TERRI RAINES WAS BORN IN OREGON USA. HER FATHER OWNED A CONSTRUCTION BUSINESS AND WOULD OFTEN BRING HOME SICK INJURED ANIMALS THAT WERE ON THE ROADSIDE FOR HER TO CARE AND TEND TO. SHE GAINED A GREAT LOVE FOR ANIMALS AND WOULD GO ON TO RUN "COUGAR COUNTRY" A REHAB CENTRE FOR SICK AND INJURED COUGARS AND OTHER LARGE CATS. TERRI CREATED A GREAT BOND WITH A COUGAR CALLED "MALINA" WHO TERRI NURSED AND ATTENDED TO. YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE STEVE AND TERRI HELP TO RELOCATE MALINA IN ONE OF THE CROCODILE HUNTER EPISODES, IT WAS GREAT TO SEE TERRI AND MALINA BROUGHT TOGETHER AGAIN ALTHOUGH MALINA WAS VERY WARY OF TERRI.

SHE THEN WENT ON TO WORK AT A VETERINARY CLINIC WHERE SHE GAINED GREAT SKILLS IN HELPING WILDLIFE, AS WE SEE IN THE CROC HUNTER AND CROC FILES EPISODES. AFTER A WHILE SHE WENT TO AUSTRALIA FOR A HOLIDAY AND THATS WHERE SHE MET THE LITTLE RIPPA KNOWN AS STEVE IRWIN. AFTER A WHIRLWIND ROMANCE THEY GOT MARRIED IN 1992 AND A GREAT TEAM WAS BORN. TERRI PROVES TO BE A FANTASTIC PART OF THE CROCODILE HUNTER PHENOMENON TO THIS DAY, THE COMBINATION OF TERRI AND STEVE IS WHAT REALLY MAKES THE SERIES FANTASTICALLY ENTERTAINING AS WELL AS REALLY EYE OPENING AND INFORMATIVE.

ON THE 24TH OF JULY 1998 AT 9:46PM TERRI GAVE BIRTH TO A LITTLE BEAUTY BY THE NAME OF BINDI SUE IRWIN. APPARENTLY IVE READ THAT STEVE HELPED WITH THE DELIVERY, WHAT A GUY EH??
BINDI SUE WEIGHED A BEAUTIFUL 6lb 3oz AND I THINK WE CAN ALL AGREE THAT IT WONT BE LONG BEFORE SHE IS JUMPING INTO THE ALLIGATOR PENS AND WRANGLING THE FANG SISTERS . SHE WILL CERTAINLY TAKE AFTER HER MOTHER AND FATHER AND DEFINITELY WONT BE SQUEAMISH.