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Steve Irwin's Death and the Ethics of Zoos
from #296 - Selling Moresby | The Tim Dillon Show · #296
3 min
Tim opens from Brisbane near the Steve Irwin Zoo, recounting how Irwin died from a stingray barb, praising him as a conservationist, and pivoting into defending zoos against Whitney Cummings' claims that zoo animals are drugged and tortured.
- Tim opens the final audio-only episode of The Tim Dillon Show from Brisbane, Australia
- Steve Irwin, the Crocodile Hunter, was killed by a stingray barb to the chest at the Great Barrier Reef near Port Douglas
- Tim and his guest are traveling to see the world's oldest rainforest where Steve Irwin died
- Whitney Cummings commented on Tim's Instagram photo at a zoo, calling it the "dark side" because she believes all zoo animals are drugged and tortured daily
- Tim disputes Whitney's claim, saying he's met people like Paul who genuinely care for these animals and work to bring them back from extinction
Steve IrwinWhitney CummingsBrisbaneGreat Barrier ReefWerribee Open Range Zoo