Am Montag (08.04.2008) hat Bob Irwin, Steves Vater, ein großes TV-Interview auf ABC gegeben. Hier ist der Wortlaut des Interviews auf ENGLISCH. In den nächsten Tagen werden wir versuchen, es zu übersetzen und auch auf DEUTSCH hier reinzustellen.

CAROLINE JONES, PRESENTER: Hello, I'm Caroline Jones. The consequences of the traumatic death of Steve Irwin are still unfolding in unexpected ways. Certainly the world wide fascination with the Irwin legend and with Australia Zoo is undiminished. Bob Irwin is Steve's father. By all accounts he's always been a very private man. Now at the age of 68 he's left the zoo he started 35 years ago. And he's vacating a separate property he managed for his son. He says he wants to start over again to continue Steve Irwin's work in the way he believes his son would want. Bob Irwin’s been under intense pressure to respond to recent international and domestic media speculation of a family rift. Tonight, finally, he’s telling his story.

BOB IRWIN: Steve's presence is always there. It's pretty hard to explain. You know, I don't want to sound like a nut case but it's when things get difficult and things seem impossible, that's when I feel Steve the most, that's when I feel his energy, that's when I feel his drive and his passion, that's what keeps me going. It's a strange feeling to spend half your life-time building something up and walking away from it, and it's strange that I don't feel all that sad about walking away from Australia Zoo.

JUDY IRWIN, WIFE: It surprised me how quickly we made the decision to go. Bob's not a man to agonise over decision making, he makes a decision and then moves on or does what has to be done.

BOB IRWIN: I was becoming a disrupting influence, not that I meant to be, I didn't mean to be a disrupting influence, that wasn't what I was trying to achieve. I've been at Ironbark Station (Blackbutt, SE Qld) now for about nine years. Steve asked me to come and manage it, which I did. It's part of Australian Zoo's conservation properties. I do feel sad about walking away from Ironbark Station and I'm sure it's because what I did here I've done for Steve and I. These were the projects that we talked about. People probably expect me to be driving around in a Mercedes Benz or something like that but I put everything I owned into conservation. I personally don't own a house. I don't own a car either. I have no assets. I've put everything that I made back into Australia Zoo as it is now. That's what I wanted to do, that's how I wanted to live, I was quite happy and I wouldn't change it. This property, after I leave, will be managed by Australia Zoo and I would hope that it's run as successfully and with the same commitment as it's been run for the last nine years. Ironbark Station has proved lots of points; that we actually can run with cattle at a profit and run wildlife at the same time. We've changed this property from a wildlife desert, which is what it was when I spoke to Steve and that's what he was concerned about, to wildlife heaven.

STEVE IRWIN (Australian Story Archives, 2003): You know I'm the luckiest bloke on the face of the earth because of my parents, my family. That makes me so lucky, so very, very lucky. I come from a very loving family. My mum was a maternity nurse who had a passion for saving wildlife and my dad was a plumber who had a passion for reptiles.

BOB IRWIN: I thought, "I hate plumbing, I just hate it, I don't like it anymore, I want to do something that I enjoy doing."

STEVE IRWIN (Australian Story Archives, 2003): My dad and my mum were probably the greatest conservationists in their time, in Australia. At that time, you know, in the 70s, coming up to the 80s, they were ahead of their time.

BOB IRWIN: It's really strange when you kind of look at Australia Zoo now. It was called the Beerwah Reptile Park when I first started it. The entry fee was 50 cents. And it started very small, it was just a few snake enclosures and lizard enclosures and a few kangaroos wandering around and it was a good environment for the kids. It was a pretty happy time.

STEVE IRWIN (Australian Story Archives, 2003): We lived in a caravan because those early years were so hard. It was full of joey kangaroos and koalas and snakes mate, there wasn't a wall that was spared that didn't have snakes in it.

