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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said Americans should hunt and cook nutrias, an invasive species found in marshy areas, to help curb their population.
March 1, 2025Updated 11:48 a.m. ET
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has a suggestion to help curb the growing population of an invasive species that bears a resemblance to a very large rat: Eat them.
The invasive species, nutria, is a large, semiaquatic rodent increasingly found in marshes in the United States.
As a part of its National Invasive Species Awareness Week, which ended on Friday, the federal agency released a list of invasive species that Americans can hunt, catch and cook to help control the unwanted pests.
Topping the list: the nutria, whose population is increasing and disrupting marshland ecosystems. The agency noted in its public advisory that hunting nutrias is not a total solution but is a start.
“OK, so how can we help?” the Feb. 20 advisory said. “Nutria gumbo. Their meat is lean, mild and tastes like rabbit.”
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