Use the sentences to answer the questions.
Tension exists between the ranchers who feel threatened by wolves and the conservationists who want to see wolves protected. Many ranchers want to remove federal protection for the gray wolves.
Which of the following describes what the word conservationists means in the first sentence?
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Responses
a person who owns animals for selling them
a person who owns animals for selling them
a person who pursues animals for food
a person who pursues animals for food
a person who works for the government
a person who works for the government
a person who wants to preserve the environment and wildlife