Here in Australia, as you can imagine, we are being inundated with the news. I think one of the saddest things is that yesterday, less than 4 hours after his death was announced, e-mail "jokes" started doing the rounds.
Very uncool. There were times I thought the bloke was a peanut of the highest order, but on the whole he was doing a fantastic job of educating the public about animal welfare, quarantine issues etc.
A little known fact is that even though he and his organisation had made quite a tidy little sum of money over the years, he and his family were not what you would call rich, due to him donating large sums of money to various animal welfare charities, wildlife preserves, zoos, and the like.
Anyway, from one Aussie, thanks for your kind words regarding another.
By the way, I cannot confirm this, but a mate told me that apparently his 8 year old daughter, Bindi, wants to follow in her old mans footsteps. Now that deserves a resounding
CRIKEY!!!
