Louisiana works out deal for family to keep pet nutria

State says Louisiana family must give up beloved pet nutria

NEW ORLEANS — A Louisiana couple has run afoul of state law by keeping a 22-pound nutria as a pet. A nutria is a rat-tailed, orange-toothed rodent found in Louisiana.

Louisiana works out deal for family to keep pet nutria - Odessa American

The Associated Press BATON ROUGE, La. After much public outcry, state officials now say they will let a Louisiana couple keep a 22-pound nutria — a beady-eyed, orange-toothed, rat-tailed rodent commonly considered a wetlands-damaging pest — as a pet that frolics with their dog, snuggles in their arms and swims in the family pool. The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, in a statement Friday, said Myra and Denny Lacoste are being allo…

State relents, family to keep pet nutria

**Related Video Above: Ohio lawmaker wants to make pet theft a felony.** BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — After much public outcry, state officials now say they will let a Louisiana couple keep a 22-pound nutria — a beady-eyed, orange-toothed, rat-tailed rodent commonly considered a wetlands-damaging pest — as a pet that frolics with their dog, snuggles in their arms and swims in the family pool. The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, in a…

Louisiana works out deal for family to keep pet nutria

After much public outcry, state officials now say they will let a Louisiana couple keep a 22-pound nutria.

Louisiana will allow family to keep pet nutria

Over 17,000 people sign an online petition demanding that the state leave Neuty and his owners alone.

Louisiana works out deal for family to keep pet nutria

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) -- After much public outcry, state officials now say they will let a Louisiana couple keep a 22-pound nutria -- a beady-eyed, orange-toothed, rat-tailed rodent commonly considered a wetlands-damaging pest -- as a pet that frolics with their dog, snuggles in their arms and swims in the family pool.