with Animals

Priscilla Rodriguez Reporting
KNX 1070 NEWSRADIO


NEW YORK (KNX) -- Steve Irwin's daughter, Bindi Irwin, is stepping up to promote her native Australia, adding music to her prowess with animals.

The media-savvy 8-year old, appeared on stage singing about snakes and eagles while fellow cast members held live animals, at Saturday's annual Australia Week tourism promotion.

Megan Meyer,7, was inspired by Bindi's show, ''I want to become a conservationist and go to Australia when I graduate from college.''

Bindi's father was killed by a stingray last fall while filming one of his popular television documents on Australia's Great Barrier Reef.

At the National Press Club Bindi said, she is ready to continue her father's work spreading the wonder of wildlife.

''I'm going to become a wildlife warrior just like he was, Bindi said.