Steve Irwin - Shine On, Mate

[Guest guest]

Charismatic Aussie wildlife champion Steve Irwin was tragically killed

on Monday. Not by a croc, gator, snake or spider, but freakishly by the

normally placid stingray. Maybe his luck just ran out.

 

His boyish, very hands-on enthusiasm was fantastic, and his affection

for fearsome crocs, calling them " mate " and " darling " , was endearing.

 

I get sick and tired of a lot of other vacuous TV personalities who

offer nothing to this world, who will no doubt live to be 100 and

accumulate a lot of money. Steve's loss is a desperate loss for all of

us who care about wildlife, particularly the persecuted creatures like

crocodiles, alligators, snakes and spiders. I cried at hearing of

Steve's death. Not just for Steve, his family and friends, but for the

whole damn world.

 

- Paul Rance/Green Vibrations founder.

 

" I have no fear of losing my life - if I have to save a koala or a

crocodile or a kangaroo or a snake, mate, I will save it. " - Steve Irwin