The famous BBC wildlife presenter has warned that the human race has become a "plague on the Earth".
Sir David Attenborough has spent a lifetime bringing the wonders of the Earth's wildlife into our front rooms. Offering commentary on the amazing creatures we share this planet with and often alerting us to the perils that they face due to man-kinds encroachment on their natural habitat.
The 86-year-old broadcaster and some would say one of Britain's national treasures has said the negative effects of climate change and population growth would cause disaster within next 50 years.
In an interview with the UK's Radio Times magazine he stated "It's coming home to roost over the next
50 years or so. It's not just climate change. It's sheer space, places to grow
food for this enormous horde. Either we limit our population growth or the
natural world will do it for us, and the natural world is doing it for us right
now.
"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."
Sir David Attenborough is a patron of the charity Population
Matters, which aims to limit population growth through programmes such as
contraception drives.
Unfortunately it seems that there are not enough people aware that man-kind cannot act as if it is the only species that matters here on Earth. We are just one part of the whole and everyone will need to be mindful of the impact they have on this planet or the decisions will no longer be theirs to make as time is clearly running out.
The Warrior of Light
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