Nutria Hunt Keeping Wildlife Officials Busy

STOCKTON (CBS13) — It’s larger than a muskrat and smaller than a beaver, but has an appetite for destruction.
The nutria is an animal keeping Fish and Wildlife officials busy. Several of these rodents have been spotted and captured in Kern, Merced, and Stanislaus counties.
The nutria has caused state officials to create a multi-agency task force which is already working on a plan to eradicate the rodents, much like they did more than 40 years ago.
The 20-pound rodent is causing a lot