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“Steve was a great example for all of us,” Terri said of her late husband. “We all say live every day and live life to its fullest — he really did. And although there’s no word for it in the English language, he was the opposite of a procrastinator. He did everything now.”
“In following his lead and being inspired by everything he stood for, first of all, he’d probably be devastated,” she continued. “Second of all, he’d probably be down there fighting fires!”
“Definitely, yeah, I think so!” Robert said in agreement with his mom.
As of Wednesday, experts said the fires burning across Australia have likely left more than one billion animals dead, according to Today.
Ecologists from the University of Sydney believe 800 million total mammals, birds and reptiles have died in the state of New South Wales since September. That massive number includes a third of the New South Wales koala population.
To learn more about how you can join the Irwins in their Wildlife Efforts, visit wildlifewarriors.org.
