1. Cher’s Response to my Post on her last Communication
2. My own limitations in context with the true rottenness of the Cambridge Machine.
3. How are they feeding the geese?
1. Cher’s Response to my Post on her last Communication
Cher responds, with minimal editing.
Note that this is not a normal situation. The situation in Cambridge with the corrupt Cambridge Machine lying that it is doing what decent people would do and thus preventing action is a very unusual situation.
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God Bless you Bob, and thank you so much. I am actually crying now as I read your copy because I am so unable to accomplish anything myself. I thank you every so much. I have a question, tho, how are they feeding the geese? I mean where are they fed etc. Do you know the routine? What will become of them traversing the streets like that?
You are well aware of the plight of Canadian Geese and how they are in small flocks all over the US. They move about from even the tiniest pool or water in scraps of grass anywhere even in the middle of Boston, and cities like that which are heavily trafficked. It hurts me to see them. It honestly hurts my soul an my heart and it the same when I see the white geese, even wild turkeys.
I plan to go to surrounding waterways looking for the swans I cared for. If they are there they will come to me. There are mute swans at every saltwater area that has a fresh water inlet eg Medford, Winthrop etc etc etc.
I am so happy that we have you Bob. I feel terrible and wish I could do more. I don’t want the geese to suffer nor the swans nor anything. I know it is life but that doesn’t mean you turn your back in apathy to it. You know all of this. G I should never write at night as I have told you before as I tend to ramble on and on and on. Bless you Bob.
2. My own limitations in context with the true rottenness of the Cambridge Machine.
Thank you, Cher, for your kind words. But we all are limited in what we can do. One trouble is that a lot of people make money out of environmental destruction and heartless animal abuse. A lot of such people are major parts of the Cambridge Machine.
I honestly do not know the details of how the Charles River White Geese are being fed. I spend many hours on environmental communications. The reality is that if I, also, feed the geese, they would be killed in the long run.
This is because of the corruption of the City of Cambridge and the State Bureaucracy. More than that, it is because of the corrupt Cambridge Machine, lying that it is on the side of decency, and maneuvering people away from the things which need to be done. By lying that it is doing the right thing and maneuvering people away, this reprehensible organization is responsible for mass animal killing, animal abuse, and mass environmental destruction.
Folks who would like to help feed the Charles River White Geese are encouraged to visit their Destroyed Nesting Area and talk with Charles River Urban Wilds Initiative folks feeding them. The Destroyed Nesting Area is on the north bank of the Charles River in Cambridge, MA, immediately east of the BU Bridge.
Folks who would like to help with political matters are encouraged to email me at boblat@yahoo.com. Much more important, however, is money, money, money. Standing up to a well established tradition of corruption costs money. Please give.
At the top of our blog at charlesriverwhitegeeseblog.blogspot.com is a Donate button. We are set up with PayPal to accept contributions through them. They accept all major credit cards, but do charge a processing fee. Last time I used it, the fee was $1.00. Direct mail of checks made out to Friends of the White Geese to Robert J. La Trémouille, PO Box 391412, Cambridge, MA 02139, is a little more old fashioned but very effective. Thank you.
3. How are they feeding the geese?
I cannot specifically say. I cannot directly participate, but I have done what I can on occasion.
The Charles River White Geese are fed once or twice a day. They bring food to the Destroyed Nesting Area for the benefit of the Charles River White Geese and other needy, free animals. I should think CRUWI also would appreciate monetary assistance, but I am not in direct contact with them. Neither CRUWI nor FOWG is tax deductible.
Feeding of the Charles River White Geese is a major effort. We did not realize just how major an effort until Cambridge and the State Bureaucracy started heartlessly starving them. The latest public presentation by the DCR is their effort to expand the outrages at the Magazine Beach playing field to the banks of the Charles River west of the playing fields.
The Charles River White Geese have lived on the Cambridge side of the Charles River since 1981 in a mile long habitat centered on the BU Bridge. They spent much of their days feeding at the Magazine Beach playing fields, and slept there or in the Charles River off the playing fields. In the spring they would go to the now Destroyed Nesting Area for mating and rearing their offspring. They are free animals with a very strong family structure.
Their best friend from about 1996, or earlier, was Reen LittleBrook, a native American who bought breads including leftovers from homeless shelters. Their real diet was the grass at the Magazine Beach playing fields. LittleBrook also cared for their injuries using native remedies.
At a little bit before the time the heartless people who hide behind the Cambridge Machine started deliberately starving the Charles River White Geese, LittleBrook was hit by a car. He got a bicycle one day and was hit by a car either the next day or the day after it. LittleBrook spent months in a nursing home recuperating his very battered self. He has visited the Charles River White Geese as often as he can since then, but his physical capabilities are very limited.
Marilyn Wellons stepped in and took over the breads feeding.
When the heartless people who hide behind the Cambridge Machine started starving the Charles River White Geese, Marilyn was forced to do real research on their dietary needs, and she realized just how major the grass at the Magazine Beach playing fields was to their livelihood. During the months she cared for them, she became a regular patron of merchants who provided a very healthy and balanced diet.
We created the Charles River Urban Wilds Initiative to have a separate feeding organization.
The Charles River Urban Wilds Initiative took over for Marilyn and has done an heroic job keeping these magnificent creatures alive in spite of the rottenness of the Cambridge Machine and the rotten people who hide behind them.
The organization is separate from the political arm, Friends of the White Geese. I have negligible contact with them, but they are very active and very, very valuable.
