Steve Irwin (crocodile hunter) dies..........

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Irwin's dad pays tribute to his 'mate'


Wednesday Sep 6 18:15 AEST
Steve Irwin's grief-stricken father has faced the world's media to pay tribute to his "best mate" and to thank fans of the Crocodile Hunter for their support following his tragic death.

Bob Irwin also told an emotional news conference outside the family's Australia Zoo, north of Brisbane, that offers of a state funeral were likely to be declined.

Ultimately, he said, it was up to Steve's American-born widow Terri whether to accept offers of a state funeral or memorial service.


"(But) The state funeral would be refused because he is an ordinary guy, he is just an ordinary bloke and he wants to be remembered as an ordinary bloke," Mr Irwin said.

Steve Irwin, 44, died on Monday while filming a documentary on the Great Barrier Reef.
He was swimming near a stingray when it whipped its tail, fatally puncturing him in the chest.

Seated alongside Steve Irwin's friend and business manager John Stainton, Bob Irwin described his son as his best mate and recalled what he was doing when he heard he had been killed.

"This may sound really, really weird but the moment I heard the news I was about to bury a cow that had died calving," he said.

"Steve and I weren't like father and son, we were good mates.

"I'll remember Steve as my best mate ever.

"I'm a lucky, lucky guy I've had the opportunity to have a son like Steve.

"Over the years Steve and I have a lot of adventures together and there's been many occasions when anything could have gone wrong.

"Steve knew the risks involved with the type of work he was doing and he wouldn't have wanted it any other way.

"There's never been anybody else that I know of that had the personality Steve had and the strength and the conviction of what he believed in and his message was conservation."

Mr Irwin thanked the thousands who had expressed condolences over the death of his son and to ask for Steve's wife and children Bindi, eight, and Bob, two, to be given some space.

"This is the first media interview that I have ever given and it's not something that I enjoy but I owe it to Steve and I also owe it to Terri and the children," he said.

"All I can do is thank them (the public) sincerely for their thoughts and their wishes.

"Terri's holding up very well considering, she's extremely concerned for her children Bindi and Robert, obviously and that's the reason I ask the media to give them a break, for the children's sake."

Mr Irwin was responsible for Steve's love of animals. A reptile enthusiast himself, he moved the family from Victoria to Beerwah on Queensland's Sunshine Coast in the early 1970s to start the reptile park that would one day become Australia Zoo.

The common interests helped form a close bond between father and son from an early age.

"That was when the mateship started right back when he was six, seven, eight years old, we used to go out into the bush and not doing anything in particular - just go out into the bush and it is something I will never forget."

The love of animals, coupled with Steve's high energy personality, had made him a household name internationally.

"It was amazing. There was never anyone else that I know of with Steve's personality and his strength and courage and conviction."

But regardless of how famous his son got, Mr Irwin said it never went to his head.

Terri Irwin, who was trekking in Tasmania when her husband was killed, has yet to speak publicly about the tragedy.

But Mrs Irwin made a heartfelt announcement to staff at Australia Zoo, as a makeshift shrine at the complex's entrance continued to attract flowers and other mementos from thousands of mourners.

"It was about five o'clock yesterday afternoon, Terri just made an announcement on the internal radio system across the zoo to say how grateful she was for support from the staff and that was about it," said Michael Hornby, executive manager of Wildlife Warriors - the conservation charity set up by Mr Irwin.

"Obviously she was very distraught when she made that message.

"I guess for us as the team here it was just we felt just so appreciative of the fact that she was even thinking about us and she had her own issues to deal with which were so much more important than us.

"But I guess that just shows that the team here felt like part of the family."

Mr Hornby said Mrs Irwin was deeply touched by the floral tributes at the zoo's gates.

"She definitely knows about it, she has seen visions about it," he said.

"She's obviously very touched by it."
 
Irwin's widow thanks zoo staff
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Steve Irwin's widow, Terri, has used the portable radio system at the family's Australia Zoo on the Sunshine Coast to thank staff for their support.

Steve Irwin died after a stingray attack in far north Queensland on Monday.

His body was flown from Cairns to the Sunshine Coast last night.

Australia Zoo spokesman Michael Hornby says staff were touched by Terri Irwin's broadcast.

"Very briefly last night she made a call on the two-way radio to all staff to say thanks very much for all their support and that was really it," he said.

"Short and sweet but I guess again that's typical of Terri to even be thinking of others in her time of need."

