PETA has once again found itself on the wrong side of public opinion after sparking a huge backlash from its tweets criticizing the late Steve Irwin, a much-loved TV presenter and wildlife conservationist who passed away in 2006.
The animal rights group decided to go on the attack on what would've been Irwin's 57th birthday after Google chose to honor the wildlife biologists' memory with one of their 'doodles.'
“Today's Google Doodle celebrates Steve Irwin, the legendary Australian wildlife advocate & TV personality whose bravery & passion opened the eyes of millions to the wonders of wildlife," Google tweeted, alongside a sweet tribute picture of the 'crocodile hunter.' People's reactions were overwhelmingly positive, sharing their favorite memories of the lovable larrikin and some saying they were moved to tears.
However, PETA, with their usual smug, contrarian and joy-killing attitude, was having none of it. "Steve Irwin was killed while harassing a ray," they wrote. "He dangled his baby while feeding a crocodile and wrestled wild animals who were minding their own business. Today's Google Doodle sends a dangerous, fawning message. Wild animals are entitled to be left alone in their natural habitats."
Needless to say, people were far from impressed. While there may be a glimmer of a point in PETA's scandalous statement, Irwin did, of course, dramatize his show by getting quite physical with animals at times, his fans were quick to point out the hypocrisy of PETA. Some highlighted the rate at which PETA kills animals in their shelters and their lack of tangible conservation efforts; Irwin and his family founded and maintain a large conservation sanctuary, contributing to the protection and rehabilitation of thousands of animals, while PETA seems to spend more and more time creating divisive and controversial 'awareness' campaigns.
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Steve Irwin's family run Australia Zoo, which was opened by Steve's parents Bob and Lyn back in 1970. Steve had helped his parents since childhood to care for crocodiles and reptiles and to maintain the growing number of animals in the zoo. As Steve's TV show grew in popularity and generated extra funds, Steve and his wife Terri put all money raised from filming and merchandise into conservation and building new exhibits.
Brutus and Pixie is the perfect analogy for this kind of situation.
The TV series was called Crocodile Hunter and Steve co-hosted it with his wife Terri. It debuted on Australian TV screens in 1996 and made its way onto North American television the following year. The show soon became successful in the United States, the UK,and over 130 other countries, almost 500 million people came to be familiar with Steve's unique personality. His enthusiastic presenting style, broad Aussie accent, and catchphrases like "Crikey!" became known all over the world. Sir David Attenborough, the iconic British nature presenter, was also a fan of Steve and credited him for introducing many to the natural world. "He taught them how wonderful and exciting it was, he was a born communicator," he said.
Simple, and to the point, without being nasty or rude. Spot on Mr Hogg. 100% agree.
Steve was incredibly passionate about animals and conservation, and thought that sharing his excitement about the natural world rather than preaching to people was the best way to promote environmental awareness. He was particularly concerned with the conservation of endangered animals and land clearing, which leads to loss of habitat. He considered conservation to be the most important part of his work: "I consider myself a wildlife warrior. My mission is to save the world's endangered species," he once said.
Steve founded the 'Steve Irwin Conservation Foundation,' which became an independent charity and was later renamed 'Wildlife Warriors Worldwide.' He also helped found 'International Crocodile Rescue, 'the 'Lyn Irwin Memorial Fund' (named in memory of his mother, who died in an automobile crash in 2000), and the 'Iron Bark Station Wildlife Rehabilitation Facility.'
On the 4th September 2006, Steve was on location at Batt Reef, near Port Douglas, Australia, filming the documentary series Ocean's Deadliest. In his spare time, Steve decided to snorkel in shallow waters while being filmed, he wanted to help get some footage for his daughter, Bindi, and her television programme.
While swimming in chest-deep water, Steve approached a short-tail stingray from the rear, so he could film it swimming away.
According to the incident's only witness, “All of a sudden [the stingray] propped on its front and started stabbing wildly with its tail. Hundreds of strikes in a few seconds”. Irwin initially believed he only had a punctured lung. However, the stingray's barb pierced his heart, causing him to bleed to death. The stingray's behaviour appeared to have been a defensive response to being boxed in.
