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

[BuckyFan04]

Thanks for the reminder! I don't have the pop-up thing turned on for PM's so I have on occassion read a few PM's late.

You're welcome! I just PM'd you back.

 

[BuckyFan04]

If anyone is interested in learning more about Steve's conservation work, there are some articles that Steve has written that are posted on crocodilehunter.com. They are pretty interesting and eye-opening. Some titles of those articles are
"Wildlife Propaganda: The "Sustainable Use" Lie"
"Little Girl Tortured" and
"Ban Whaling."
He also wrote a tribute to his mother, Lyn Irwin.

If you go to that website, click on the Crocodile Hunter logo on the top of the screen and then click on "Steve" which is on the left side under the heading "The Irwin Family." The articles are on the "Steve's Say" page.

(ETA...I didn't post the articles here due to possible copyright issues.)

 

[dreamcometrue]

does anyone know when exactly the Barbara Walters interview with Terry and Bindi will air?

 

[Nutsy]

Wednesday night.. no idea what time tho.

 

[debden]

does anyone know when exactly the Barbara Walters interview with Terry and Bindi will air?

Poor Terri.To be interviewed this soon after her husbands death.I don't know how she's going to keep herself composed enough to answer Barbara's questions.I just start thinking about it and I'm in tears.....
Debbie

 

[judi]

It will be 10pm, ABC on 20/20. Have it set to be recorded already. That's EST by the way.

 

[Planecrazy4dis]

Warrior wristbands honour Irwin dream

STEVE Irwin was the original Wildlife Warrior who told the world of his vision. He wanted the cleanest water, the freshest air and wildlife in abundance.

"But most of all I want a future fro ou children," he said.

To achieve this, the larger -than-life Aussie conservationist last year began planning a special Wildlife Warriors Worldwide wristband fundraiser with The Sunday Mail, a proud sponsor of the charity.

With the backing of his family and WWW, we are presssing ahead with the initiative and on October 15, readers will be able to get one of the stylish, green wristbands with Wildlife Warrior embossed on it.

The wristbands will be available from newsagents for $1 on presentation of a token from The Sunday Mail.

All proceeds will go to Wildlife Warriors Wordlwide.

Irwin's daughter Bindi, 8, who has vowed to continue her dad's wildlife crusade, will become teh face of WWW, begnning with the wristband campaign.

So get ready for The Sunday Mail on October 15 and buy a WWW wristband in the knowledge that all proceeds area going to help achieve that dream.

WOW!!! I need to get one of those wristbands.

 

[popeyeohoh]

I hope the wristbands becom available in the states. I would gladly buy one or two.

 

[AmyJ of Ca]

I just wanted to say that I REALLY appreciate all the info you've been giving over the last few weeks. All our hearts are broken over the passing of Steve and I know being closer to where it all happened makes it even more painfull for you. Although I don't post often, I read this thread very often and it helps getting info that we may not have access to over here. You truly have been helping me feel better about the whole tragedy by giving a more local feel to this global heartbreak. Take care and thank you. Amy

 

[Nutsy]

WOW!!! I need to get one of those wristbands.

I just hope we can purchase more than just one.. I don't fancy going out and buy multiple papers just to get a token.

 

[Nutsy]

Terri breaks silence in TV interviews




25.09.2006
AFTER nearly three weeks of silence, Terri Irwin has given her first interviews about the death of her husband, Steve.

Steve Irwin’s manager and close friend John Stainton confirmed Terri spoke with Ray Martin and US reporter Barbara Walters on Saturday.

It’s also believed that eight-year-old Bindi took part in the interviews.

It’s the first time Terri has spoken publicly since Steve died after being struck in the chest with a stingray barb while filming on the Great Barrier Reef.

Terri was still unable to speak at last week’s public memorial service for her 44-year-old husband, but supported Bindi who took the stage to address an estimated 300 million viewers worldwide.

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[font=Arial,Helvetica][size=-2] [/size][/font]Ms Walters’ interview will be shown as a one-hour special on America’s ABC network on Wednesday, while the Nine Network has chosen the same day to screen Ray Martin’s interview with the pair.

