Updated 04-May-2020.
Mondo shtuff from around the internet, all about TERRI IRWIN!
Terri Irwin defeats huge lawsuit: TERRI Irwin and Australia Zoo have won their battle to defeat a multi-million dollar lawsuit.
My botty best at summarizing from Wikipedia: a native Oregonian from the united states, she began an independent animal rehabilitation center for injured predator mammals at age 22 . she had a chance meeting naturalist Steve Irwin, whose father founded Australia Zoo . they she became a naturalised australia citizen in 2009 . commenting on her childhood, she said: “my friends and I were truly ‘free-range kids’ her family owned a long-haul trucking business . she started a rehabilitation facility to release predator mammals back into the wild . soon she was handling 300 animals each year . she had fifteen cats of her own, several birds and a dog . the Irwins were engaged after only four months, and eight months later, they married in Eugene, Oregon . their first television documentary was filmed on their honeymoon . the couple settled in australia shortly after their wedding . the Irwins had two children: daughter Bindi Sue on July 24, 1998, and son Robert Clarence on December 1, 2003 . the couple married in her native Oregon in 1992 before returning to live in Australia . Terri Ir Steve died after sustaining heart injuries from a short-tail stingray barb which pierced his chest . he was filming an underwater documentary at the time at Batt Reef near Port Douglas in Queensland . his daughter Bindi speaks about her love for her father, for which she receives a standing ovation . she says “and I’ll make Australia Zoo bigger. I will make it bigger… because I promised” Barbara Walters Irwin was invited to the royal Albert hall to award a Special Recognition Award to Sir David Attenborough at the British national television awards . when she came on stage, the entire audience gave her a standing ovation Terri published a memoir, My Steve, about her relationship and marriage with Steve Irwin, in 2007 . in a January 11, 2007 interview with access Hollywood, Terri said “all footage has been destroyed” on march 2, 2008 it the zoo was sued for $2.5 million by a debt collection agency . the lawsuit was later dropped in an out-of-court settlement . Terri: “there’s always the potential to find love again, and Irwin won the 2007 Queensland Telstra Business Women’s Award . she has been awarded an honorary doctorate by the university of qatar for her work in conservation . Irwin, Terri (2007). My Steve. Simon & Schuster Australia. ISBN 978-0-731-81413-8.