LSAT 111 – Section 3 – Question 16

LSAT 111 - Section 3 - Question 16

October 2001

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QuickView		 Type Tags Answer
Choices		 Curve Question
Difficulty		 Psg/Game/S
Difficulty		 Explanation
PT111 S3 Q16
+LR
+Exp
Most strongly supported +MSS
A
1%
157
B
83%
167
C
1%
162
D
14%
161
E
1%
155
131
145
158
 +Medium 147.206 +SubsectionMedium

Zoos have served both as educational resources and as entertainment. Unfortunately, removing animals from their natural habitats to stock the earliest zoos reduced certain species’ populations, endangering their survival. Today most new zoo animals are obtained from captive breeding programs, and many zoos now maintain breeding stocks for continued propagation of various species. This makes possible efforts to reestablish endangered species in the wild.

Summary
Zoos are both educational and entertaining. However, removing animals from their natural habitats to populate the earliest zoos caused some species’ populations to reduce and endangered their survival. Today, most new zoo animals are bred from captive breeding programs. These programs make possible efforts to restore populations of endangered species in the wild.

Strongly Supported Conclusions
At least some animals bred through captive breeding programs are of an endangered species.

A
Zoos have played an essential role in educating the public about endangered species.
We don’t know whether zoos have played an essential role or not. We only know that zoos have served as an educational resource. Additionally, we don’t know whether these educational resources were specific to endangered species.
B
Some specimens of endangered species are born and bred in zoos.
If captive breeding programs make reestablishing endangered species in the wild possible, it must be that zoos are breeding at least some species of endangered animals.
C
No zoos exploit wild animals or endanger the survival of species.
We don’t know whether there isn’t any zoo that exploits wild animals. We know that most new zoo animals are obtained through breeding programs, but not all of them.
D
Nearly all of the animals in zoos today were born in captivity.
We don’t know whether nearly all zoo animals were born in captivity. We know that most new zoo animals are obtained through breeding programs, but “most” could mean as little as 51 percent of animals.
E
The main purpose of zoos has shifted from entertainment to education.
We don’t know what would be the main purpose of zoos. We only know that they have served as educational resources and as entertainment.

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