Steve's legacy lives on, through his various conservation organisations and his family, who still own and run Australia Zoo. “We want to make sure that his message of wildlife and conservation continues,” his daughter, Bindi, said. “Because he was the world’s greatest conservationist and we never want that message to die.”
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Great post. I just sent them $$ too. https://wildlifewarriors.org.au/support/united-states?givalanche=2pLFS5l
Angela Williams you are wrong! He died because the sting ray was just fine swimming with him until the sting ray got spooked by something and Steve was just in the wrong spot.
Many people are getting really, REALLY fed up with organisations like Peta. While continuously lecturing (pointing that little finger) other people while responsible for enormous scandals themselves. Also the directors of organisations such as these pay themselves HUGE salaries while the company main workforce are volunteers, is a bit cringy. The exact same goes for Greenpeace, Oxfam Novib, Amnesty International, Pink Ribbon to just name a few......
Load More Replies...I just wish people would stop donating any money to PETA so they would die out. Unfortunately there are still people who agree with them.
Full Name I think you mean the 97% is the rubbishy idiot part, and the other 3% is the EXTREMELY hard to find actual good work that they’re supposed to do.
Load More Replies...Well.... they are not ENTIRELY wrong - it is better to just leave wildlife alone, instead of mandhandling it, but, Jeez, bashing Steve Irwing? There are SO MANY aquariums, circusses, zoos, tourist rip-offs where wild animals are kept and tortured for human entertainment, why on earth would you bash on a conservationist whose mission in life was protect wildlife?? PETA is insane.
PETA seem to be doing very little for actual animal welfare other than campaigns.
Load More Replies...Love the comment that PETA is the Westboro Baptist Church of the Vegan world. They really are. And while I give props to the people that go undercover to reveal animal abuse in farming, I also see them as full of c**p. When my husband went vegan, I looked at PETA's list of accidentally vegan food items. Oreos is on the list. I contacted PETA about the sugar in Oreos asking how they verified that it was vegan friendly (most granulated sugar is filtered through cow bone char.) Their response was "We cannot verify that it is not vegan so, therefore, we assume that it is." Excuse me? When the majority of the sugar in the world is non-vegan, you're going to go with the minimal possibility that it's vegan? That's when I realized PETA is made up of a bunch of hypocrites. Send your donations to the Australian Zoo Wildlife Conservation efforts. At least their efforts at animal conservation isn't PETA's equivalent of the Walmart employee that does the minimum to avoid getting fired.
Didn't know that about sugar. Interesting (and yet another reason to avoid processed foods). PETA is so frustrating because they take what is on the surface a noble intention and bastardize it and go about it like complete dickheads which makes them easier to hate than support. Just like SJW's. They're AJW's.
Load More Replies...PETA are hypocrites. Everyone knows their b******t tactics of grabbing attention for themselves. It's quite well-known that they too do things they claim to oppose like setting kill shelters and s**t because they "can't handle the number of animals rescued" (so they claim. google it. you'll know what i mean.). PETA is nothing but a greedy organization that will do anything to get people to donate and their so-called "causes" to glorify their own names. As an animal-lover myself, I think that PETA is a disgrace to all the other good and legitimate animal protection non-profits out there. PETA is nothing more than a scam and their sweet "lip-service" are nothing more than mere lies about their real goals, which is to just get their name out there and get money from folks foolish enough to fall for their little acts.
I just want to say that PETA doesn't represent all vegans. I am vegan and I hate them as much if not more than you all. I also hate that people think they are representing my beliefs when they aren't.
PETA doesn't even meet their own standards for running an animal shelter. That's how hypocritical they are.
At the core, PETAs true intention is for complete separation of humans and animals. That means no more pets. They truly do not care for the well-being of pets as they want to eradicate them.
Load More Replies...I ca't tell you how much I hate PETA and can't wait for the organization to croak. They choose the dumbest hills to die on, don't even practice what they preach, and are just trash all around
I transcribe images for the blind on Reddit (/r/TranscribersOfReddit) and so many of them this weekend were PETA vs Steve Irwin conversations this weekend. Pretty big of them to pick on a guy who can't defend himself. I wonder if they realize how much credibility they lose doing this sort of thing. You're not helping animals if your taking a heaping dump on the very people who do dedicate their lives to actually helping animals.