The interviews took place as a Caloundra nurse revealed how she tried to save the Crocodile Hunter when he arrived at the remote Low Isles for treatment, just half an hour after he was struck.

“I knew it was a terrible situation because we could not get any air into his lungs,” Enid Traill said.

“We worked on him for 10 minutes and then the paramedics arrived and examined the hole in his heart.

“They said he wouldn’t have survived even if it happened in an operating theatre.” In an uncanny twist, Mrs Traill said she had known the conservationist when he was a teenager, describing him as “the kid with lizards in his pockets”. The dive industry has moved to ease people’s fears over Irwin’s death, comparing it to being hit by lightning. “It’s a very, very safe activity and we get a lot of people out there in their 70s and 80s snorkelling for their first time and coming back absolutely raving over the fact that they’ve been able to see these stingrays and other animals out there in their natural habitat,” said Col McKenzie, of Dive Queensland.

 

[Nutsy]

Bindi 'will be bigger than Steve'

BIG expectations rest on Bindi Irwin's little shoulders. Some say she'll be bigger than her dad, but others warn it's too much, too soon.

When the eight-year-old declared in a loud, clear voice: "I don't want Daddy's passion to ever end. I want to help endangered wildlife just like he did", the world found its next Steve Irwin.

The words, spoken at her father's memorial service on Wednesday, gave hope that the Crocodile Hunter's legacy will live on.

A day later Bindi was touted as "the future of the dream" and "the little wildlife warrior".

But psychologists have sounded a warning about placing lofty expectations on one so young.

"She's obviously a very poised and mature eight-year-old, but I think some of these public statements are probably a bit extreme in this point in time," said Alison Garton, a professor of psychology at Western Australia's Edith Cowan University.

"She's only eight and she probably doesn't even understand properly what it means not to have Daddy around anyway."

Others backed that view, writing letters to newspapers asking that Bindi - already a star in her own right - be left alone and given time to grieve.

"Bindi Irwin is the endangered species who needs protecting from those who want her to `step up to the mark again, quickly' to resume production on her television series," Anne-Marie Barbour wrote in the Sydney Morning Herald.

Irwin, 44, died after being struck in the chest with a stingray barb while filming on the Great Barrier Reef on September 4.

As controversy swirled around whether Bindi would continue his work, Irwin's close friend and manager John Stainton maintained she was born to be a star.

"She definitely will be bigger than Steve and he knew it," Mr Stainton said.

"I know her direction is showbusiness. She loves it. She adores just performing, she likes singing and dancing and she loves animals."

He said being in the spotlight was "second nature" to Bindi.

"I filmed her birth," Mr Stainton said.

"Her whole life, her eight years she has been very used to filming and being around filming and she's been doing her own show all this year.

"Also she's been performing in the Crocoseum during the school holidays to audiences of 4,000 to 5,000 people singing and dancing.

"She loves it more than life itself."



Bindi is certainly no stranger to the spotlight.

The youngster, who is home-schooled, grew up at the Irwin family's Australia Zoo, on Queensland's Sunshine Coast, accompanying her father on expeditions from a very early age.

She has travelled the world, made a television series of her own, sung and danced in front of audiences at the zoo's Crocoseum, the venue for crocodile shows, and appeared in its television commercials.

She also has her own website "Bindi's say", children's clothes label "Bindi Wear" and a celebrity agent, Harry M Miller.

Mr Stainton said Bindi would carry on her dad's legacy - not because she was expected to, but because she wanted to.

"It's totally Bindi-driven. Anything Bindi wants to do we accommodate it and she just wants to do it," he said.

"I don't know whether her whole direction will go exactly where Steve went with animals, like doing what he did - she may end up being a singing popstar or something.

"But if she said tomorrow `I don't want to have anything to do with television or the zoo', everyone would support her."

Bindi is expected to return to work soon to finish a 26-part series for the Discovery Channel in the US, which her father was shooting footage for when he died.

