Question

Which of the following most logically completes the argument below?

The expansion of large-scale farming in Africa and Asia has destroyed much of the natural vegetation on which elephants have historically depended, forcing them to turn to cultivated land to satisfy their enormous appetites. As a result, farmers have lost millions of dollars worth of crops annually. Yet even if elephant sanctuaries were created on a widespread basis to guarantee elephants sufficient natural vegetation, the raiding would likely persist, since ________.

(A) when elephants forage for food, they typically travel in herds.
(B) Foraging elephants have been known to cause substantial damage even to plants that they do not eat.
(C) Some of the land where crops have suffered extensive damage from elephants has been allowed to return to its natural state.
(D) Elephants tend to prefer cultivated crops to wild vegetation as a food source.
(E) Elephant sanctuaries are usually created in areas that are rich in the natural vegetation on which elephants have historically depended.

Answer 1

Option D: Elephants tend to prefer cultivated crops to wild vegetation as a food source.

Step-by-step explanation:

Elephants turned to cultivated land to satisfy their appetite because large scale farming has already destroyed the natural vegetation on which these elephants have historically depended.

Option A and B do not seem logical because these two option only depicts about their behavior and nature that how they live or how they walk. According to me, option D make more logical sense because in the past due to destruction of their natural habitat with time their food pattern has changed that's why despite creating widespread sanctuaries for them there is a possibility that they would keep on raiding for cultivated crops for their appetite.