Rob Bredl

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Rob Bredl in 2006

Robert Harold Bredl (born July 18, 1950 in Renmark , Australia ) is an Australian documentary filmmaker, wildlife park owner and reptile specialist . He became known 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 in more than 45 countries around the world. Rob's documentaries have so far been translated into 36 languages. His most famous documentary, Kissing Crocodiles , is shown in over 100 countries around the world on Discovery Channel and National Geographic .

Life

Bredl's parents were Austrian emigrants . Since Rob has been attracted to crocodiles since he was a child, he does not shy away from a close encounter even today and attracts the animals by hitting the surface of the water with a stick. Bredl's father Josef, an Austrian hunter who got a job as a crocodile hunter after arriving in Australia and was thus sent to the north of Australia, was in later years one of the most important snake connoisseurs and catchers in Australia and a python , the Bredl's python ( Morelia bredli ), was named after him.

Thanks to his knowledge of the reptiles , which were too intensely hunted at the time , the Australian crocodile was not exterminated. In the early 1970s, Josef Bredl convinced the Australian government to carry out an animal census. After only about 2,000 crocodiles were sighted, Josef Bredl began to breed crocodiles.

Joseph, his elder son Joe and Rob set up a crocodile farm , the Edward River Station on the Cape York Peninsula . For ten years they hunted crocodiles for breeding with the help of the local Aboriginal people and then released them back into the wild.

In his wildlife documentaries , Rob Bredl presents a wide variety of animals from the Australian outback .

On June 22nd, 2016 Rob was bitten in his hand while feeding a crocodile in his "Blue Planet Park" and after rolling the crocodile several times, he was seriously injured in the leg. His nephew, who was present in the enclosure, rammed a stick into the throat of the animal. This enabled him to loosen the bite on his knee and prevent Rob from being pulled underwater by the 650 kg crocodile. Rob was flown by rescue helicopter to the Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital and treated there.

Barefoot Bushman

Rob Bredl got his nickname "Barefoot Bushman" because he has had the habit of walking around without shoes, both at home and in the bush, for several decades, even when he is hunting crocodiles.

The oldest and original Bredl's Zoo, Bredl's Wonder World of Wildlife, is located in Renmark - South Australia. His Barefoot Bushman Wildlife Park was located in Airlie Beach , Whitsunday Islands in north Queensland . The Bredl family's latest project is located just 50 km south of Airlie Beach in Midge Point. Bredl's Blue Planet is a wildlife sanctuary in which 75 hectares of animals can be observed as if they were in the wild. A huge lake and untouched nature give the impression of a Mini Kakadu National Park .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ OFFICIAL web pages of Rob Bredl the ORIGINAL crocodile man
  2. ^ Barefoot Bushman 'recovering well' after croc attack in Queensland. Retrieved October 7, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Man rides giant crocodiles even after they bit off his hand | 60 minutes Australia. Accessed October 7, 2019 (German).
  4. ↑ Bredls Blue Planet Wildlife Park (English)

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personal data
SURNAME Bredl, Rob
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bredl, Robert Harold (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Australian documentary filmmaker, wildlife park owner and reptile specialist
DATE OF BIRTH July 18, 1950
PLACE OF BIRTH Renmark , Australia