The television documentary went beyond the save-the-wildlife pieties

The television documentary went beyond the save-the-wildlife pieties of some of those remote from East Africa and showed that in a country pressed for food, the elephant is a pest, and an intelligent pest at that. There appears to be no way to protect East African farms from the voracious foraging of night-raiding elephant herds. Clearly this example illustrates that______

The TV documentary showed that in a country pressed for food, the elephant is a pest. There appears to be no way to protect East African farms from these elephants. So, East Africa is must be facing food shortage and elephants are making the situation worse.

Which one of the following most logically completes the paragraph?


(A) the preservation of wildlife may endanger human welfare - Yes. This must be true given the information in the stimuli. A is the answer.

(B) it is time to remove elephants from the list of endangered species - Passage is not saying removal of elephants from endangered species list.

(C) television documentaries are incapable of doing more than reiterating accepted pieties - Not really. TV documentaries maybe a powerful tool to inspire change in the society.

(D) farmers and agricultural agents should work closely with wildlife conservationists before taking measures to control elephants - this is exaggerated option.

(E) it is unfair that people in any country should have to endure food shortages - Fairness of something is not discussed at all.