BOB IRWIN: I had the opportunity of teaching him from a young boy to respect the bush and respect people and respect the animals. And then as time went by, and we spent a lot of time together, both with crocodiles and other things we did out in the scrub.

STEVE IRWIN (Australian Story Archives, 2003): My dad was a hard bastard, don't get me wrong, real hard, hard man, tough, tough as nails mate. I could never do anything perfect, you know, I could never do anything right. I got a few clips over the ear, kick up the bum, swear at me.

BOB IRWIN: I stressed on him, time and time again "Do not touch anything Steve, just watch what I do and learn but do not touch anything." And one instance comes to mind and I can picture it now.

STEVE IRWIN (Australian Story Archives, 2003): When I was four years of age, when I put my foot on this big brown snake and pinned it. And "Dad! Dad! Dad! I've got this brown snake!"

BOB IRWIN: I heard this shout: "I've got him! I've got him, Dad! I've got him!" And immediately, immediately I knew there was a problem. I just knew it.

STEVE IRWIN (Australian Story Archives, 2003): And he came running up and decked me out of the way and I cried and took off ’cause I thought I'd done a great thing, he thought I'd done a stupid thing.

BOB IRWIN: And it was the only time I'd ever hit him, and I struck him fairly hard and he tumbled down the hill and dropped the snake. It was one of those times in your life when you feel everything has gone wrong. Everything you have taught him is wasted. It's all gonna end. And it was, you know that kid never cried, he never got upset. He knew he'd made a mistake and he told me he was sorry and by the time we got home I said to him "Steve, don't tell your mum." And he said, "No I won't tell mum." And he never did.

STEVE IRWIN (Australian Story Archives, 2003): My mum and dad were childhood sweethearts. They actually knew each other when they were in their early teens, maybe even earlier, for a long time, and they got married when they were incredibly young.

BOB IRWIN: Lynn and I were married for over 40 years and we raised the three kids together. She was a wonderful person. When Lynn had her accident I wasn't coping very well and neither was Steve coping very well either.

JUDY IRWIN, WIFE: She'd had a car accident in February of 2000 and by April of 2000, when I met him, he was really doing it tough. He was very devastated.

BOB IRWIN: I haven't told too many people this story, but I think it's important. I decided one day that enough was enough and I couldn't see a future, and I guess I didn't want a future without Lynn. ’Cause I always thought that people that committed suicide or things like that were, how could you ever get to be, feel that low that you could do that to yourself? But when you've been in that position and you've had those thoughts, then you can understand how it can happen. So I loaded up the truck and I was headed out to a special spot that Lynn and I and Steve had visited on many occasions. And I made one mistake. I didn't take the phone out of my truck. And the phone rang and it was Steve. He said, "I know what you're going to do." And I didn't really have an answer for that. And then he said, "Well wait there I'll come with you, because we both might as well go." And I said, "You can't do that," because he had Bindi at that stage. And he said, "Well if you're going to do it, then I'm coming." I just felt at the time I just couldn't let him do it and he knew that. We were so close that we both knew what the other person was thinking a lot of the time. In the end I couldn't let him do it, so I had to come back here. That's probably one of the hardest things I've ever done.

JUDY IRWIN, WIFE: He was very devastated. I've never seen a person so low in my entire life as those first, well maybe even 12 months. Certainly the first six months after Lynn died, he was a broken-hearted man.

BOB IRWIN: Judy, along with many other people, including Steve of course helped me to get through that, which was a very trying time and over a long period of time Judy did more for me than anybody could imagine.

JUDY IRWIN, WIFE: There was no romance or anything. It was just like a friendship. That's all that it was and I could see that this man needed a friend, needed a help, needed an interest. And through the animals that came to him and then he brought them down to me, the, I guess the romance started sort of after, I don't know, 12 months, 18 months or so after I met him.

BOB IRWIN: And if I hadn't found Judy, well it's hard to say really but I probably would've given it all away. I think it would have been too difficult.

