BC Topic 15 Practice Questions

True or false: People in the world's tropical forests have little or no tradition of raising domestic livestock.

Tropical forests are about ___ as productive as savannahs.

Flying Foxes are poor candidates for farming because they ___.

True or false: Some Venezuelan ranch owners are more inclined to protect wetlands because they support Capybara.

True or false: Wildlife farming complicates law enforcement.

American Alligators are listed on Appendix II of CITES to help control the trade in ___.

The reproductive efficiency of Capybara is ___ that of cattle.

The "grass cutter" is a species of ___ indigenous to Africa.

Species most suitable for farming have some of the same characteristics as species that might become ___.

True or false: In this day and age, in tropical forests wildlife is never an essential food source for humans.

If you were to farm wildlife, which of the following species would you choose as the most cost effective?

Origins of domestic stock date back ___ years.

In ___ the state of Florida introduced legislation to protect Alligators.

True or false: Captive populations can act as a reservoir for diseases that can spread to wild populations.

___ is not a South American candidate species for farming.

Sustainable use of alligators generate $___ per year.

Barking Deer are candidate species in ___ for farming.

True or false: It is legal to hunt alligators.

One ton of rabbits can be produced in ___.

Scientists conducted domestic experiments on Paca in ___.

True or false: It is usually more cost effective to farm wildlife than to hunt it.

True or false: Long term studies show that alligator populations remain stable even when as many as 50% of nests are collected for ranching.

True or false: Flying Foxes are threatened with extinction largely because they are considered a delicacy.

Pacas are tropical ___.

Most examples of successful wildlife ranching operations are confined to ___ regions.

Frugivores like the ___ are popular as wild game but difficult and expensive to farm.

It is easier to farm species that are naturally ___ because they can be housed in groups.

True or false: The Large Flying Fox is indigenous to Africa.

___% of cane rat farmers in Ghana rely on wild stock for breeding animals.

Capybara were officially classified as ___ by the Roman Catholic Church

True or false: In tropical forest areas, all indications are that wildlife farming for meat is economically viable compared with hunting or farming domestic species.

The ___ is the most valuable part of a Capybara carcass.

Chinese Soft-shelled Turtles have become pests in ___ where they were introduced.

Alligators are farmed and ranched on large scale in Florida and ___.

Wildlife ranching operations often combine that sale of hides and licenses to hunt with the sale of ___.

To be a good candidate for wildlife farming a species should have a ___.

It takes ___ to produce one ton of cattle.