They have no credibility, except among the credulous. PETA is a scam,founded so someone would never have to work.
Load More Replies...From trying to rubbish the reputation of Steve Irwin, to trying to get the town of Wool (which is actually Old English for well) to change its name to Vegan Wool, to trying to get a roadside memorial erected to a few chickens that died in a road accident, to countless other stupidities, PETA have shown themselves to be utterly and completely moronic.
I just read a "what conspiracy theory could actually be true" thread on Reddit, and someone mentioned Peta actually being organized opposition by the meat industry, designed to make animal rights activists look bad. That's beginning to sound reasonable to me.
Load More Replies...PETA is getting to be like Rita Skeeter now.... Rita once accused Newt Scamander of not caring about animals and using Magizoology as an excuse for Dumbledore's "Spy Missions" PETA is accusing Steve Irwin of exploiting animals for publicity Both wonder why they're hated by nearly everyone. Sorry for the bookish references, but that's what I thought of.
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Load More Replies...Animal rights group as in "Every animal has a right to die." They kill some 1900 healthy animals per year. Just search "Peta kills animals."
PETA needs to go f**k itself with those eggplant & cucumber penises they advertised in their "masculinity" ad! Love how everyone has come together to defend Steve Irwin- as sign that we humans can agree on something & unite!
I do hope this will open people's eyes & learn that circuses & zoos are not evil demons that organisations like Peta have painted them out to be , zoos & circuses are so important more so now then ever since so many people don't seen to understand that the wild isn't a happy magical and most animals these days have very short lifes and very little wild left
I have always DESPISED PETA but what they said about Steve Irwin crossed many lines. I grew up watching him and I wanted to be just like him when I grew up. I try my best to ensure animal rights are heard, support no kill shelters, and do everything in my power to help protect the environment, PETA just preaches about doing while throwing blood on innocent bystanders, wearing leather and real fur, and pushing their beliefs on everyone while criticizing what they are doing wrong. I have always said they are evil and I stand by it.
*reads title* HOW F**KING DARE YOU PETA, DON'T YOU DARE CRITICISE THE AUSSIE KING *screams violently to the moon* (excuse my French I'm PISSED)
I supported PETA years ago, but they got too extreme for my tastes. I avoid them as much as possible - I rarely sign their petitions because I don't want any association with 'em.
PETA stands for: P- Pinhead E- Extermist T- Taunting A- Alliance Prove.Me.Wrong. the following comment was a promotion for the #DeletePETA society: the internet.
Who is funding PETA? Where do they get the money from? Does anyone know?
It has been YEARS since I had even a modicum of respect for PETA. For the longest time now, they've been in the "conservation game" just for the shock value of their 'pronouncements' - and as a front for animal murderers (else the vast majority of all their "rescues" would actually still be alive). These days they really should be reclassified as an animal hate group.
PETA just needs to die. They wanna kill the animals, how about start with yourselves.
Steve Irwin is like the Bob Ross of animals. He was a good man that everyone loves. (Unless you're PETA the perra)
PETA should be disbanded. Isn't it time to disband when everyone knows what a profit-seeking, animal-killing bunch of lying, evil, $#!*-eating vermin you are?
I'm a hardline vegan, vegan protester and animal rescue worker and i think Steve Irwin was a great guy, he clearly loved the animals like they were his family, i didn't enjoy the idiots killing stingrays after his death because that's the last thing he would of wanted. He respected the animals and made it clear how dangerous they were, ideally i don't like seeing any animals in zoos etc but i have been to the Australian one and it was a lovely, big, happy looking place with healthy looking animals. RIP Steve Irwin, RIP PETA as a respectable animal rights campaigner, this vegan doesn't like you anymore. PETA have really lost it man, i used to respect them, i have read a lot of horrible stuff they have done in the past, killing pets etc.
