Rodent for dinner? California officials urge residents to eat invasive nutria
Wildlife experts claim nutria, which destroy habitats with voracious eating habits, taste like rabbit or dark turkey meatWildlife officials are encouraging California residents to add a rodent to their daily diet as part of efforts to control the invasive species’ population.The nutria, a large, semi-aquatic rodent native to South America, is threatening the state’s ecosystems by destroying habitats and outcompeting native wildlife. The nutria’s harmful impacts have prompted wildlife officials to promote hunting and consumption as possible solutions. Continue reading...

Wildlife experts claim nutria, which destroy habitats with voracious eating habits, taste like rabbit or dark turkey meat
Wildlife officials are encouraging California residents to add a rodent to their daily diet as part of efforts to control the invasive species’ population.
The nutria, a large, semi-aquatic rodent native to South America, is threatening the state’s ecosystems by destroying habitats and outcompeting native wildlife. The nutria’s harmful impacts have prompted wildlife officials to promote hunting and consumption as possible solutions. Continue reading...