The history of how the British colonial era influenced how Australian wildlife was perceived through denigration, compared to European animals, impacted their future. They were said to be inferior and less evolved. Ashby advocates for a change in how these mammals are viewed based on intensive modern scientific research. He even mentions how a leading French biologist in the 1700s had the same attitude towards American wildlife, calling them stupid, smaller, and lower on the evolutionary scale than European animals. The negative representation of Australian wildlife lasted much longer. Details of slaughter and extinctions are heartbreaking to read. Unfavourable attitudes by colonials did not carry over to other countries where animals were hunted for big game trophies. Owen, Rob (September 2, 2013). "A 'very Fred-ish' birthday for 'Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood' ". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Archived from the original on January 21, 2022 . Retrieved January 8, 2014. Brian Steinberg (July 7, 2015). "PBS Renews 'Daniel Tiger,' 'Odd Squad,' From Fred Rogers Co". Variety.com . Retrieved January 7, 2016.

Music Man Stan (voiced by Jeremiah Sparks) is Miss Elaina's father who owns the Neighborhood Music Shop, one of Daniel's favorite places to visit. He is also a firefighter with Dr. Anna and is in the musical duo "Bread and Jam" with Baker Aker. Music Man Stan is based on the actor Stanley Bennett Clay and his character he played on Christmastime with Mr. Rogers called The Music Man. rowleyj (October 11, 2017). "PBS KIDS Renews "Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood" for a Fourth Season". fredrogers.org . Retrieved July 25, 2018. Nededog, Jethro (July 31, 2011). "Fred Rogers' Legacy Lives on With a 'Mister Rogers' Neighborhood' Animated Spin Off From PBS". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on October 12, 2017 . Retrieved October 27, 2012. Because Ashby is not Australian, I thought he brought a different perspective on Australian fauna. He argued strongly that Australian marsupials and monotremes are not ‘primitive’ animals. He gave due respect and regard to the indigenous views and beliefs about the Australian environment and its animals. Queen Sara Saturday (voiced by Catherine Disher) is King Friday's wife, Prince Tuesday's and Prince Wednesday's mother and Chrissie's aunt. She is a supporting character, not seen as often as the other members of the royal family.O the Owl (voiced by Zachary Bloch in early Season 1, Stuart Ralston from Mid-Season 1-2, Parker Lauzon in Season 3, Benjamin Hum from Season 4-early Season 6 and Ian Ho starting with Mid-Season 6) is a little blue owl with green sneakers who lives with his uncle, X, in the Treehouse, He loves animals and books and has books about everything in his room. His catchphrases are "Hoo hoo!" and "Nifty galifty!" PBS Kids and Fred Rogers Productions Announce Fifth Season of Emmy-Winning Series "Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood" ". The Futon Critic. July 29, 2019. Archived from the original on July 22, 2023 . Retrieved July 30, 2019.

The author is the assistant director of the University Museum of Zoology, Cambridge - one of the UK’s largest and most significant natural history museums. He is also rather enthusiastic about platypuses! He is also pretty enthusiastic about all of Australia’s other mammals too, however the platypus and the wombat definitely seem to be his favourites! Juan Carlos (voiced by Desmond Sivan) is Daniel's pen pal and lives in another neighborhood than Daniel. He is Latino. Henrietta Pussycat (voiced by Teresa Pavlinek) is Katerina's mother. She is a supporting character who shares her love of dancing with her daughter.Notes I made: 3 million feral cats living in Australia kill over 512 million native mammals every year. 1.4 million native animals killed per night. Annual death toll 1.4 billion native animals per year if you include reptiles and birds. Controlling feral cat numbers is an essential part if conservation planning in Australia. In addition 3.8 million pet cats in Australia destroy 230 million native birds reptiles and mammals per year. Cats only bring home 15% of animals they kill. Habitat destruction. Cane toads (released near Cairns in 1935) eat anything smaller than them, and their toxic skin poisons any animals bigger than them. Monitor lizards and predatory ants would be significant predators of cane beetles but themselves are killed by cane toads.