Wednesday, September 13, 2006

Steve Irwin, the crocodile hunter and the stingray barb being tortured

Steve Irwin, a very famous TV personality known as the "Crocodile Hunter", was killed while diving in Queensland when a stingray's barb stabbed him in the chest. Stingrays are normally placid, but when they feel under threat, a sharp, poisonous spine in their tail flicks up. Now people are taking their ire on the stingrays and couple of them with their tails cut off have been found in Australia. This is not going in the right spirit that Steve lived his life, since it appears that fans of Steve Irwin may be avenging his death. nearly 10 stingrays have been found mutilated on Queensland beaches. The fishermen who inadvertently catch stingrays sometimes cut off their tails to avoid being stung, but such a practice was uncommon. Two stingrays were found at a beach north of Brisbane with their tails cut off, while eight were found on another beach on Monday, The Australian reported.
That's the last thing Steve would want.
I hope everyone understands his or her duty to protect wildlife now more than ever. This is what Steve was all about.

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