Steve would have been 57 today, a sad loss to wildlife TV.
I loved his endless enthusiasm, and his devil-may-care attitude - "Now this critter is asleep, and it's only really dangerous if you poke it with a stick and wake it up … so let's poke it with a stick and wake it up!!!"
Yes....his TV shows were excellent and he promoted wild life in simple terms, however, I wasn't impressed when he took his 2 year old child into the crocodile enclosure, with him, that was showboating taken to the extreme.
His family have taken over his enthusiasm for wild life, so his legacy goes on.
My late wife was a lover of all wild life things and the Irvins and Attenboroughs etc who presented them on film. And we watched all that stuff together.
She was very upset by the Irivin death. And by the sad interview we saw of his widow.. I think she was American rather than Australian. On camera the young widow was very brave.
I inquired 6 years ago about entry prices to his zoo, Mum, Dad and three offspring classed as adult age, over 16 years.
Nearly $400 to walk through the gate.
Obviously scant regard for "average punters", to quote Sqad.
More so ripping off international tourists based on the "crikey, look at me shows"
$A400 is roughly £200 sterling which does seem a bit high, as for London Zoo, the equivalent for the same number of people would be about £120 sterling.
However, if he can attract that admission fee.......good luck.
No Andy, not boycott as such, I just don't watch it as I'm not that interested.
But if you boycott it then good for you. I read about it and it sounds cruel to me, eating live creatures, at the very least kill it first if you must. I do hope the programme makers get some stick for doing it.