Morning drizzle on the Sunshine Coast has done nothing to stop the steady stream of visitors who have left messages of condolence and gifts at Australia Zoo.

Many people have been dropping in before work or school.

Robert Dunn says he is overwhelmed by how the death of someone he has never met has affected him so deeply.

"The following night I couldn't sleep because I had visions of the accident," he said.

Zoo staff have read many of the latest tributes before starting work.

Funeral plans



It is likely to be several more days before any funeral arrangements for Steve Irwin are announced.

Premier Peter Beattie says speculation about a state funeral in at Brisbane's Lang Park stadium are wrong.

"I know nothing about it and i just say to people please just have a bit of respect and dignity here," he said.

"I know there is an enormous amount of good will in the community - my office is still getting huge requests for appropriate recognition which we will do.

"But I want to make this really clear: we will only do what the family wants."
 
Nutsy said:
I hate to be the bearer of bad tidings guys, but for any of you who donated to the wildlife warriors before today I'm sorry to say but your money has been stolen. The site was highjacked and all monies stolen.

Hoewever, it has now been fixed and is quite safe for any who still wish to donate.


what kind of low lifes are out there? How horrible. :furious:
 

You'd be surprised at who is cashing in on this:furious:
 
Nutsy said:
He also said that Steve was not a wealthy man.. every cent he earnt he gave back.. at one stage he apparntly sent all the toys from the retail shop at the zoo to the chidren of the soliders who were over in Afghanstan I think it was. He was just so generous, and would often ask John if he could borrow $10 so he could buy a toy for Bindi.:sad2:

wow. how many people are like that??? He was really a special guy...
 
Steve's passing has been a real humbling experience for a lot of us I think. Most figured he was rolling in money, but not so... he put it into the Zoo, bought acres of land all over the world for wildlife parks and of course his wildlife fun.. that fund alone was worth about a million a year. That is 1 million that Steve earnt from his documentaries etc.

I remember bauking at the cost of some of the souvenirs at the Zoo shop, but now that I know where all the money goes it's quite acceptable.. Just wish I knew that 3 yrs ago which was the last time we visited.. just after baby Bob was born.
 
Nutsy said:
He also said that Steve was not a wealthy man.. every cent he earnt he gave back.. at one stage he apparntly sent all the toys from the retail shop at the zoo to the chidren of the soliders who were over in Afghanstan I think it was. He was just so generous, and would often ask John if he could borrow $10 so he could buy a toy for Bindi.:sad2:


:sad2: Now I'm crying all over again. What a wonderful soul.
Bless his family....it's just all so unbelievable and heartbreaking.
 
Originally Posted by lclark0621
I also fear that film being leaked onto the internet. Once it is on the net, it is there forever. And the thought of his kids seeing it one day while they are just browsing the internet is horrible.

It is his wife's choice how much, if any of the footage he filmed on this trip is released.

The footage of the stingray striking him should be destroyed.

His friend and producer ( cannot remember his name) said to Larry King last night that they want to destroy the tape after the police is done with it. I think is the best they can do, because you never know, we don't want that tape to end up on the internet one day :(
 
Hey, Nutsy, what do you think of this article?


Fellow Aussie Germaine Greer says Steve Irwin "exploited" wild animals


'Crocodile Hunter' exploited animals, critic says
Feminist author Greer says 'It’s no surprise that he came to grief’
Australian environmentalist Steve Irwin, who died from a stingray barb to the heart on Sept. 4, was known for getting up close with dangerous animals.

Updated: 2 hours, 46 minutes ago
SYDNEY, Australia - Feminist academic Germaine Greer said on Wednesday she hoped the death of Australian “Crocodile Hunter” Steve Irwin would mark the end of what she called exploitative nature documentaries, a discordant note amid floods of tributes.

Irwin died in a freak diving accident off Australia’s northeast coast on Monday after he was hit in the chest by the serrated barb from a stingray’s tail.

Echoing comments she made this week in Britain’s Guardian newspaper, Australian-born Greer likened Irwin to a lion tamer and said he had intruded on the habitats of animals and treated them with “massive insensitivity.”

“It’s no surprise that he came to grief,” Greer told Nine Network television.

“We now have enough respect for lions to be embarrassed if we see someone trying to crack whips at them and wave chairs at them. Jumping all over crocodiles is the same kind of thing.”

