From Texas to Southern California, low-water maintenance landscaping and the popularity of desert themes have made cactus very valuable. Considering the fact that cactus have extremely slow growth and reproduction rates, rustlers anticipate significant profits for this shallow rooted succulent. Removing cactus form state-owned land, however, is a felony, and if state lines are crossed, the 1990 Lacey Act makes this same crime a federal offense. From the passage, determine the sequence of events.


a. Lacey act passage, cactus propularity, cactus rustling

b. Cactus popularity, transport of stolen cactus, cactus theft

c. Cactus theft, lacey act, cactus popularity diminshes

d. Lacey act passage, prosecution, transport of stolen cactus