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Daniel Quinn. It's about a telepathic talking gorilla, but don't let that put you off The basic premise is that a patch of land can support 'x' people / animals. If you exceed the number, first they go hungry and then some die, bringing the population back down to a supportable level. Shipping food in from elsewhere just increases the population further. Then they die of starvation. Nature's way. Telling some nougat that is starving that he shouldn't really have 9 kids is off message though.
Sounds like the Malthusian trap......by epidemiologist Thomas Malthus