I was really shocked when I heard about it while I was on vacation a couple days ago. I used to watch his shows quite a bit and recently, started watching his newer show where he has his family with him on an RV visiting various places around the US.
I picked up "crikey" from him, as you\'ve probably seen in some of my older posts. It\'s because of Steve Irwin I realized just how far one has to go to see real "wild life" coz we practically changed everything.
First and foremost, Steve Irwin is a Conservationist. More than an animal wrangler. He was one of the first TV personalities to pick up a wild animal (that could kill him) and show us why they do what they do. The older format was to have a camera from a distance watch them behave. Steve Irwin\'s tactics did draw a few criticisms from zoologists but in the end, he did far more good than harm (I think he got more harm out of it than the animals).