Residents of Hong Kong Are Able to Find Restaurants That

question 38

Multiple Choice

Residents of Hong Kong are able to find restaurants that advertise a dish that contains grizzly bear paws. Since it is unlikely that grizzly bear paws are purchased from a private producer of animal paws, we can likely conclude that

• A)international laws making it illegal to sell grizzly bear paws are likely to be very effective at eliminating these offerings at Hong Kong restaurants.
• B)higher penalties for poaching grizzly bears will prevent poachers from killing.
• C)there are likely to be very few grizzly bear poachers.
• D)allowing individuals to own and raise grizzly bears for meat would likely reduce the threat of extinction to grizzly bear populations.

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