The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, in a statement Friday, said Myra and Denny Lacoste are being allowed to apply for a permit so they can legally keep Neuty the Nutria in their ...

Alex Houchin lifts a container from his team, the Rat Racers, boat full of nutria to be weighed at the Nutria Rodeo at the Venice Marina on Saturday, February 8, 2025 in Venice, Louisiana.

This brown, fuzzy critter with its distinctive orange buck teeth may look cute, but it's causing all sorts of trouble— in ...

A Louisiana couple has run afoul of state law by keeping a 22-pound nutria, a rodent commonly considered a wetlands-damaging pest, as a pet that frolics with their dog, snuggles in their arms and s… ...

METAIRIE, La. — The Lacoste family said they are, "beyond devastated," after state authorities arrived at their Metairie business Thursday night to take away their 22-pound pet nutria.

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. BATON ROUGE, La. — After much public outcry, state officials now say ...

Louisiana State Sen. Cameron Henry, representing both Orleans and Jefferson Parishes in Baton Rouge, was ‘endorsed’ by Neuty the nutria ahead of his 2023 re-election bid. Videography: Tommy ...

Louisiana’s Coastwide Nutria Control Program pays a $6 bounty per tail. Cedric Angeles. Manuel says nutria-damage estimates were at more than 102,000 acres when the program began. Since the ...

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Denny Lacoste holds a rescued baby nutria in Metairie, La. Monday, March 13, 2023. Denny and Myra Lacoste have run afoul of state law by keeping a 22-pound nutria -- a beady-eyed, orange-toothed ...

At the Venice nutria rodeo, participant Jason Gibson, said, 'We’re doing Louisiana justice by doing this … just going out and killing ’em.' ...