Excerpt from: Australian Story, 'What Lies Beneath', 2003
STEVE IRWIN: Terri and I got married in '92, so yeah we took over the helm, we just kept building on it. You know, there's a lot of money generated off the "Crocodile Hunter" - a heck of a lot, millions of dollars. It's a lot of money in anyone's terms, money that you'd never be able to achieve with a wildlife sanctuary, so it means the zoo actually was able to grow.

BOB IRWIN: Lynn and I gave Steve and Terri 50 per cent of the Zoo and they were to run it, which they did, very successfully. When Lynn passed away I wanted Steve and Terri to have it all so I gave the zoo to Steve and Terri.

Excerpt from: Australian Story, 'What Lies Beneath', 2003
STEVE IRWIN: You know I've lost my mum, got my dad, ahead of his time, you know, just so far out in front of anyone else with wildlife in the world, who actually I hero worshipped.

BOB IRWIN: Some of the things Steve used to say to the media, oh gosh I was embarrassed. But it's rather ironic in that I as a teacher towards the end actually became the pupil and the methods that I'd worked out for catching crocodiles and keeping crocodiles, Steve not only mastered them but he improved them. We had the best crocodile research team, capture team in the world, and gosh I was proud of that so I didn't mind being the student. Strange how it works out.

(Excerpts from television news stories, September 2006):
NEWSREADER (ABC News): Tonight tragedy on the reef - Steve Irwin killed by a stingray.
NEWSREADER (CNN): The man known as the "Crocodile Hunter", Steve Irwin has died. He was killed ...
NEWSREADER (Channel Ten News): He was diving with stingrays when one speared him through the chest. It happened on Batt Reef just after 11 this morning ...
NEWSREADER (Channel Seven News): Steve Irwin is survived by wife Terri, who's been travelling in Tasmania, and children Bindi and Bob. They'll ensure the legend lives on...
STEVE IRWIN (archive footage): I am a wildlife warrior and I'll fight, fight to the death for wildlife ...
(End of excerpts)

JUDY IRWIN, WIFE: We got the phone call out in the middle of that paddock there on that Monday afternoon and I was in another vehicle and we had just parted company, I was going this way in a vehicle and Bob was going that way. And I just happened to look back over my shoulder luckily, to see that Bob had got out of his vehicle and was standing beside his truck. And then just as I looked back, he just dropped to the ground. And I said to Mick, "we've gotta go back, something's happened." And then we got the news and it was pretty horrific of course.

BOB IRWIN: I guess it seems so unfair that a father should lose his son, it's not how the system works, it's not what should happen. And I guess, you know it's probably better for other people to explain that are around me, but I think I was just in a state of shock for quite sometime. I was probably on autopilot.

JUDY IRWIN, WIFE: He hit rock bottom again, Bob did with Steven's news and I was very worried, for a long time then, that he might not make it through this, but he did. I know that he wouldn't have made it without me.

BOB IRWIN: She was amazingly strong. I mean Steve loved Judy because he knew what she did for me before and he knew what Judy was like and he just loved Judy.

JUDY IRWIN, WIFE: Our shared passion is wildlife. We love having them around and we hope that when we shift to the new block it’ll be the same. We're hoping that we'll have the roos and the wallabies living with us just like they do here.

BOB IRWIN (on the property, referring to wildlife): Well I've already made arrangements to take whatever needs extra care, we can take with us out to the new property. Squeaky has been released twice now and actually come back to the house. As you can see by Squeaky's attitude here, he won't ever make it as a real koala out in the wild.