However Mr Stainton said there was "no fixed date" for filming to resume.

Cultural studies lecturer Dr Karen Brooks, from the University of the Sunshine Coast, dismissed fears Bindi could be "exploited" and fall victim to the trappings that come with fame like other child stars had.

"Bindi lived an exceptional life - it was different to a lot of other young people, and I think what we see as extraordinary and incredible expectations are probably within her world of reality," Dr Brooks said.


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[WDW Poly Princess]

Man, I need to get a DVR- my poor VCR is getting worn out from all of the Steve stuff! (Not that that's a bad thing- I'm so thankful that they've had so much about him on tv!) I really hope that talking about everything was theraputic for Terri!

I hope that Bindi does one day take over her dad's work, but I also really hope that she gets a chance to just be a little girl, too.

 

[BuckyFan04]

Terri Irwin speaks of her devastation


Terri Irwin says she is a long way from coming to terms with the death of her Crocodile Hunter husband, Steve



25 September 2006

The widow of the Crocodile Hunter has spoken publicly for the first time since Steve Irwin's death.

Terri Irwin says at times she still thinks husband Steve is coming home.

In an emotional interview with Australia's Channel Nine she says she was overwhelmed at last week's public memorial.

She says she walked into the Crocoseum, where the event was held, where she knew people would be missing Steve. She says the feelings of love and support from Australians was just overwhelming.

Mrs Irwin says she is a long way from coming to terms with what has happened.

She was on holiday in Tasmania with the couple's children when she got the call from her husband's best friend and manager John Stainton.

He said there had been a diving accident with Steve, and she says all that was going through her mind was "don't say it, don't say it. don't say it".

"But he said it," she says, "he said those three words - that Steve was dead".

Mrs Irwin has recorded two interviews - one with Barbara Walters of the US ABC network, and the other with Channel Nine's Ray Martin. Both interviews will go to air on Wednesday.


NZCity, NewsTalkZB

 

[chipanddale_fan]

what a loveable guy and to lose him in such circumstances is something I don't think anyone who knew him (in real life or through his shows) will ever get over.

Mr Irwin senior must be really feeling the loss of his only son.. especially after having lost his wife just a few short years ago. I do hope he doesn't end up sick with all the worry and upset he 's had.

 

[Iott Family]

The National Enquirer supposedly has pictures in its latest issue on news stands of the fatal sting ray incident with Steve being impaled then pulling the stinger from his chest. Just tell my why we need to see this? Yuck!

What is wrong with society? No decency!

 

[Hillbeans]

The National Enquirer supposedly has pictures in its latest issue on news stands of the fatal sting ray incident with Steve being impaled then pulling the stinger from his chest. Just tell my why we need to see this? Yuck!

What is wrong with society? No decency!

How would this be possible unless someone from the Queensland police department sold the tape? This is disgusting if it's true. I will never, ever buy that magazine ever again if that is the truth. Who honestly wants to see another person die? It's sick.

 

[Nutsy]

I don't think that info is quite true.. that tape to the best of my knowledge has not been sold. I thought I read somewhere that it had been destroyed.

 

[Nutsy]

No Bindi interview

A GRIEVING Bindi Irwin will not be appearing in either the Barbara Walters or Ray Martin television specials that go to air tomorrow.

Eight-year-old Bindi was expected to feature with her mother Terri in the interviews, recorded at Australia Zoo for US and Australian TV audiences.
But the family decided the little girl needed a break.

A spokesman for the Nine Network, which will screen the Martin interview at 8.30pm tomorrow, said the network supported Terri's wish.

Bindi was the star turn at her father's public memorial last Wednesday, delivering a loving tribute that was seen by some 300 million people.

Walters flew to Queensland last Friday to shoot the hour-long special, due to air on ABC television in the US tomorrow.

Terri's interview is "extremely powerful and very emotional", a source close to the project said yesterday.

