I didn't even know it had caused any damage. "I panned with the camera as the stingray swam away. Sitting in their hotel and finding themselves bored, Steve and his cameraman Justin Lyons and director John Stainton took a small inflatable boat out on Batt Reef off the coast of Port Douglas.ĭuring their outing, he was on the look out for clips that could be used in his then-eight-year-old daughter Bindi's series, Bindi the Jungle Girl. He had travelled to Australia's Great Barrier Reef to shoot scenes for his programme Ocean's Deadliest, but the shoot was called off due to bad weather. In a cruel twist of fate, Steve, 44, was not even supposed to be in the sea that day. The world was shocked and heartbroken when Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin was tragically killed after being stabbed in the heart by a stingray, 15 years ago today.Īn outpouring of grief followed with thousands of his fans visiting Australia Zoo after his death, paying their respects and bringing flowers, candles, stuffed animals and messages of support.Īt least ten stingrays were found dead and mutilated on Australias shores in what was thought to be revenge attacks by his devastated fans - something Michael Hornby, the executive director of Steve's conservation group, Wildlife Warriors, deeply condemned.
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