The Forest Department is looking for a suitable name for the crocodile breeding centre at Neyyar near Thiruvananthapuram after its attempt to name the centre after naturalist Steve Irvin has suffered setbacks. "Agasthyar is the name that is doing the rounds. Yet, the government is open to suggestions from the public," says Binoy Viswom, Minister for Forest. The government has backtracked from its decision to name the centre as Steve Irwin Crocodile Rehabilitation and Research Centre after Irwin's wife, Terrie Rainnes Irwin, raised objections to it. Irwin died in a stingray attack while shooting a film off the Australian coast in 2006.
The Hindu, 30th April 2009
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