Debate over croc hunter's death video
Croc hunter's last moments filmed
Will ratings trump `bad taste' factor?

Toronto Star Sep. 6, 2006 (pg A4)
STUART LAIDLAW FAITH AND ETHICS REPORTER

Crocodile hunter Steve Irwin always told his film crews to keep the cameras rolling no matter what happened during his death-defying antics — even if he was being killed.

And that's just what they did.

The trouble is, he never explicitly said what to do with the footage — and that's sparked an international debate after his team revealed yesterday they had caught Irwin's fatal encounter with a stingray on film on the Great Barrier Reef the day before.

"It's a very hard thing to watch because you're actually witnessing somebody die ... it's terrible," his manager John Stainton told reporters."

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