'Exploitation of animals'
Greer, an award-winning author, is a frequent critic of personalities like British soccer star David Beckham and social trends like reality television.

In 2003 she criticized J.R.R. Tolkien’s “Lord of the Rings” trilogy for attracting “spaced-out hippies, environmentalists, free-market libertarians, social conservatives, pacifists, new-age theosophists, sexists and racists the world over.”

Irwin’s death has prompted outpourings of grief and sympathy from around the world, dominating local newspapers and clogging Internet news sites.

His “Crocodile Hunter” documentaries for U.S.-based television company Discovery Channel’s Animal Planet were seen by tens of millions of viewers around the world.

He became famous for flirting with death as he wrestled crocodiles, swam with sharks and handled some of the world’s deadliest snakes and spiders.

Greer said she found the Irwin phenomenon "embarrassing," although she understood the sadness at his death.

“I’m not saying that’s not sad, I’m saying what might be over now is this kind of exploitation of animals,” Greer said.

“I am sick and tired of programs that tell me that the world is full of wicked, nasty, powerful, deadly creatures. Why does Australia set itself up to be made into this hellhole?” she said.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14694683/

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Hey, Nutsy, what do you think of this article?
I'm not Nutsy, but I personally feel Ms Greer overstepped her accusations here. Stever Irwin taught and exhibted respect for nature....he constantly echoed this sentiment. He rescued many, many animals and fought for conservation. She doesn't even mention that. There is so much behind-the-scene stuff that he did to help sick and endangered animals that she doesn't even touch upon in her comments.
“I am sick and tired of programs that tell me that the world is full of wicked, nasty, powerful, deadly creatures.
I feel Steve only wanted to educate people to have a healthy respect for nature and the dangers it can pose.
So I disagree with Ms Greer's comments. Thanks for posting that Deb.
 
The news is claiming he had said if he was ever killed while on camera, he wanted the footage to be shown.
 
PatriciaH said:
The news is claiming he had said if he was ever killed while on camera, he wanted the footage to be shown.


the news people only want to make money from it. Somehow I doubt Steve would want his kids to see that. I hope they distroy the video but it wouldn't surprise me to hear that its been stolen.:(
 
kejoda said:
the news people only want to make money from it. Somehow I doubt Steve would want his kids to see that. I hope they distroy the video but it wouldn't surprise me to hear that its been stolen.:(
I agree.

You know I have no doubt that Steve would have wanted any footage of a creature to be shown while he was still alive...even when it's defending itself to the point of the death of another.

HOWEVER, there's not a human being on earth who could possibly know ahead of time how they would die and just how big of an impact their death would be to someone. I highly doubt Steve would have been an advocate of making his family and friends...particulary Terri, Bindi, and Bob...relive the emotional trauma of his death.
 
kejoda said:
the news people only want to make money from it. Somehow I doubt Steve would want his kids to see that. I hope they distroy the video but it wouldn't surprise me to hear that its been stolen.:(
I totally agree! How sad it would be for his children to see that... :sad2:
 
I'm not sure if anyone has posted this, if so appologies for the double post.

Larry King interviewed Steve Irwin's producer who was onboard and said he saw the video which he says is now in police custody. They are 100% sure that they want to destroy the footage as soon as it is released. I pray no one dares to put it out or steal it. That would be completely disrespectful and immoral. The media can be so cruel.

My prayers go out to Steve Irwin's family and all who are grieving. This is truly a very sad and unfortunate event. May he RIP. :grouphug:
 
I watched Larry King Live last night...John Stainton said that it should be destroyed, but no one said that it will be destroyed. I'm sure they'll leave that decision to Terri.
 
We live in Terri's home town of Eugene, Oregon...it's so strange to hurt for someone you've never met. My daughter and I actually cried. How strange is that? Eugene, Oregon is all a buzz right now for Terri and her family. The media has asked that we leave the Raines' alone while they make funeral preparations;they're flying (some have flown) to be with her. RIP Steve.
 
Deb in IA said:
Hey, Nutsy, what do you think of this article?


Fellow Aussie Germaine Greer says Steve Irwin "exploited" wild animals




http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14694683/

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Germaine Greer can go take a hike as far as I and most other Aussies are concerned. We've known about this for a couple of days and have just forgotten it was ever said and got on with our lives. She is not worth it... Steve was a genuine decent bloke, a fair dinkum Aussie.

So, Germaine Greer, go take a hike and get a life.
 














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