Steve Irwin Quotes

My job, my mission, what I have been put on this planet for is to save wildlife.

Mississippians for the most part appreciate U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service management of our wildlife refuges and other natural resources.

To those who have always wondered how they might best serve the wider world, wildlife conservation is, at its core, one of the purest forms of giving.

That's what the best global conservation organisations and the American government (and other environmentally inclined governments, such as Sweden and the Netherlands) are doing: protecting the remaining wild environment. This is the equivalent of getting a patient to the emergency room - keep them alive and then figure out how to save them.

It is a wonderful honor to receive the Audubon Medal from the National Audubon Society, which for more than a century has fought tirelessly to protect and preserve our natural resources and environment for future generations.

Species conversation is beyond a doubt an issue that truly matters to the American public.

The good news is that real-world hands-on conservation is alive and well and catching on across the America I travel.

I know that Daddy had an important job. He was working to change the world so everyone would love wildlife like he did. He built a hospital to help animals, and he bought lots of land to give animals a safe place to live.

I don't want Daddy's passion to ever end. I want to help endangered wildlife just like he did.

How can you save the rain forests, the planet's wildlife, without funds?

True conservation means protecting the entire habitat.

A decade down the line, I don't want to sit back and think that I didn't do anything to stop disasters like the extinction of certain species.

For us, conservation work isn't just what we do. It's who we are. It's really defined us that this is what we've dedicated our lives to.

It does seem like, in the world today, we've moved further and further away from wildlife. There's that sense of whatever you're scared of, you just want it to go away. Here in Australia Zoo, part of our ongoing plan is that re-connection.

Steve worked tirelessly to promote conservation, wildlife, and the environment, and his work enabled the plight of endangered species to reach a whole new audience.

Love the woods and nature and the water and animals. Stop the BS with poaching and hunting. Preservation is critical.

Actually I do support a charity, DefendersofWildLife.org. They help protect endangered species.

I want my children and my grandchildren to live in a world with clean air, pure drinking water, and an abundance of wildlife, so I've chosen to dedicate my life to wildlife conservation so I can make the world just a little bit better.

With Dad, he was the ultimate wildlife warrior, and we admired him more than anything.

Most Africans don't get to see these wild animals at all. Once they see and learn about them, they are much more likely to become involved in protecting the environment.

The most important thing is to preserve the world we live in. Unless people understand and learn about our world, habitats, and animals, they won't understand that if we don't protect those habitats, we'll eventually destroy ourselves.

I'm for conservation, but it's mostly a con. That's the trouble. It's sentimental. Buy an elephant a drink, a lion an acre.

My belief is that what comes across on the television is a capture of my enthusiasm and my passion for wildlife.

We have vastly increased the amount of funding that is available for conservation partnerships.

When we save the rain forest, the polar bear, and Al Gore, we should party so hard that Canada calls the cops on us for noise.