[DaMadman]

well I normally would just close a thread like this on huntchat and not say anything but nah not going to this time. To all that think Irwin was just another Timothy Treadwell, you are very close minded and apparently didn't watch Irwin's show enough to form a VALID opinion.

He was very well informed about the animals he worked with and he lived in the bush for many years catching Croc's and removing them from places that they were considered to be a nuisance and placing them in his parents park. He is no different in one aspect then that Guy named Todd (don't remeber the last name) that is on the Animal Cops show all the time removing nuisance gators down in Florida.

Irwin did on occasion seem to let his love and admiration for animals get a little over zelous but he alway kept his wits about himself in the end.

Also for whom ever said that Rob Bredl was any better/different than Steve Irwin, you need to maybe watch a few more episodes of each... I have seen Bredl get flat out bitten to the point he was spouting blood and act like he did't care one way or the other, I also have seen him get bitten by a poison snake or two, and a crocodile because he was playing to the camera. Don't get me wrong I like Both Rob and Steve's shows and think they are both amazing people.

I just have a hard time believing how close minded some people are... Just because these guys get so overly excited about getting close to wild animals and take risks that you and I wouldn't take doesn't make them fool hearty or wrong. It is what they truely believe in and they are trying to save the animals in their own way.

One last thing.... for whoever heard Steve Irwin bash hunters maybe you should have taken a closer listen. I don't know what he could have said bad because I personally seen an episode where Irwin was boar hunting with dogs to catch and kill wild boars in Autralia to use as food for his crocs or bait for his Croc traps and he also said that the wild boar in Autralia should be hunted because it was a non-native species and was harming the natural environment. So knowing that he said that I am sure that he knows the importance that hunting plays in the overall balance of nature...So I don't know that I believe that he was bashing hunters, as one thing that many people have said about Irwin was his views didn't often change.

Anyway all that is written above is purely and soley the opinion of one and only one person and that is me, with as much fact as I could gather to back my opinion. My opinions often time agree with other's opinions and other times disagree. So take them for what they are worth and since my opinions are free don't complain cause you didn't pay much for them.... LOL