Scientists have ambitious plans to use cloning technology to save Indias lion population from extinction. They believe that biotechnological intervention is a viable modern way to save threatened species. But conservationists argue that the high cost of such experiments would be better spent on protecting animals in their natural habitat. They argue that forests are still being lost to land clearance and India does not have enough wild space left in which the lions can live and hunt.

Question: The passage states that the application of biotechnological interventions may have a role in a programme to save the Indian lion from extinction.
Options:
A. true, B. false, C. uncertain
Answer: "B"