John Stainton in trouble over TV documentary..
Wild side ... John Stainton.
HE'S no stranger to danger, having accompanied Steve Irwin on many of his most dangerous wildlife adventures. Have your say!
However the late Crocodile Hunter's best friend and business partner, John Stainton, is now courting trouble with his latest TV project, documenting Australia's most notorious animal attacks.

Stainton, who witnessed Irwin's death in a stingray attack in September 2006, is now filming Your Worst Animal Nightmares, for The Discovery Channel.

While the series will feature dramatic re-enactments of highly-publicised animal encounters, Stainton has stated he will stay away from Irwin's fatal end on the Great Barrier Reef.

"I can't go there. I definitely cannot go there," he told Confidential.

"But I spoke with Steve a lot about these famous attacks and it's because of him that I know so much about them."

The pilot, which featured the headlined story in 2005 of a young mum who jumped on top of a crocodile north of Cooktown to save her son's friend, impressed TV executives for its sympathetic treatment of the animal.

Proving he hasn't lost the "father nature" title he and Irwin wore proudly, Stainton said the moral of his show's story was about conservation.

"At the end of each episode it is important there is a part of the viewer that has some sympathy for these animals," he said.