What is the Urban Wildlife Society?
Dave Roth: Well, by now it seems like a pigeon protection organization because we devote so much time to their defense. Our mission is also to promote appreciation for all the animals that share the city and suburbs with us. You hear so much about saving the whales and the rainforests, and deservedly so, but, to us a life is a life and the common species warrant concern and compassion as much as any other sentient beings. Our culture seems to overly value rarity. If pigeons were scarce, for example, they would enjoy the same protection as eagles and condors. Just look at what happened to the passenger pigeons. They would darken the sky for hours during their migrations — and now there are none. Hot Look: How did you get involved with wildlife? Dave Roth: I am ashamed to say that I used to take pot shots at the pigeons on my roof. Luckily, I wasn’t trying to be a very good shot. And one day, about five years ago — I don’t remember exactly how it happened — a sweet little pigeon decid
