Reread this sentence from paragraph 7. Click on the definition that gives the correct connotation of the word strove.

Humans had been instrumental in driving George's
subspecies close to extinction and then strove to do
everything thay could to save it.

A) tried for the first time or began an
attempt

B) tried as an experiment or test to
see what would happen

C) tried with great effort against
difficulties

D) tried in an attempt to prove that
something is true