Zoos are necessary in our current society. Unless you want to see every animal vanish from the earth, people need to see them in person. Otherwise they can't relate to them, and don't care if they're killed off. How many can afford a safari, as opposed to a zoo? Too many landlords now ban pets, and the instances of animal cruelty are rising. Not to mention zoos keep a genetic diversity for endangered species, and several zoos are now sending individuals to bolster species in the wild. They also provide a home for animals who, for whatever reason, cannot be returned to the wild, and otherwise would be killed.
Load More Replies...PETA is more like a corporation than a charity. You will often see them making controversial posts and articles because they have found the secret to success. There is no such thing as "bad publicity." The more vile and controversial acts they do, the more attention they receive. Just look at 45. He has proven that this is the absolute truth.
Goddammit Freakin Peta. Do you want to know a sure fire way to get literally everyone to hate you even more than they did before? Insult freakin STEVE IRWIN! Go jump in a lake stupid fruitcake of an animal ‘rights group’.
he was not harassing the stingray, the stingrays in the area were larger specimens so they attracted sharks, causing them to be skittish. steve came from behind them so all they saw was a shadow, thinking he was a shark one struck him. steve was a good person, you, PETA, are not.
can we not forget that Peta wants to kill all pitbulls do to the fact they believe there agressive. ahhhhh if I could I would kill everybody that works and supports peta's Bs and save all the animals they have left in there place.
I've read alot about PETA's scandals.. and i live on the other side of the planet.. why people still donate to them?
I think some people still whole-heartedly believe PETA's lies. They either live in ignorance of the truth, or they refuse to believe the truth.
Load More Replies...CAUTION VERY GRAPHIC !!!!!!!! https://au.news.yahoo.com/kids-visibly-upset-peta-cook-dog-barbecue-central-sydney-protest-012828971.html they did that just recently in Sydney , I never had really taken notice of them before, but to do something so vile in a public place, kids etc. We are not as protesty, demonstrations with shock tactics here, I doubt anyones fur ever got paint splattered in Australia...so to us that abomination was devastating.
I was so horrified when I heard about that. They say we should be kind to animals, yet they pull that s**t on us. Yeah, okay, Peta!
Load More Replies...Steve Irwin is my idol and when I heard about this I lost my composure
Steve Irwin taught me how to pick up a crocodile. i am proud to have watched how he did as much as possible to preserve wildlife, and yes- he did manhandle animals, but at least he actually cared about them...
Animal euthanasia is wrong. Animal euthanasia is wrong. Animal euthanasia is wrong. Animal euthanasia is wrong.
Steve Irwin was clearly an enthusiastic supporter and defender of wildlife. But as someone with years of experience working in Africa with wildlife, as a safari guide and in various animal programs, I can say that he took many, many unnecessary risks with wild animals. I had seen maybe a couple of his shows when I told my family that he would die doing what he did, because he did not exercise enough caution. That is not to detract from all the wonderful things he did, and the passion he had for his work. But anybody with exotic/wild animal experience could have predicted that he was going to get himself killed, and sadly, it happened. I still think he has left a positive and happy legacy for years to come.
My favorite shot of all his shows was the bearded dragon who jumped up and bit him on the nose...
Load More Replies...peta sucks, and from now on, I refuse to capitalize their letters, because they don’t deserve any respect for their foul practices, in the name of saving pets and animals!
Wouldn't it be cool if PETA put this much time and energy towards something like homeless people or starving children?
https://media1.tenor.com/images/28ecbdee5376df25acdf32304c3ebd02/tenor.gif?itemid=5237865 PETA summarized
While I am really not a fan of PETA (who is anyways?) I do not this that people like Irwin set a good example. Handling wild animals is not only dangerous for us but it is also very harmful for the animal, who gets unnecesary stress and can be hurted in the process. I know that he probably ment well but a 'hands off' aproach should he better to promote conservation.
Well, if I remember correctly he told people not to mess with wild animals without special training
Load More Replies...Dragging animals around on talk-shows is not good in any way, they should be left alone.
I personally am a proud card-carrying member of People for the Eating of Tasty Animals
PETA lies to get money. They are ignorant and theyb don't give a c**p about animal welfare.
Load More Replies...pretty sad that PETA are know for killing 3,017 animals and Irwin has never killed a single one.
