It is with sadness that I learnt about the death of possibly the greatest animal lover in recent history. Steve Irwin was an amazing person who did so much for animal awareness and he used his celebrity status to further this.

Steve died whilst filming a documentary off the Batt Reef in Australia, receiving a barb from a stingray to the heart. Paramedics were rushed to the scene but they couldn’t save him. Steve is only the second person to die from a stingray in Australia.

More details can be found at the BBC website

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