A sad loss to conservation

I can only be referring to the death of Steve Irwin, aka “the Crocodile Hunter”. I was in a Sheffield Hotel last week when I first heard the shocking news. Despite many people’s criticism of the way in which he carried out his work, I still maintain he has done a tremendous amount of good for conservation and wildlife in general. He’s made a great many children interested in nature again and not just cuddly mammals. I think people seem to ignore the fact that he was an entertainer and I think his aussie bloke act was just a way of appealing to the masses. Irwin seemed to have a genuine lust for life and I admire him for that. The world will be a more boring place without him.