STEVE IRWIN - Croc Hunter - DEAD! Woe is Animal Planet

Steve Irwin, the Australian television
personality and environmentalist known as the “Crocodile Hunter,” was
killed on Monday by a stingray during a diving expedition, Australian
media said. He was 44.

Irwin was filming an underwater
documentary on the Great Barrier Reef in northeastern Queensland state
when the accident occurred, Sydney’s The Daily Telegraph newspaper reported on its website.

The Australian Broadcasting Corp said Irwin was diving near Low Isles near the resort town of Port Douglas.

A helicopter carrying paramedics flew to
the island, but he died from a stingray barb to the heart, ABC reported
on its Web site.

Telephone calls to Australia Zoo, Irwin’s zoo in southern Queensland, were not immediately answered.

Irwin is famous for his enthusiasm for wildlife and his catchcry “Crikey!” in his television program Crocodile Hunter, which was first broadcast in Australia in 1992 and has aired around the world on the Discovery channel.

He rode his image into a feature film, and developed the Australia Zoo as a tourist attraction.

Irwin had received some negative publicity
in recent years. In January 2004, he stunned onlookers at his Australia
Zoo reptile park by carrying his 1-year-old son into a crocodile pen
during a wildlife show. He tucked the infant under one arm while
tossing the 13-foot reptile a piece of meat with the other.

Authorities declined to charge Irwin for violating safety regulations.

Later that year, he was accused of getting
too close to penguins, a seal and humpback whales in Antarctica while
making a documentary.

Irwin denied any wrongdoing, and an
Australian Environment Department investigation recommended no action
be taken against him.

Source : CNN IBN

The Blog For Peace Organization expresses our heartfelt condolences to Irwin and his family. May God do them good.

He was my favourite TV Anchor, and, yes, I
loved his “crikey”s a lot. I guess all thats past… The fun’s gone,
all’s gone…. Heavens forbid another tragedy!

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