Carry on the legacy.
The wild liar out there.
Join us from animal planet.
Terry and robin Irwin from the
Australia zoo.
Good to see you.
Let's start off with how are you
doing?
>> It's definitely a pretty
tough time for every one in
Australia.
The entire country sort of in a
bit of a crisis mode at the
moment.
For the wildlife it's a pretty
catastrophic era that we're
entering.
We have just treated our 90,000
patient over the years.
Those numbers are really rising.
>> Your zoo has saved more than
90,000 animals.
You're doing incredible work.
It's also about getti the
animals to the hospital and
transporting them.
>> People have been incredible.
People with flying planes have
been flying animals up to
queensland.
We had some fires in November
but now the sunshine coast in
queensland is free from fires.
It's a safe haven.
Interestingly enough fruit bats
are able to fly away if fire but
not baby fruit bats.
We've gotten nearly 700 orphaned
fruit bats delivered.
We're frantically building new
facilities and supplies to take
care of these bats.
The kaola facility at our
hospital is full.
People have been amazing in
America.
Continuing to provide shelter
and food and medicine to these
beautiful animals.
>> We love you because you guy's
heart are so big.
I know this has to be
heartbreaking for you guys.
You're living it.
You're not watching the images.
You're seeing and helping the
animals first hand.
How are you guys doing?
>> Yeah, it's definitely really,
really heartbreaking for us.
For us it's a family, our
mission and our goal has always
been to continue the wildlife
work that dad starts so many
years ago.
I think if he were here today he
would be in a lot of distress
about what's going on.
We feel like we're doing
everything we can but it's hard
not to feel hopeless with
everything that's happening.
I think Australians are amazing.
We will get through it.
It will an on going issue but
we're just trying our best.
>> You guys were the talk of the
golden globes last night.
A lot of celebrities putting
their money where their mouth
is.
What does this mean to you guys?
>> It's incredible to see so
many people stepping up and
particularly from America.
Every one has such big hearts
and are so willing to help and
make a difference.
We've had firefighters come
toefr be on the front line from
America to protect lives and
homes and we've had donations
coming in so that we can respond
rapidly.
Our hospital costsrdinarily
about $2.5 million a year to
run.
We're needing extra hundreds of
thousands of dollars to cope
with this crisis.
America has stepped up.
Thank you for being there when
Australia has needed you.
>> What might you say to those
people at home who are trying to
figure out what they can do to
help.
What might you say to them?
>> There's definitely a lot of
organizations really important
that they should be supporting
if you do want to help.
Those local firefighters need
the help so much as best as you
can but for wildlife if you're
interested in donating,
wildlife.org is our charity and
all that money goes back into
helping animals here at the
hospital but if you want to
donate, definitely there's a lot