Question

1. Infer: Why would Billy think that “animals were usually a good sign in a place like this...?”

Answer 1

Well having animals around could mean there’s a good environment for them to thrive, but not a lot of information to derive

Answer 2

Because, having animals that are living around doesn’t really give off as much bad feeling as if there had been dead animals everywhere.. so it makes you think that it may be a good environment