THE CROCODILE HUNTER (Laura Madrenas)

 

 

 

 

Stephen Robert Irwin was born on 22 February 1962 and died on 4 September 2006. His nickname was "The Crocodile Hunter”.

 He worked in the Australia Zoo founded by his parents, feeding the animals and doing maintenance activities. Stephen with nine years old he was in contact with crocodiles and reptiles.

 He was very famous and he worked on a television program “The Crocodile Hunter”, a wildlife documentary series.

 In 1991, he met Terri Raines, she is from Oregon in the United States. They married in June 1992. They had two children: a daughter and a son.His popularity in the United States promoted Australia as a tourist destination there.

 In 2001, Irwin won the Centenary Medal for his "service to global conservation and to Australian tourism".

He died in 2006, he was filming a program and a stingray killed Steve in Australia’s Great Barrier Reef.