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Revived Nutria Rodeo bags 1,500 rodents in Louisiana BY TRISTAN BAURICK and SOPHIA GERMER, The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate March 7, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail 5 1of5Jamison Trouth, founder and operator of Yellowfin Distillery, shoots invasive nutria in the wetlands during the Nutria Rodeo near Venice, La., Saturday, Feb. 27, 2021. The proceeds collected from the rodeo went towards coastal restoration efforts and the bodies of the nutria went towards crabbing instead of the original plan, the Audubon Zoo. ( Sophia Germer/The Advocate via AP)SOPHIA GERMER/APShow MoreShow Less 2of5An invasive nutria rat stands in the marsh near Venice, La., Saturday, Feb. 27, 2021. The proceeds collected from the rodeo went towards coastal restoration efforts and the bodies of the nutria went towards crabbing instead of the original plan, the Audubon Zoo to feed animals. ( Sophia Germer/The Advocate via AP)SOPHIA GERMER/APShow MoreShow Less ....
Standing on a boat dock in Venice, Gabe Macormic faced a unique challenge: Find someone willing to take a sun-baked, 10-ton heap of dead nutria off his hands. Macormic had, on a lark, revived the long-dormant Plaquemines Parish Nutria Rodeo, an event that aims to knock back the booming population of orange-toothed, South American rodents that have been devouring Louisiana marshes for almost a century. He expected an extended circle of buddies to participate. They d zip around on airboats, have few laughs, maybe shoot a couple hundred swamp rats. But when the rodeo began Friday, about 200 hunters showed up. By Saturday night, when prizes were awarded for the most kills and biggest nutria, Macormic was confronting a body count far beyond his expectations: about 1,500 nutria. ....