We keep putting on programmes about famine in Ethiopia; that’s what’s …

David Attenborough
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We keep putting on programmes about famine in Ethiopia; that’s what’s happening. Too many people there. They can’t support themselves — and it’s not an inhuman thing to say. It’s the case. Until humanity manages to sort itself out and get a coordinated view about the planet it’s going to get worse and worse. ✨ David Attenborough - Humans are plague on Earth by Louise Gray, www.telegraph.co.uk. January 22, 2013.
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