Load More Replies...Keeping a wild animal as a pet is wrong, I can agree with that, but you need to look up the meaning of "harassment".
Load More Replies...C´mon man, now is not the time, for once join us in this fight, and forget about the trolling.
Load More Replies...Many people are getting really, REALLY fed up with organisations like Peta. While continuously lecturing (pointing that little finger) other people while responsible for enormous scandals themselves. Also the directors of organisations such as these pay themselves HUGE salaries while the company main workforce are volunteers, is a bit cringy. The exact same goes for Greenpeace, Oxfam Novib, Amnesty International, Pink Ribbon to just name a few......
Load More Replies...I just wish people would stop donating any money to PETA so they would die out. Unfortunately there are still people who agree with them.
Full Name I think you mean the 97% is the rubbishy idiot part, and the other 3% is the EXTREMELY hard to find actual good work that they’re supposed to do.
Load More Replies...Well.... they are not ENTIRELY wrong - it is better to just leave wildlife alone, instead of mandhandling it, but, Jeez, bashing Steve Irwing? There are SO MANY aquariums, circusses, zoos, tourist rip-offs where wild animals are kept and tortured for human entertainment, why on earth would you bash on a conservationist whose mission in life was protect wildlife?? PETA is insane.
PETA seem to be doing very little for actual animal welfare other than campaigns.
Load More Replies...Love the comment that PETA is the Westboro Baptist Church of the Vegan world. They really are. And while I give props to the people that go undercover to reveal animal abuse in farming, I also see them as full of c**p. When my husband went vegan, I looked at PETA's list of accidentally vegan food items. Oreos is on the list. I contacted PETA about the sugar in Oreos asking how they verified that it was vegan friendly (most granulated sugar is filtered through cow bone char.) Their response was "We cannot verify that it is not vegan so, therefore, we assume that it is." Excuse me? When the majority of the sugar in the world is non-vegan, you're going to go with the minimal possibility that it's vegan? That's when I realized PETA is made up of a bunch of hypocrites. Send your donations to the Australian Zoo Wildlife Conservation efforts. At least their efforts at animal conservation isn't PETA's equivalent of the Walmart employee that does the minimum to avoid getting fired.
Didn't know that about sugar. Interesting (and yet another reason to avoid processed foods). PETA is so frustrating because they take what is on the surface a noble intention and bastardize it and go about it like complete dickheads which makes them easier to hate than support. Just like SJW's. They're AJW's.
Load More Replies...PETA are hypocrites. Everyone knows their b******t tactics of grabbing attention for themselves. It's quite well-known that they too do things they claim to oppose like setting kill shelters and s**t because they "can't handle the number of animals rescued" (so they claim. google it. you'll know what i mean.). PETA is nothing but a greedy organization that will do anything to get people to donate and their so-called "causes" to glorify their own names. As an animal-lover myself, I think that PETA is a disgrace to all the other good and legitimate animal protection non-profits out there. PETA is nothing more than a scam and their sweet "lip-service" are nothing more than mere lies about their real goals, which is to just get their name out there and get money from folks foolish enough to fall for their little acts.
I just want to say that PETA doesn't represent all vegans. I am vegan and I hate them as much if not more than you all. I also hate that people think they are representing my beliefs when they aren't.
PETA doesn't even meet their own standards for running an animal shelter. That's how hypocritical they are.
At the core, PETAs true intention is for complete separation of humans and animals. That means no more pets. They truly do not care for the well-being of pets as they want to eradicate them.
Load More Replies...I ca't tell you how much I hate PETA and can't wait for the organization to croak. They choose the dumbest hills to die on, don't even practice what they preach, and are just trash all around
I transcribe images for the blind on Reddit (/r/TranscribersOfReddit) and so many of them this weekend were PETA vs Steve Irwin conversations this weekend. Pretty big of them to pick on a guy who can't defend himself. I wonder if they realize how much credibility they lose doing this sort of thing. You're not helping animals if your taking a heaping dump on the very people who do dedicate their lives to actually helping animals.
They have no credibility, except among the credulous. PETA is a scam,founded so someone would never have to work.
