Answer: gerund: Failure to enforce laws against poaching is devastating many species in Africa.
Explanation:
<u><em>After a preposition</em></u><em> (against) we have to use a </em><u><em>gerund</em></u><em>: poaching. </em>
<h2><em>Eiztari</em></h2>
Go with a. I'm pretty sure it's already correct.
The speaker is addressing his words to death. The speaker is personifying death because death is not living it can not be proud.
Personifying/personification: Giving non living things living traits. like: The wind whipped our ankles as we walked down the narrow path.
the wind is not living it can not whip..