(Excerpts from television news stories, March 2008):
NEWSREADER: You're watching Ten News, Queensland. There are claims that a major rift has developed between Bob Irwin Senior and Terri Irwin…
REPORTER: ...The claws have been out for weeks with claims of a feud between ...
REPORTER: The zoo says it expects negative publicity...
WES MANNION: No, it's not a rift. Bob has decided to go his different way.
REPORTER: It's claimed Bob Irwin was concerned about the growing commercialisation of the park.
REPORTER: The fashion label is just the latest in the Bindi empire...
REPORTER: The zoo has confirmed Bob Senior has purchased land near Kingaroy to continue his conservation efforts...
(End of excerpts)

BOB IRWIN: There's lots of bad things happening now, there's the media and there's people talking about this and that, some of it's true, some of it's not. The problem I had was that the management and I didn't agree on certain aspects of Australia Zoo after Steve's passing, because most times I went into Australia Zoo, I would have a difference of opinion with somebody or I may have an idea and it would not be listened to - fairly minor things on their own but I felt it was just better for everybody concerned if I left Australia Zoo and Judy and I and all our friends were able to continue Steve's work the way I believe it should be done.

(Excerpt from WIN News, March 2008):
TERRI IRWIN: There is a tendency for rumour mills to spin and I just can assure everyone that I love Bob dearly and that our ongoing support with Bob will be in perpetuity, that as long as Bob is around whatever he's wanting to achieve will continue.
(End of excerpt)

BOB IRWIN: I don't see why my family life and my personal issues should be aired publicly and there would be no way that I will discuss those with the media.

(Excerpt continued):
TERRI IRWIN: I know he's continuing with wildlife rehabilitation on a smaller property and out of respect to a gentleman who I've known 16 years and who is a man of retirement age, who's gone through so much grief losing his wife and his only son, that I will respectfully just leave it at that because Bob is a pretty private person.
(End of excerpt)

BOB IRWIN: I've come to an agreement with Australia Zoo at the moment. Because of my 36 years experience of running the zoo and starting it up and all the rest of it, we've agreed on a, I suppose you'd call it some sort of a redundancy package or a pension or whatever you want to call it, that will enable Judy and I to have a house and a property and a small income. There's many things that I will miss, both at Australia Zoo and Ironbark Station obviously, but the thing that I'll miss the most will be the crocodile research. One of the things that has worried me throughout this whole difficulty about my absence from Australia Zoo is how Steve would react, what would Steve think. And it's probably difficult to put into words, but I've had no negative thoughts from Steve over the whole thing. I've only had positive thoughts, I've only had positive impulses. When Judy and I were looking around for properties, we were probably facing the same problem that everybody is when they're trying to start a new life somewhere in that nothing quite suits you. But as I drove into this property, as soon as I drove in the gate I knew I was going to have this property. And it was just perfect for us, being surrounded by the national park and State forest was good. It's about 30 - 35 kilometres north of Kingaroy. It's what they describe as wilderness country. On this property there is no construction at all. We're going to have to start from scratch. We're going to have to build a road to get in there and we're going to have to build a house and a shed. The house has been ordered, it's in the process of being built now. It will come in two or three sections and it will be put together on the property.

JUDY IRWIN, WIFE: I'm missing Bob a lot at the moment. He's away for three or four days at a time, comes home for one or two days, re-stocks, packs up the truck, refuels and goes back up there.

BOB IRWIN: We're in the process at the moment of enclosing about 45 acres into a safe area for the animals, which means that it will be safe from predators such as wild dogs, foxes, things like that and then the animals can be released out of that.

JUDY IRWIN, WIFE: He's extremely fit for his age, he can still climb trees and still does climb trees to pick leaf for the koalas at times. But he's very fit and I'm thankful for that because, yes, I tell him he's got another hundred years of jobs left before he can think about retiring.

BOB IRWIN: The way I overcome, I guess you'd say bad things in life, such as Lynn's passing and Steve's passing, is to work. And I work 12, 14 hour days and I work every day. But I also enjoy it.

JUDY IRWIN, WIFE: I do worry. I do worry that he's taking on too much especially when he comes home from the block after three or four days and he's just totally exhausted, but you would never stop him. He's doing what he loves to do and I could rant and rave for a week and it wouldn't make any difference.

