Steve Irwin has died

It’s sad that this guy has died because he was a pretty amusing character and a good Aussie bloke. It must be said that his chosen path took him dangerously close to such a death on numerous occasions but Steve Irwin clearly found the urge to be at one with nature was too powerful to worry about his personal safety. While I enjoyed his television programmes, I was frequently reminded that this man was more of a circus ringmaster than a true naturalist. He had no professional training in animal husbandry and could be pretty rough with the snakes, crocodiles and other critters featured in his shows. He has for several connected reasons been criticised by other naturalists. Irwin, however, insisted that he loved animals and he apparently spent much of his fortune on buying tracts of endangered habitat in order to assist conservation efforts there.

Steve Irwin 1962-2006, naturalist and television personality, killed by a stingray.

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