What example have Palmer and Nipper set for the children in the town? How can he tell his experience with Nipper has changed people's lives?

As Palmer is leaving the field with Nipper in his hand, a small children reaches up to touch Nipper's feathers. The child asks his father if he too can have a pigeon for a pet. Perhaps by standing up to the town and for what is right, Palmer has saved Nipper and shown others love for an animal, even a pigeon, is an important thing.