Consider the following food chain: Garden plants are eaten by snails, which are eaten by birds, which are eaten by the household cat. What happens to the other members of the food chain if the garden is removed? a. The number of snails and birds decrease. b. The number of snails increases, while the number of birds decreases. c. The number of snails decreases, while the number of birds increases. d. The number of snails and birds increase. Please select the best answer from the choices provided A B C D

Police officer asia is on patrol after school one afternoon. he is across the street from the local middle school when he sees a young boy point what appears to be a gun at another young boy. po asia takes out his gun and shoots at the young boy who is holding the gun. he hits him in the thigh and the young boy falls to the ground. po asia runs across the street and approaches the fallen boy to discover that the gun is nothing more than a toy. he calls for an ambulance to transport the young boy to a hospital. the young boy recovers nicely. his parents want po asia to be prosecuted. should this occur? explain your reasoning.