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A family's pet nutria is set to be removed from the home of a New Orleans couple and moved to the Baton Rouge Zoo to be part of an educational exhibit, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) announced Thursday.
It is illegal to have a wild animal as a pet, especially a nutria.

Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries enforcement agents cited a man for alleged recreational fishing violations on March 3 in Morehouse Parish.
Agents cited Chris Golden, 59, of Mer Rouge, for over the limit of black bass.
Agents made contact with Golden during a vessel patrol on Bayou Bonne Idee in Morehouse Parish. Agents conducted a compliance check and found Golden in possession of 19 bass in the live well of his vessel, which put him nine over the legal limit of 10 bass per day.
Agents seized the bass and safely returned them to the water.

Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries enforcement agents cited a man for alleged recreational fishing violations in Catahoula Parish on Feb. 24.
Agents cited Johnny R. McLendon, 68, of Harrisonburg, for taking game fish using illegal methods and fishing lead nets in an area other than an over flow region.
Agents were on patrol when they located lead nets in Bushley Bayou that they believed were used for taking game fish. Agents setup surveillance on the area and observed McLendon fishing the nets and taking crappie from the nets on Feb. 24.