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Nov 7, 2022 · Wes Mannion has married his girlfriend Dominique Franks (pictured together in 2019) and started a new career since leaving Australia Zoo in July 2020
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Nov 12, 2022 · Wes Mannion has married his girlfriend Dominique Franks (pictured together in 2019) and started a new career since leaving Australia Zoo in July 2020
- Steve Saved Wes’ Life Once
- Wes and Steve Met at The Zoo & Were Like Brothers
- Wes Helped Film The First Episode of ‘The Crocodile Hunter’
- Wes Said Steves Spirit Lives on in His Children
- Wes Works Closely with The Irwins Every Day
Wes and Steve worked together at the Australia Zoo for more than two decades. As noted by ScreenRant, Wes has talked about the time his friend saved his life several times. The incident happened in 2001 when Wes was attacked by a Saltwater crocodile named Graham. The reptile bit Wes in the thigh and dragged him underwater. When Wes recalled the enc...
Wes met Steve when he was 15 years old in 1985 at Queensland Reptile and Fauna Park, as Australia Zoo was previously called. After seeing Steve with a crocodile named Allison, Wes begged Steve, who was eight years older than him, to allow him to work at the zoo as a volunteer. “He eventually gave in and I knew I had found my calling,” Wes wrote in ...
Knowing Steve since he was 15 years old, Wes was there when Wes met Terri, Steve’s wife and mother of his two children, daughter Bindi and Robert Irwin. Wes recalled that everything chanced when Steve met Terri, who he described as “a young American tourist.” They had a “whirlwind” romance and were soon married. “They had an interesting honeymoon,”...
Ten years after Steves untimely death, Wes wrote that his friends spirit lives on through his two children. Both Bindi and Robert have inherited their fathers love for the outdoors and animals. “It’s hard to believe it’s been 10 years since we lost Steve and these past years have been tough for all of us,” Wes wrote. “He left such a strong impressi...
Wes still works at the Australian Zoo and considers it his life. The Irwins are like his family. “Steve was a ‘now man’,” Wes told the Sunshine Daily Coastin a 2018 article. “Keeping up with him was unbelievable. We’d start each day with a cup of tea and talk about where the zoo was going – the future of the zoo…We know what his dream was.” “The zo...
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Wesley Gene Mannion (born September 1970) is an Australian television personality, best known from the series The Crocodile Hunter as Steve Irwin's best friend and the former director of Australia Zoo.
Terri (right) and Steve Irwin (left) with Wes Mannion (centre) Terri met Steve Irwin in Australia in 1991. [6] In 1991, Terri went on a tour of Australia, and while visiting wildlife rehabilitation facilities, she had a chance meeting with Steve Irwin, whose father had founded Australia Zoo. [6]
May 27, 2021 · Mannion is not only still around thanks to Irwin, but he's also still close to his late best friend's family. In fact, he was one of the few people to attend Bindi Irwin's wedding , per the...
Apr 26, 2018 · The larger-than-life personality that viewers saw in the documentaries and TV series that made Irwin a household name were the real deal, says Irwin’s best friend Wes Mannion, the director of...
