of the following, if assumed, would most help to justify treating the human feeding of wild birds as an exception to the principle above?
Congregating around human bird feeders makes wild birds more vulnerable to predators and diseases.
Some species of wild birds benefit humans by consuming large numbers of mosquitoes and other insect pests.
Wild birds are much more likely to congregate in yards where they are fed than in yards where they are not fed.
Most bird lovers are very active in efforts to preserve the habitats of threatened species of wild birds and other animals.
Human settlement is so pervasive in the habitat of most wild birds that they must depend in part on human sources of food for survival.
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