Load More Replies...From trying to rubbish the reputation of Steve Irwin, to trying to get the town of Wool (which is actually Old English for well) to change its name to Vegan Wool, to trying to get a roadside memorial erected to a few chickens that died in a road accident, to countless other stupidities, PETA have shown themselves to be utterly and completely moronic.
I just read a "what conspiracy theory could actually be true" thread on Reddit, and someone mentioned Peta actually being organized opposition by the meat industry, designed to make animal rights activists look bad. That's beginning to sound reasonable to me.
Load More Replies...PETA is getting to be like Rita Skeeter now.... Rita once accused Newt Scamander of not caring about animals and using Magizoology as an excuse for Dumbledore's "Spy Missions" PETA is accusing Steve Irwin of exploiting animals for publicity Both wonder why they're hated by nearly everyone. Sorry for the bookish references, but that's what I thought of.
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Load More Replies...Animal rights group as in "Every animal has a right to die." They kill some 1900 healthy animals per year. Just search "Peta kills animals."
PETA needs to go f**k itself with those eggplant & cucumber penises they advertised in their "masculinity" ad! Love how everyone has come together to defend Steve Irwin- as sign that we humans can agree on something & unite!
I do hope this will open people's eyes & learn that circuses & zoos are not evil demons that organisations like Peta have painted them out to be , zoos & circuses are so important more so now then ever since so many people don't seen to understand that the wild isn't a happy magical and most animals these days have very short lifes and very little wild left
I have always DESPISED PETA but what they said about Steve Irwin crossed many lines. I grew up watching him and I wanted to be just like him when I grew up. I try my best to ensure animal rights are heard, support no kill shelters, and do everything in my power to help protect the environment, PETA just preaches about doing while throwing blood on innocent bystanders, wearing leather and real fur, and pushing their beliefs on everyone while criticizing what they are doing wrong. I have always said they are evil and I stand by it.
*reads title* HOW F**KING DARE YOU PETA, DON'T YOU DARE CRITICISE THE AUSSIE KING *screams violently to the moon* (excuse my French I'm PISSED)
I supported PETA years ago, but they got too extreme for my tastes. I avoid them as much as possible - I rarely sign their petitions because I don't want any association with 'em.
PETA stands for: P- Pinhead E- Extermist T- Taunting A- Alliance Prove.Me.Wrong. the following comment was a promotion for the #DeletePETA society: the internet.
Who is funding PETA? Where do they get the money from? Does anyone know?
It has been YEARS since I had even a modicum of respect for PETA. For the longest time now, they've been in the "conservation game" just for the shock value of their 'pronouncements' - and as a front for animal murderers (else the vast majority of all their "rescues" would actually still be alive). These days they really should be reclassified as an animal hate group.
PETA just needs to die. They wanna kill the animals, how about start with yourselves.
Steve Irwin is like the Bob Ross of animals. He was a good man that everyone loves. (Unless you're PETA the perra)
PETA should be disbanded. Isn't it time to disband when everyone knows what a profit-seeking, animal-killing bunch of lying, evil, $#!*-eating vermin you are?
I'm a hardline vegan, vegan protester and animal rescue worker and i think Steve Irwin was a great guy, he clearly loved the animals like they were his family, i didn't enjoy the idiots killing stingrays after his death because that's the last thing he would of wanted. He respected the animals and made it clear how dangerous they were, ideally i don't like seeing any animals in zoos etc but i have been to the Australian one and it was a lovely, big, happy looking place with healthy looking animals. RIP Steve Irwin, RIP PETA as a respectable animal rights campaigner, this vegan doesn't like you anymore. PETA have really lost it man, i used to respect them, i have read a lot of horrible stuff they have done in the past, killing pets etc.
Zoos are necessary in our current society. Unless you want to see every animal vanish from the earth, people need to see them in person. Otherwise they can't relate to them, and don't care if they're killed off. How many can afford a safari, as opposed to a zoo? Too many landlords now ban pets, and the instances of animal cruelty are rising. Not to mention zoos keep a genetic diversity for endangered species, and several zoos are now sending individuals to bolster species in the wild. They also provide a home for animals who, for whatever reason, cannot be returned to the wild, and otherwise would be killed.
