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She is the widow of Steve Irwin. Born in Oregon , she began working for an independent animal rehabilitation center for injured predator mammals at the age of 22 while working for her family's trucking business. She met her husband Steve while touring wildlife rehabilitation facilities in Australia in The two married in , and went on to co-star in The Crocodile Hunter , their unconventional television nature documentary series and its spin-off series, Croc Files , The Crocodile Hunter Diaries , and Crikey!

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They had two children, Bindi and Robert , before Steve's death in from a stingray injury while filming an underwater documentary. Following Steve's death, Terri became a naturalised Australian citizen in She and her two children continue to operate Australia Zoo. Commenting on her childhood, she said, "My friends and I were truly 'free-range kids.

Winters were spent hoping the Willamette Valley would get snow. Her family owned a long-haul trucking business and, during her childhood, her father constantly brought home injured animals from the highways on which his trucks traveled; this eventually instilled in her an ongoing commitment to saving and rehabilitating wild animals.

Terri joined an emergency veterinary hospital in as a veterinary technician to gain further knowledge on the care and support to all kinds of animals. Her life was very busy, as she was still helping her father run the family business, rehabilitating animals through her Cougar Country, and working at the vet hospital. In addition, she had 15 cats of her own, several birds, and a dog.

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In , Terri visited Australia and there met Steve Irwin. They married eight months after their first meeting. Their first television documentary was filmed on their honeymoon.