Nowhere to Roam
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Nowhere to Roam Directions: Answer the questions below using complete sentences. 1) Describe the introduction of the article.
2) What is the Mugie Ranch? Where is it located?
3) Describe the Laikipia Predator Project.
4) What stops night raids by lions?
5) How are the livestock herds protected during the day?
6) How does the owner make up for the $350 loss per lion each year?
7) Why are the big cat populations declining?
8) Why do humans kill big cats?
9) What happened in the Serengeti in 1994?
10) Why is inbreeding harmful to big cats?
11) Why aren’t sanctuaries working?
12) What is the new, radical way of protecting the big cats as proposed by Frank and Ginsberg? 13) Describe the mountain lion hunting techniques of Waterton, Alta.
14) What big cats have never been known to attack humans?
15) What is Project Tiger? Who made it?
16) Describe South Asia’s Rice Bowl.
17) Why won’t tigers cross open turf?
18) Describe the Terai Arc Landscape Program. Why is this ecological important?
19) Why do people of Nepal benefit with the return of tigers?
20) Explain the jaguar corridor plan.
21) Why have jaguars lost their habitat?
22) What is awesome about the jaguars and Panama Canal?
23) Why do pashmina-goat herders keep their goats outside at night? Why is this a problem?
24) How can snow leopards be kept out of the pens?
25) How are the cheetahs prevented from eating sheep? 26) Why doesn’t the Selas Reserve in Tanzania receive many visitors?
27) What is trophy hunting?
28) Why do countries allow trophy hunting?
29) Summarize the “Biting the Hand Article.”
30) Do you agree or disagree with people having big cats as pets? Explain.
31) If you were to shoot a lion, which sex should you shoot and when?
32) Describe the breeding program in Donana National Park in Spain. Is it successful?
33) Why is it important to preserve the prey of the big cats?
34) What organisms have been declining in population numbers due to a lack of food?
35) What is a poacher? What big cats are commonly poached?