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Farewell to Mother Goose?

Leafleting continues at the goose meadow, which La Tremouille calls the geese's "bedroom." But the geese have crossed under the BU bridge and now live along the beach, which he calls their "living room."

That means La Tremouille and his fellow friends of the fowl cannot see the birds when they hand out fliers.

"I miss the geese. I miss people visiting them and showing their children," he laments. "I visit the geese when I go over to feed them."

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Guarding the Gaggle

When she's not leafleting, Wellons works four or five hours every morning writing letters on the geese's behalf. She defends the waterfowl against every charge--from getting in the way of upgrades on the riverbank to being unsanitary and leaving behind toxic droppings.

"There are some people who can't stand goose poop," she says incredulously.

Perhaps ironically, she adds, "But it's a riverbank, not a living room or a golf course."

She insists she "debunked" fears that geese spread illnesses, such as the West Nile virus. She called up a scientist at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and read studies about goose waste.

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