Bindi Irwin, daughter of the late Steve “Crocodile Hunter” Irwin, is now 16 years old. Eight years after her famous father’s tragic death, Bindi is determined to keep his legacy of animal conservation alive.
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Bindi is currently in her final year of school, studying Business and Tourism. She plans to work full time at Australia Zoo when she finishes.
Bindi’s Instagram, where she posts about her father from time to time, has over 220,000 followers. It’s clear that Steve had a big impact on the teenager’s life.
“With dad, he was the ultimate wildlife warrior and we admired him more than anything,” Bindi said.
“I have spent my entire life living in a zoo, which is pretty crazy. Not many kids get to say that.”
“It took me until I was about three years old to realize that we didn’t just come to the zoo every day, that we actually lived here,” she recalled.
“I remember he gave me a piece of advice that has stuck with me forever…”
“If you treat animals how you want to be treated, you’re a lot better off,” she said.
Bindi first appeared on television shows at the age of two. She has even hosted her own wildlife documentary for kids called “Bindi the Jungle Girl”.
“When [Irwin] was working with venomous snakes or cheetahs, he just treated them in a [certain] way,” the teen said.
“It was never trying to overpower them or anything like that,” she added.
“He was just loving them,” she recalled.
“And he was teaching other people about how beautiful they are.”
“Telling people how to respect snakes and respect crocodiles and to love them.”
“And I think if you go about it with that kind of attitude, it’s brilliant,” she said.
Beautifully said. Your father would be proud, Bindi.