 

[Nutsy]

Steve Irwin : WildLife Warrior
Steve Irwin was a great Australian Ambassador, Crowd Drawer and definitely the best Croc Hunter the world ever saw. This article is a tribute to Steve on behalf of the gay community of Australia

Steve Irwin was a great Australian Ambassador, Crowd Drawer and definitely the best Croc Hunter the world ever saw. He will be truly missed, but remember Steve Irwin isn't dead no-one ever truly dies unless they are forgotten and Steve, we all know he won't be forgotten. We all knew Steve as the loveable aussie larakin, the image that international countries perceived as truly australian but do we really know what he did for Australia? He did a lot of amazing things in his lifetime no doubt about that, but this just may be the best thing he ever did.

With the help of wife Terri, Steve set up a Global Organisation to help preserve the world's Wildlife and Environment. The Wildlife Warriors was established in 2002 as a way to include people who had a passion for animal conservation & protection to support the protection of injured, threatened or endangered wildlife – from the individual animal to an entire species. Steve bought hundreds of acres of land around the world to accommodate endangered and injured animals. In his younger days Steve began to love wildlife when his parents Bob & Lyn created a small reptile park, Steve loved going to see the animals, he would go down whenever he had the chance. For his sixth birthday, Irwin asked for a snake and his father, an amateur herpetologist, thought that was fair enough.

While other children watched The Flintstones, Steve Irwin was catching mice for Fred, a 2.6 metre python. His love of animals alone was never doubted, it was made even more aware when he took over the reptile park from his parents renaming it Australia Zoo. From the early nineties, the park flourished under the enthusiastic leadership of Steve and Terri Irwin. The extraordinary growth of the park throughout this decade coincided with Steve’s rise to fame as The Crocodile Hunter as Steve and Terri’s wildlife documentaries took off in Australia and the United States. In 1998, the park was renamed Australia Zoo to better reflect its size and nature.

An impressive period of growth has since followed, with the creation of such features as our big cat display Tiger Temple (an awesome fusion of art and architecture), a 1500-seat two-storey open air food court, the Rainforest and Birds of Prey Aviaries, Wetlands, the world’s largest and most luxurious wombat enclosure, a Safari Shuttle for easy transport within the Zoo and, of course, the amazing Animal Planet Crocoseum. Exciting future plans for the Zoo include the completion of several new exotic precincts, including the Southeast Asia exhibit (encompassing the Tiger Temple, a new interpretive display for the elephants, the world’s largest gorilla enclosure and the upcoming ‘Madagascar Island’), an American exhibit complete with alligator boat ride, and an breathtaking display of African wildlife and culture.

Steve just didn’t have a passion for animals he also had a passion for wanting to be a father, on July 24, 1998 Steve’s prayers were answered when adorable little Bindi Sue arrived into the world. The wonderful moment was captured as Bindi was delivered with Steve anxiously awaiting his baby daughter. Bindi quickly became Daddy’s little princess, traveling all over the globe helping her parents capture amazing moments on camera. Even though she was a princess Bindi loved to get her hands dirty, soon becoming a shadow of Dad Steve, she grasped wildlife with a passion just like her Dad. Crocodiles & Elephants are among Bindi’s favourite animals she loves feeding and performing with the crocodiles in the Crocoseum while educating the visitors to the zoo. Bindi has been Steve’s little angel. She was born with his spirit friends of the Irwin’s say.

While Bindi was growing into a little superstar, Terri & Steve were happy to announce their 2nd child would be born and eventually named Bob (Robert) after Steve’s father Bob. No doubt Bob has already and will become a chip off the old block. Although Steve has left us, his legacy and passion of animals will live on through Terri, Bindi and Bob and hopefully through millions of people whom he touched in his short life. Whether you’re big or small, young or old you can do what Steve did make a difference in this world before it’s too late to comprehend.

In closing I would just like to state how important it is to continue his work and his passion for animals, we want to be able to see animals in the wild, not just one we want to see thousands and even whole populations. Wildlife Warriors will continue but Terri & the crews need all the help they can get, by donating or contributing to the Wildlife Warrior fund you too are helping to make a difference, a change and a better future.

Steve We Miss You
R.I.P
22/02/1962 – 4/9/2006