E.THE END OF THE FIRST PARAGRAPH PROVIDES THE CLUE TO THIS ANSWER. T...

7.e.The end of the first paragraph provides the clue to this answer. The Texas panther was introducedbecause “pressure from development caused officials to grow impatient and shift their strategies andgoals.” This suggests that interbreeding was brought in as a quick fix so that the panther populationcould grow quickly and development in the area could be approved once the population was stabi-lized. The author is clearly against interbreeding, but nothing indicates that the author would preferextinction (choice a). The passage suggests that wildlife protection and development are often in con-flict, but does not suggest that they are incompatible (choice b). Development corporations pressuredofficials to act quickly, but the author does not state that wildlife protection agencies are in the pocketof development corporations (choice c). Nothing suggests how government officials feel about theresults of the interbreeding, so choice dis also incorrect.