Load More Replies...PETA is more like a corporation than a charity. You will often see them making controversial posts and articles because they have found the secret to success. There is no such thing as "bad publicity." The more vile and controversial acts they do, the more attention they receive. Just look at 45. He has proven that this is the absolute truth.
Goddammit Freakin Peta. Do you want to know a sure fire way to get literally everyone to hate you even more than they did before? Insult freakin STEVE IRWIN! Go jump in a lake stupid fruitcake of an animal ‘rights group’.
he was not harassing the stingray, the stingrays in the area were larger specimens so they attracted sharks, causing them to be skittish. steve came from behind them so all they saw was a shadow, thinking he was a shark one struck him. steve was a good person, you, PETA, are not.
can we not forget that Peta wants to kill all pitbulls do to the fact they believe there agressive. ahhhhh if I could I would kill everybody that works and supports peta's Bs and save all the animals they have left in there place.
I've read alot about PETA's scandals.. and i live on the other side of the planet.. why people still donate to them?
I think some people still whole-heartedly believe PETA's lies. They either live in ignorance of the truth, or they refuse to believe the truth.
Load More Replies...CAUTION VERY GRAPHIC !!!!!!!! https://au.news.yahoo.com/kids-visibly-upset-peta-cook-dog-barbecue-central-sydney-protest-012828971.html they did that just recently in Sydney , I never had really taken notice of them before, but to do something so vile in a public place, kids etc. We are not as protesty, demonstrations with shock tactics here, I doubt anyones fur ever got paint splattered in Australia...so to us that abomination was devastating.
I was so horrified when I heard about that. They say we should be kind to animals, yet they pull that s**t on us. Yeah, okay, Peta!
Load More Replies...Steve Irwin is my idol and when I heard about this I lost my composure
Steve Irwin taught me how to pick up a crocodile. i am proud to have watched how he did as much as possible to preserve wildlife, and yes- he did manhandle animals, but at least he actually cared about them...
Animal euthanasia is wrong. Animal euthanasia is wrong. Animal euthanasia is wrong. Animal euthanasia is wrong.
Steve Irwin was clearly an enthusiastic supporter and defender of wildlife. But as someone with years of experience working in Africa with wildlife, as a safari guide and in various animal programs, I can say that he took many, many unnecessary risks with wild animals. I had seen maybe a couple of his shows when I told my family that he would die doing what he did, because he did not exercise enough caution. That is not to detract from all the wonderful things he did, and the passion he had for his work. But anybody with exotic/wild animal experience could have predicted that he was going to get himself killed, and sadly, it happened. I still think he has left a positive and happy legacy for years to come.
My favorite shot of all his shows was the bearded dragon who jumped up and bit him on the nose...
Load More Replies...peta sucks, and from now on, I refuse to capitalize their letters, because they don’t deserve any respect for their foul practices, in the name of saving pets and animals!
Wouldn't it be cool if PETA put this much time and energy towards something like homeless people or starving children?
https://media1.tenor.com/images/28ecbdee5376df25acdf32304c3ebd02/tenor.gif?itemid=5237865 PETA summarized
While I am really not a fan of PETA (who is anyways?) I do not this that people like Irwin set a good example. Handling wild animals is not only dangerous for us but it is also very harmful for the animal, who gets unnecesary stress and can be hurted in the process. I know that he probably ment well but a 'hands off' aproach should he better to promote conservation.
Well, if I remember correctly he told people not to mess with wild animals without special training
Load More Replies...Dragging animals around on talk-shows is not good in any way, they should be left alone.
I personally am a proud card-carrying member of People for the Eating of Tasty Animals
PETA lies to get money. They are ignorant and theyb don't give a c**p about animal welfare.
Load More Replies...pretty sad that PETA are know for killing 3,017 animals and Irwin has never killed a single one.
Load More Replies...Keeping a wild animal as a pet is wrong, I can agree with that, but you need to look up the meaning of "harassment".
Load More Replies...C´mon man, now is not the time, for once join us in this fight, and forget about the trolling.
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