Boudreaux D. Nutria

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seawolf17 wrote: CPF road trip!

Hell Yeah..I'm up for that...

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

My wife and I loved New Orleans when we spent a week there in 2002. I look forward to going back again some day.

[Guest ScarletKnight41]

D-Dad and I were there for a long weekend in 1993. It's a great town.

[Frayed Knot]

When Kramer used his always-unseen connection (Bob Sacamenno) to replace Elaine's sable fur hat that George lost, the cut-rate hat he found was made of nutria fur.

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

There is actually a nutria hunting season in North Carolina. Of course, since I had actually had no idea what a nutria actually was, they were quite safe from me.

[Benjamin Grimm]

If, as the article says, they're rarely found outside of Louisiana, nutria hunting season in North Carolina probably isn't too popular.

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

I've never heard of anyone even mentioning a nutria. The state Wildlife Commision must consider them to be pest though as they have an open year round season. Still I don't know why anyone would want to hunt them unless they were causing damge to their land and property.

Just for kicks, I looked up the hunting season for nutria in New York. There is no specified hunting season for nutria, but the trapping season is from November 15 - February 20 in New York.

They may not be quite as rare outside of Louisiana as they claim.

[Guest cooby]

On the other hand, they are so UNcute that I can't imagine too many little girls begging daddy not to shoot them

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

Apparently, the Louisiana Wildlife Federation considers the nutria a danger to the state marshes and wetlands. The nutria eat the aquatic vegetation which can lead to erosion of the wetlands fertile soil. As a result, the state of Louisiana has instituted hunting and trapping program in hopes of diminishing the nutria population within the state.

So, the New Orleans Zephyrs, mascot is essentially a destructive rodent pest rather than a beloved local oddity.


I can't belive I am quickly becoming the CPF's resident expert in nutria. I really must find a life.

[Guest martin]

i used to see an occasional nutria in a stream in my backyard in baton rouge where i grew up. i thought it looked like a rat beaver.

sheriff harry lee of jefferson parish organizes a nutria patrol and has cops take em out with sniper rifles.

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