BOB IRWIN: Unfortunately all these types of things take much in the way of funds and I would be relying on Steve's friends, whether they be mum or dad or whether they be children or whether they be huge companies. I would ask them to, later on down the track when I try to get this organised, to help us out, to give us a hand, to continue with Steve's work. People would say to me, or may say to me that it's time I got over Steve's loss and got on with my life and got it out of my system but I feel that I need him there to keep me going. I gain strength from him, I get inspiration from him, I still have the passion and the drive that he and I both had. I guess for me, I can't think of anything better than the time I spent with Steve, around the campfire, in the croc boat, in the mangrove mud, it was just really special and nobody can take that away.


END CAPTION:
Bob Irwin said yesterday that he is still waiting for his agreed 'redundancy package' to be finalised.
Meanwhile his hopes for his new venture include setting up a non profit organisation to fund a range of wildlife and conservation projects

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Zurzeit wird in den australischen Medien viel darüber geschrieben, ob Bob Irwin den Australia Zoo verlassen hat, weil er sich mit seiner Schwiegertochter Terri zerstritten hat.

Es gibt dazu sehr unterschiedliche Berichte. Die einen sagen ja, es stimmt, die anderen dementieren es auf Teufel komm raus.

Da wir zurzeit nicht mit Bestimmtheit sagen können, ob an dieser Geschichte was dran ist, werden wir hier darüber erst einmal nicht berichten.

Wir halten euch aber weiterhin auf dem Laufenden, falls wir genauere Informationen bekommen sollten.

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Quelle: News.com.au

Terri Irwin sagt sie wäre "offen" eine Nachricht vom Geist ihres verstorbenen Ehemannes, Croc Hunter Steve,
zu erhalten wenn das Amerikanische Medium nächsten Monat den Australia Zoo besucht.

Mrs Irwin, 43, erzählte The Sunday Mail dass sie fühle das Steve bei ihr ist, und das sie daran glaubt dass sein
Geist anwesend wäre.

Das internationale Medium John Edward, der berühmt wurde mit der Fernseh Sendung Crossing Over, wird am
5. Jänner als Teil eines Sommer Unterhaltungs Programms, den Australia Zoo besuchen.

Edward nutzt seine Fähigkeiten um Kontakt zu Verstorbenen aufzunehmen.

Mrs Irwin sagte Steve wäre viele Jahre ein persönlicher Freund von Edward gewesen.

Sie sagte es wäre bei seinem Ersten Besuch im Australia Zoo gewesen, vor 5 Jahren, als das Medium seine
Fähigkeit mit Tieren zu kommunizieren entdeckte, eine Geschichte die Mrs Irwin auch in ihr Buch My Steve
schrieb.

"Er ist ein ehrlicher Kerl. Es ist eine Ehre ihn zu kennen," sagte sie über Edward.

"Er liebt Australien und er ist eine Stütze und ein Freund für unsere Familie, seit wir Steve verloren haben.
Ich möchte jeden Skeptiker einladen zu der show zu kommen, um Einsicht darin zu bekommen was er
macht. Er ist ein wirkliches Geschenk."

"Ich weiß dass Steve gegangen ist, aber manchmal ist er immer noch hier. Ich fühle ihn, ich spüre ihn,"
sagte sie, "und ich finde das sehr angenehm und schön.

Jeder der in den Australia Zoo kommt, spürt das ebenfalls und das ist nicht unheimlich.......das ist
tröstlich.

Wenn Steve eine Nachricht für mich hat, ich wäre offen dafür, und wenn er eine Nachricht für uns alle hätte
dann wäre der 5. Jänner gut dafür."

Mrs Irwin sagte das Summer Down Under Program wäre Edward´s Idee gewesen, um für den Tierschutz zu
promoten, und mehr Leute zu erreichen durch verschiedene Performer.

Steve`s bester Freund Wes Mannion sprach ebenfalls von einer tiefen Verbindung die er noch immer mit
Steve hätte.

