In a hotly contested statewide election across Louisiana, Neuty the Nutria's seal of approval carries heavy weight — 22 pounds, more or less.
As Louisiana's statewide election slated for Saturday hit the campaign home stretch, one state senator used the likeness of an unlikely hero for the trail: a nutria rat. Earlier this year, Louisiana Department of Fisheries and Wildlife agents took 'Neuty' away from the family that raised him since it discovered him orphaned on the side of the road Christmas Day 2020. Private ownership of the wild animals in the Pelican State is illegal.
Of all the things wrong with Louisiana, taking Neuty from his family is not what we need to do,' Henry said Ultimately, under immense public pressure and a petition signed by almost 20,000 people, the Louisiana Department of Fisheries and Wildlife relented. The Lacoste family is now the proud owner of the one and only legally permitted nutria in Louisiana.
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