Dr Jane Goodall has said that "messing with nature" has led to infectious diseases spreading from animals to humans. The conservationist and leading primatologist and founder of the Jane Goodall Institute said that the coronavirus pandemic can be blamed on this 'meddling'.
The 86-year-old did point out that after living though the Second World War and other pandemics, she knew humanity would make it through the current COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak.
However, she suggested the British public could emerge with a better understanding of and relationship with the natural world.
Goodall said: "We've had pandemics before, but we've never reacted quite like this. "I'm not a biologist, but some biologists say that this is very dangerous and