What You Can Do


4 Volunteer to walk a dog, foster a cat, make phone calls or help with shelter paperwork.


4 Spay/neuter pets and consider adopting before shopping at a pet store.


4 Donate to support rehabilitation of an abused animal.


4 Pick up litter, especially harmful in and near waterways.


4 Be a conscious consumer and don’t let factory farm prices influence decisions.


4 Tell companies what is accept- able or not via purchases, emails and phone calls.


4 Lobby politicians to support worthy animal causes.


the loons in New York’s Adirondack Mountains to monitor their exposure to disease and pollution. The mission of the National


Wildlife Federation (NWF) is to use conservation and education to protect present and future wildlife. Of the 410- plus species of mammals in the Unit- ed States, 80 are on the endangered


The 1966 Animal Welfare Act improved the lives of many commercial animals, but more laws are needed.


See SustainableTable.org/ 274/animal-welfare.


species list, reminiscent of the bison that used to number in the millions, but now mostly exist in small bands on private and public lands.


NWF aims to build on the bison


restoration efforts achieved to date (now numbering tens of thousands) by reintroducing them onto more public lands, reservations and pro- tected habitats, and likewise build up populations of other wild threatened and endangered animals. Its programs feature green corridors to give native species a home and mi- grating species a rest stop. “The import-


ant message is not how many species have gone off the list, but how many didn’t go


extinct,” says David Mizejewski, a celebrity naturalist for NWF. “It’s im- portant to understand species require different ecosystems. When we quit draining swamps and rerouting rivers and leave them alone in a proper habitat, alligators will come back. Eagles have fewer young, so it’s not easy for them to recover.” The success in restoring popula- tions of the bald eagle, our national symbol, during the second half of the last century was significant. Measures that included banning the poisonous DDT pesticide that contaminated their food and affected reproduction, improving native habitats and prohib- iting hunting of the bird allowed its removal from the endangered list in 2007. They are still protected by the 1918 Migratory Bird Treaty Act. Another raptor, the peregrine falcon, has adapted to urban living in order to survive. Nests adorn tops of buildings and pigeons are a plentiful food supply.


Bears, moun- tain lions and


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