This language has cost Wellons and La Tremouille some support.
Pam Steiner, who describes herself as a long-time environmental activist, got involved after she got a flier from Friends of the White Geese. She even leafleted for a while.
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She still believes in the cause of the geese but now La Tremouille's personal attacks and venomous language have turned her off.
"If people impugn people's motives the way he has, it marginalizes the issue and that's a tragedy," she says. "They can dismiss him as a little bit nutty and that's a shame. It's a poignant issue."