Many people have created something at least one time but not many people have helped create something as big as a zoo. Steve Irwin grew up in the town of Beerwah, Queensland where he lived with his family. Irwin’s family owned a small reptile zoo. As he was growing up Irwin participated in the Crocodile recollection program of Queensland, Australia. In the early 1990’s Irwin teamed up with a producer named John Stainton to film a documentary. When the documentary was …show more content…
On this show he taught people about wild animals like crocodiles and other reptiles. Although his show was loved by many there were also people who did not like his show. Some would say that he was getting himself too close to danger. This criticism did not stop Irwin from making more episodes for the show. Irwin ran into more critics in 2004 when he was holding his infant while feeding crocodiles. Some people said that it was child abuse, but Steve Irwin claimed that the child was never in any danger. Even more criticism came in when he was allegedly filming too close to animals in Antarctica. The show did not usually get many critics and was loved by almost everyone (“Steve