Read this claim from an argumentative essay about zoos. Zoos must improve conditions so that they can meet the health and safety needs of the animals.Which piece of evidence, if true, would best support this claim?

The claim is that zoos need to improve conditions to meet animals’ health and safety needs. Evidence that animals die prematurely in zoos because they are exposed to infectious diseases directly shows a health and safety problem that better conditions could address. The other choices discuss education, funding, or breeding rather than showing harm to animals.

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