Mr Mannion sagte im August, dass er fühle Steve wäre noch immer mit ihm.

"Es ist so heftig," sagte er. Du triffst eine Entscheidung und du fühlst nur dass da noch jemand ist. Es ist
nicht so was unheimliches als würde ein Tier auf deiner Schulter sitzen und dir was ins Ohr flüstern.

Du fühlst einfach als wärst du gerade eher zu zweit als allein."

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Quelle: www.stuff.co.nz

Terri Irwin und der Australia Zoo werden, wie bekannt wurde, in einem Rechtsstreit über zwei mysteriöse Transaktionen auf 2,8 Millionen australischen Dollar verklagt.

Berichten von News Ltd. zufolge, befindet sich die Witwe von Steve Irwin in Gerichtsverhandlungen über Verträge, von denen sie nichts wusste.

News Ltd. teilt mit, dass ein Unternehmen mit dem Namen "Alyssa Treasury Service Ltd." in Melbourne eine Gerichtsakten vorlegte, mit dem es vom Australia Zoo und der Irwin-Familie 2,5 Millionen AUD fordert.

Am 7. Dezember 2007 brachten Anwälte des Unternehmens eine weitere Akten vor, mit der sie von Terri Irwin persönlich 60.000 AUD fordern.

Das gerichtliche Vorgehen umfasst ein ganzes Netz von Firmen ein und die Gerichtsunterlagen gegen Terri Irwin und den Australia Zoo beziehen sich auf zwei Verträge, mit denen sie sich verpflichtet haben sollen, Geld an verschiedene Firmen zu zahlen, berichtet News Ltd.

Der Manager von Terri Irwin, John Stainton, der auch Teilhaber der Irwins ist, sagte, dass er nicht die geringste Ahnung von diesen Verträgen habe.

Die vier weiteren Firmen, die in den Gerichtsunterlagen erwähnt werden, sind: "Australasian Custodians Ltd", "Providential Trustees Ltd", "Avowal Administrative Attorneys Ltd" und "HQZ Argentum Ltd".

Irwin starb im September 2006. Seine Frau Terri übernahm danach die Leitung des Australia Zoo.

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Quelle: Sunshine Coast Daily

Ein Schiff, das im südlichen Meer gegen die japanischen Walfänger kämpft, wurde nach Steve Irwin benannt.

Die "Sea Shepherd Conservation Society" bekam von Terri Irwin die Erlaubnis, dass Schiff nach ihrem verstorbenen Mann zu benennen. Das Schiff, das früher "Robert Hunter" hieß, soll eingesetzt werden, um die Japaner daran zu hindern, im südlichen Meer Wale zu fangen.

Mrs. Irwin sagte, dass die Walrettung eines der wichtigsten Anliegen ihres Mannes gewesen sei.

"Wale waren immer in Steves Herzen." sagte sie.

Material von AAP

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von Nikki Todd - News.com

Es passiert nicht jeden Tag, dass ein 4jähriger Junge seinen Geburtstag mit tausenden von Leuten feiert. Doch Robert Clarence "Bob" Irwin ist ja auch kein gewöhnlicher Junge.

Begleitet von seiner Mutter Terri und seiner Schwester Bindi, beging der Sohn des verstorbenen Steve Irwin seinen großen Tag mit einem großen Dinosaurier-Kuchen und seinen Freunde, darunter "Barney", "Thomas, die Lokomotive" und "Humphrey B. Bear".

Er wurde begleitet von 5000 Fans, die den berühmten Australia Zoo an der Sunshine Coast aufsuchten, um mit ihm seinen Geburtstag zu feiern.

"Es ist ein absoluter Hit und Robert hat eine Menge Spaß", sagte ein Sprecher des Australia Zoo der Nachrichtenagentur AAP."Der Kuchen war riesig, wir hatten einen Dinosaurier-Kuchen. Robert ist absolut begeistert und er ist so schnell gewachsen in dem vergangenen Jahr."

