Bob swore to carry on his son Steve’s work, and nothing will stop him, reports Warren Gibbs.
Out of hospital after his severe heart attack, Bob Irwin says he is ready to get back to doing what he loves.
“I’ll be fighting to protect animals until I draw my very last breath,” is 69-year-old Bob’s motto – which was shared by his late son, Steve.
So it comes as no surprise that his attack is thought to have been triggered by his desperate battle to save the lives of a family of rare southern hairy-nose wombats buried alive by bulldozers in the Mt Lofty Ranges near Adelaide.
For several days, he worked around-the-clock on his hands and knees in scorching heat, trying to free the wombats from a slow and agonising death.
Not long after returning to his Queensland property, Camp Chilli, near Kingaroy, Bob collapsed with chest pain. He was flown to Kingaroy Hospital, then transferred to Brisbane’s Holy Northside Hospital where he had emergency treatment.
By his side were his beloved wife, Judy, and his daughter, Mandy, who told Woman’s Day he is “recovering well”.
Daughter-in-law Terri, currently in the United States, says Bob’s heart attack had given the family a big scare, but adds, “Knowing Bob, he’s as tough as nails, and will be back on his feet in no time.”
Read the full story in this week’s Woman’s Day, on sale March 29, 2010.
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