ORPHANED LEOPARD CUB
Manisha Barde of Dhamangaon village, in Nashik, Maharashtra, had stepped out of her hut to relieve herself one early August Morning, leaving the door ajar. Her children, who slept in the same bed with her, were inside. A bit drowsy, she returned home soon to the warmth of her bed. She noticed her pet cat curled up between her two kids, inside the mosquito net. As Manisha crawled back inside, she felt the cat cuddle up to her. That’s when she realised she wasn’t snuggling with a cat at all, but a leopard cub. It had been orphaned a month ago when its mother was accidently killed in a road accident and had snuck into the hut, going straight to the bed for a nap.
Forest officials, who were soon alerted, trapped the three-month cub. Last heard, the cub was doing fine and under the care of the local forest department. It will be released into the wild once it is old enough to hunt.
Source: Reader’s Digest
QUESTIONS:
1. What did Manisha notice inside the bedroom when she returned home?
a) Leopard cub
b) Cat
c) Mosquito
d) Leopard
2. Activists are alarmed at the loss of habitats of wild animals. Which of these factors do you think is responsible for such a grim situation?
A) Deforestation
B) Afforestation
C) Cultivation
D) Poaching
AB b) BC c) CD d) AD
3. Had the cub not been handed over to the forest officials, could it have survived? Give reasons
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4. Man and animals are interdependent. Even then most human wildlife conflict incidents are caused by human behaviour. How can the conflict between human and animals be resolved?
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Answers
Answer:
1 b cat
2d AD
3Full Credit:
1. Probably not, since the cat might not have been adequately trained by its mother on
survival skills
2. Its entry into human habitation could have seriously hampered its survival instincts.
3. Fear of the unknown territory could have weakened its inherent strength.
Partial credit: Any one or two of the above mentioned points
No Credit: Full Credit:
4. The conflict between human and animal occurs when growing human population
overlaps with established wild life territory, creating reduction of resources or life to
wild animals
Conflict management--Behaviour modification of humans
lethal control, translocation of endangered species.
Partial Credit : Any two of the above mentioned points Irrelevant answers or missing
5.Full Credit: 1.Keeping wild animals as pets is against the rules of Wildlife Protection Act.
2.Human fear of predatory animals could be a deterrent.
Partial Credit: Any one of the above mentioned points
No credit:
Irrelevant answers or Missing
Answer:
The answer of the following questions are-
Explanation:
1The answer to the question "What did Manisha notice inside the bedroom when she returned home? " is-
a) Leopard cub
She noticed her pet cat curled up between her two kids, inside the mosquito net. As Manisha crawled back inside, she felt the cat cuddle up to her. That's when she realized ,she wasn't snuggling with a cat at all, but a leopard cub.
2. The answer to the question-" Activists are alarmed at the loss of habitats of wild animals. Which of these factors do you think is responsible for such a grim situation?" is-
d) AD
Major factors responsible for this situation are overpopulation and deforestation.
3. The answer to the question-" Had the cub not been handed over to the forest officials, could it have survived? Give reasons" is-
The cub was not been handed over to the forest officials, could it have survived. The reasons for that are-
1.He is not that mature that he can hunt animals
2.He is lonely and scared of hunters
3.He is not able to adapt habitat
4.The answer to the question- "Man and animals are interdependent. Even then most human wildlife conflict incidents are caused by human behaviour. How can the conflict between human and animals be resolved?" is-
"Man and animals are interdependent. Even then most human wildlife conflict incidents are caused by human behaviour'.As humans have knowledge but the animals don't have a lot of knowledge that is the reason human and animals cannot resolve the conflict between them.