Rob Bredl
Robert Harold Bredl ( born July 18, 1950 in Renmark, Australia) is an Australian documentary filmmaker, wildlife park owner and reptile specialist. He became famous for his numerous documentary series Killer Instinct (53 episodes), Deadly Predators (10 episodes ) and The Barefoot Bushman (8 episodes ). His documentaries are broadcast on TV stations worldwide in more than 45 countries. Rob's documentaries have been translated into 36 languages . His most famous documentary film, Kissing Crocodiles, is shown in more than 100 countries on Discovery Channel and National Geographic.
Life
Bredl `s parents were Austrian emigrants. As Rob felt attracted since early childhood of crocodiles, he also discourages today before an encounter at close range does not return and attracts the animals, by striking the surface with a stick. Bredl `s father Joseph, an Austrian hunters was assigned a job as a crocodile hunters after arriving in Australia and was therefore sent to the north of Australia, was in later years as one of the foremost snake expert and catcher of Australia and a python, the Bredl 's Python (Morelia bredli ), was named after him.
His knowledge of the dwindling numbers of the then much too hunted reptiles, it is thanks to them that the Australian crocodile has not been eradicated. In the early 1970s convinced Josef Bredl the Australian government to conduct a census of the animals. After only about 2,000 crocodiles have been spotted more, Josef Bredl began to breed crocodiles.
Joseph, his elder son Joe and Rob founded a crocodile farm, the Edward River Station on the Cape York Peninsula. They hunted for ten years with the help of the local Aboriginal crocodiles for breeding to this then suspend again in the wild.
In his wildlife documentaries Rob Bredl presents a wide variety of animals from the Australian outback.
Barefoot Bushman
Rob Bredl has his nickname " Barefoot Bushman " because he has a habit of being both at home and in the bush, even if he is to catch crocodile, always go without shoes for several decades.
The oldest and original Bredl `s zoo Bredl 's Wonder World of Wildlife is set in Renmark - South Australia. His Barefoot Bushman Wildlife Park was located in Airlie Beach, Whitsunday Islands in north Queensland. The most recent project of Bredl family is located just 50 km south of Airlie Beach in Midge Point. Bredl 's Blue Planet is a Wildlife Sanctuary in the 75 acres of animals can be observed as in the wild. A huge lake and the pristine nature to give the impression of a mini Kakadu National Park.