Steve Irwin: A Wildlife Conservationist

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Steve Irwin-A Wildlife Conservationist.

The field of wildlife conservation is an extensive field which unifies several professions such as scientists,law enforcements agents,engineers and various other professionals to come together with one aim only, to preserve and protect wildlife and natural habitats (Scott,L). Born in Victoria, Australia in the year 1962 Stephen Robert Irwin more popular known as Steve Irwin dedicated his entire life to the conversation of wildlife. His spent his childhood days growing up on his parents reptile park in Queensland and later went on to become an animal enthusiast and a prominent TV personality. He hosted the world renowned television series The crocodile Hunter and made appearances on many major talk shows. This essay will aim to illustrate the life and the achievements of Steve Irwin.

From his diaper days Steve Irwin was fascinated with wildlife,reptiles in particular were his favourite. At the delicate age of 6 Steve caught his first snake venomous snake. According to Brown (2010) "Irwin's father taught him how to hunt crocodiles for relocating, and, by age nine, he was already jumping on crocodiles at night in the rivers of North Queensland ". Steve had no educational qualifications in wildlife conservation, he worked at the Beerwah Reptile and Fauna Park his parents opened in 1970 and after his parents went into retirement he laboured endlessly to develop and expand the park. In 1998 Steve renamed the park Australian Zoo and it soon became a famous tourist attraction (www.australiazoo.com.au).

A few years before in 1991 Steve met Terri Raines who was a tourist when he initially took over the reptile park and their mutual love for wildlife and conservation instantly attracted them...

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...y the love he had for wildlife and its protection. We need more Steve Irwin's in this world to continue to educate the public on the importance of protecting the fauna of the Earth.

Reference List:

Brown,W., 2010. Steve Irwin's Influence on Wildlife Conservation. Journal Of Communication, 60 (1), pp. 73-93.

Irwin,S., Steve Irwin. [online] (updated 12 Oct 2010) Available at: [Accessed 7 November 2013].

NBC News., 2006. "Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin killed by stingray. [online] (updated 9 May 2006) Available at: [Accessed 8 November 2013].

Stevecrocodilehunterirwin., 2012. The Best of Steve Irwin. [online] (updated 14 Dec 2012) Available at [Accessed 7 November 2013].

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