Bod versteht, dass er wohl in die Fußstapfen seines berühmten Vaters treten wird, der bekannt war für seine Liebe zu den Tieren und seinen Initativen für den Umweltschutz. "Er fängt an, in die Fußstapfen seines Vaters zu treten", sagte der Sprecher des Zoos.

"Terri sagt immer, wie sehr man sieht, dass er wie sein Vater ist. Er entdeckt Tiere lange bevor irgend jemand sie sieht. - Ich denke, er hat diesen sechsten Sinn."



Original-Artikel etwas gekürzt.

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18. November 2007 - Quelle: citizen.co.za

Australiens kleiner Wildlife Warrior Bindi Irwin hat es abgelehnt, nach Hollywood zu gehen und Star ine einem Feature-Film zu werden, sagte ihr Manager John Stainton.

Stainton sagte, die 9jährige will im Quennsland Zoo bleiben, wo sie mit ihrer Mutter lebt.

"Das gibt es eine Menge Interessenten von einer Menge Institutionen in den Staaten," sagte Stainton dem Sun-Herald.

"Aber das ist eines der Dinge, die wir nicht tun. Während Bindi im Zoo in Beerwah lebt, hat sie wenigstens die Chance, auf eine normale Kindheit."

"Ich denke, der Einfluss, dem sie ausgesetzt wäre, wenn sie in Hollywood leben würde oder einen Film zu machen, wäre ganz anders als hier."

Steve Irwin, der international bekannt geworden ist durch seine Fernsehshow, ind er riskante Aktionen mit wilden Tieren durchführte, wurde im September 2006 von einem Stachelrochen getötet.

Seit dem Tod ihres Vaters hat Bindi, die die Arbeit ihres Vaters weiterführen will, eine Modelinie herausgebracht, eine Kinder-Fitness-DVD, machte eine Bühnenshow und wurde ein offizieller australischer Tourismus-Botschafter.

Jetzt hilft sie im Zoo.

Stainton sagte:"Wenn Bindi einen Film machen möchte, dann wird sie das tun, ohne Australien zu verlassen."

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14.November 2007 - Thaindian News

Beim Nickelodeon-Zuschauer-Voting haben mehr als 1 Million Menschen in 18 Kategorien abgestimmt.

Die Tochter des verstorbenen Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin, die nach ihrer Kinder-Fitness-DVD zum Star wurde, wurde zur "Biggest Greenie" für den Tierschutz mit Hilfe ihrer Mutter Terri Irwin gewählt

Das 9 Jahre alte Mädchen wurde mit dem Preis bei den Nickelodeon Choice Awards überrascht, berichtet "the Age.com.au."

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07.11.2007 - AFP Google.com

Brisbane (AFP) — Der vor einem Jahr getötete australische "Krokodiljäger" Steve Irwin soll postum eine Professur an der Universität von Queensland erhalten. Wie der Dozent Craig Franklin mitteilte, war Irwin bereits kurz vor seinem Tod zum "außerordentlichen Professor" ernannt worden. "Eine schriftliche Benachrichtigung über die Auszeichnung erwartete Steve in seinem australischen Zoo, aber traurigerweise kam er nie zurück, um von dieser guten Nachricht zu erfahren", sagte Franklin, der mit Irwin befreundet war. Trotz seines Todes solle Irwins Beitrag zur Erforschung von Tieren und zum Naturschutz gewürdigt werden.

Irwin war durch lebensgefährliche Aktionen mit Krokodilen berühmt geworden. Die Reptilien waren jedoch auch sein Forschungsobjekt. So verfolgte er gemeinsam mit Craig Franklin per Satellitenüberwachung ihre Fortbewegung und machte Entdeckungen zum Sozialverhalten männlicher Krokodile sind. Er wurde vor einem Jahr bei Dreharbeiten am Great Barrier Reef von einem Rochen getötet.

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