In 2008, a man was charged with one count of illegally stocking wild animals, a civil offense. State investigators had accused him of bringing 31 wild hogs from Texas to Wisconsin to hunt on his private land in 2002, spawning a feral hog population that has caused thousands of dollars in crop damage to hundreds of farms in the region. The marginal external ________ of the man's movement of feral pigs is ________.
A) costs; negative.
B) benefits; positive
C) costs; positive.
D) benefits; negative

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The marginal external cost of the man's movement of feral pigs is positive because it caused thousands of dollars in crop damage to hundreds of farms in the region. The illegal stocking of wild animals also created a feral hog population, which is harmful to the environment and may threaten native species. Therefore, the negative impact of the man's action on the environment and neighboring farms outweighs any potential benefits he may have received.

In 2008, a Man Was Charged with One Count of Illegally