Kagu pigs and dogs. New Caledonia lacked mammals (except for bats) before the arrival of humans, and many of its native species have been negatively affected by introduced mammals. Rats have a big impact on nestlings, accounting for 55% of nestling losses. Kagus also suffer from habitat loss caused by mining and forestry. Concern was first raised about the future of the kagu in 1904. The first concrete evidence of the impact of dogs came when a New Zealand researcher's study population was quickly exterminated by dogs in the 1990s, although suspicions about the importance of dogs and other predators had
Creature Comforts viewers of ITV in 2005. Finally, in a YouGov survey during 2006, "Creature Comforts" topped the list of the United Kingdom's alltime favourite animated or puppet characters used in adverts. The "Creature Comforts" advertisements have now attained a place in popular culture, and are probably better remembered than the original film that spawned them. However, it is claimed that many members of the public mistakenly remember the commercials as advertising gas heating, the main competitor to electricity. The "Creature Comforts" advertisements were produced in the period 1990 to 1992 and in some ways they were indicative of the shape of