Steve+Irwin

=Steve Irwin - The Crocodile Hunter =

Steve Irwin was an Australian Zoologist he was best known as the Crocodile Hunter. Steve was born on 22nd February 1962 in Essendon, a suburb of Melbourne. While growing up Steve moved with his parents Bob and Lyn to Queensland. Steve grew up around reptiles at his parents Reptile and Fauna Park. In 1991 Steve took over the running of the park which is now Australia Zoo at the zoo there is a crocoseum, the rainforest aviary and the Tiger Temple. The crocoseum is where Steve used to perform a live Crocodile Show for the public to watch, now one of Steve's crew performs the show. The rainforest aviary is were there are heaps of different types of birds. The Tiger Temple is were there are tigers they have a great enclosure with water for them to swim in, rocks to climb on and grass to run through, there are also plenty more really cool animals at the zoo. Steve has a wife and two children, his daughter Bindi Irwin was born on 24th July 1998, she has her own T.V. show. His son Robert Irwin (Bob) was born on 1st December 2003, he help out at the zoo with the rest of his family. Steve's wife, Terri Irwin, helped out on Steve's T.V. show were the captured live crocodiles and other reptiles for educational information about wildlife. During his adult life, Steve worked on improving Australia Zoo in any way he could. Steve loved working with wildlife and educating others about it. On September 4th 2006, Steve was killed by a stingray, while Steve was filming for a show called "Ocean's Deadliest". Steve swam to close to one of the stingrays and the stingray's barb went into his chest and put a hole through his heart. Steve's greatest accomplishments were owning Australia Zoo, raising animal awareness and wanting to educate others. Since Steve's death, at the zoo there are messages, signed T-shirts, pictures, flowers, stories and photos left for Steve by his workmates, family and the public.

By Danielle Taylor