In 2008, a Man Was Charged with One Count of Illegally

question 339

Multiple Choice

In 2008, a man was charged with one count of illegally stocking wild animals, a civil offense. State investigators had accused him of bringing 31 wild hogs from Texas to Wisconsin to hunt on his private land in 2002, spawning a feral hog population that has caused thousands of dollars in crop damage to hundreds of farms in the region. What is the externality in this example?

• A) Bringing 31 wild hogs from Texas to Wisconsin to hunt on his private land
• B) Spawning a feral hog population
• C) Illegally stocking wild animals
• D) Crop damage

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