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 ...

The Baby Cakes retain and revamp Boudreaux the nutria mascot.jpg The Baby Cakes retain and revamp Boudreaux the nutria mascot. (Matthew Hinton) Some New Orleans minor league baseball fans may still be ...

It’s like a soft, warm, calm dog, except for the scary orange teeth, webbed back feet and that nasty, nasty rat tail. Neuty is Denny and Myra Lacoste's beloved, 22-pound pet nutria. UPDATE: Neuty, the ...

When state wildlife agents announced they’d seize a Bucktown couple's pet nutria, it sparked questions about the legality of domesticated wildlife. On the subject of possessing a nutria, state law is ...

Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries agents plan to confiscate a Bucktown couple’s pet nutria because it's illegal to possess one, the owners said Thursday. Two years ago, Neuty was a wild infant that ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A Louisiana couple has run afoul of state law by keeping a 22-pound nutria-- a beady-eyed, orange-toothed, rat-tailed rodent commonly considered a wetlands-damaging pest -- as a pet ...

A Louisiana couple has run afoul of state law by keeping a 22-pound nutria — a beady-eyed, orange-toothed, rat-tailed rodent commonly considered a wetlands-damaging pest — as a pet that frolics with ...