On Sat, 02 Dec 2006 07:16:00 -0600, George Shirley
> wrote:


>> Well, those Cajuns are so hard to catch! Harry Lee is back out
>> shooting nutria, though.
>>
>> Tara
>The State of Louisiana is paying $4 per tail for shooting nutria, an
>introduced animal. Used to be a market for the fur but that went away
>years ago. Nutria are steadily destroying the marshes here and will dig
>holes in levees too. The meat is edible but a learned taste. Some gator
>farmers will pay for the meat to feed the alligators.
>
>George, in Louisiana
It think that is why the gators in Alabama have made a come back,
Nutria meat.