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North Inch Picnic Blankets Cancelled En Masse; Geese Declare Victory

Thursday's sunny picnickers have left; geese reclaim the republic.

The North Inch, goose territory.

The North Inch, goose territory. Photo: Evelyn Simak, “Greylag geese - geograph.org.uk - 1552631”, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0

PERTH — After a brief human occupation during Thursday’s bright spells, the North Inch returned to goose control on Friday as rain emptied the park of blankets, Frisbees and optimism.

“We never left,” said a goose, allegedly.

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