I would post a link, but the site is a little less than Family Friendly...


Steve Irwin Ripped by PETA: Crocodile Hunter 'Cheap Reality Star'
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By Josh Hart
Sep 11, 2006

Steve Irwin has barely been laid to rest but the critics from his enemies already seem to be reveling in the fact that he was killed by an animal. Aussie feminist Germaine Greer got the ball rolling by saying that animals took their revenge on Irwin.


Steve Irwin Ripped by PETA: Crocodile Hunter 'Cheap Reality Star'

"The animal world has finally taken its revenge on Irwin, but probably not before a hole generation of kids in shorts seven sizes too small has learned to shout in the ears of animals with hearing 10 times more acute than theirs, determined to become millionaire animal-loving zoo-owners in their turn," she wrote in a bitter column aimed at getting her publicity.

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Now here comes a member of PETA to pile on.

Jeannette Walls of MSNBC reports that the group's Dan Mathews says that it's "no shock at all" that Irwin died the way he did, and he's also branded Irwin a "cheap reality TV star."

"He made a career out of antagonizing frightened wild animals," says PETA's Mathews, "which is a very dangerous message to send to kids." And Mathews sniffs that Irwin's career wasn't particularly impressive – at least not to him:

"If you compare him with a responsible conservationist like Jacques Cousteau, he looks like a cheap reality TV star."

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Ah - I get it now. This will certainly make me run over to PETA to donate. It's really sad that folks like Greer and Mathews revel in the death of Steve Irwin and then try to use it to their advantage.

But I can't say that it is surprising in the least.
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Now another one, but from PETA themselves...


http://www.helpinganimals.com/f-wildlifewarriors.asp
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Couldn't they at least WAIT another month or so to make things public?????