medium · LSAT Logical Reasoning
A conservation group successfully lobbied to have a specific species of bird placed on the protected list, making it illegal to hunt them. Shortly after the protection began, the population of these birds crashed.
Which one of the following, if true, most helps to resolve the apparent paradox?
- The conservation group has amassed over five thousand active dues-paying members spread across nearly every region of the country.
- Many other species of birds living in the very same region are not currently listed anywhere on the federal protected list.
- The hunting that the ban ended had also kept down a predator species, which then multiplied and preyed heavily on the birds.
- The bird species is widely admired for its beautiful song, its bright plumage, and its unusually elaborate nesting habits.
- The protection was so effective that not a single one of these birds has been legally hunted anywhere since the law took effect.
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