Thousands of Dead Nutria

Mississippi Gustav  What was first believed to be a couple of hundred dead nutria of the Mississippi coast has ballooned to more than 7000 animals.
by The Associated Press
Published: Tue, September 09, 2008 - 10:40 am CST Last Updated: Tue, September 09, 2008 - 3:37 pm CST
WAVELAND, Miss. (AP) - What was originally thought as a few
hundred nutria killed during Hurricane Gustav has swelled into
thousands as clean-up of the dead animals continues.
Hancock County and state officials say a cleanup on the beaches
near Waveland that began this week has pulled in more than an
estimated 7,000 of the animals.
There have been no reports of a public health problem because of
the nutria.
What began as a local and state effort is now being handled by a
private contractor and the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
The animals, imported from South America many years ago, are
thought to have been washed up from marshes, barrier islands and
Louisiana. They were initially found twisted up in tons of sea
grass that washed ashore.
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The wife went one time to the pound and came back with a mama dog and nine puppies. It’s truly heart breaking and not a good place to go. Some of the puppies died and we finally gave the rest away,they were Dalmatians and as pretty as a speckled pup can get.

Oyea ! I’m on social security and have been for about 4 or 5 years now. what I have heard so far is that they would take into consideration a reduced fee if you were on S.S.I. or medicaid but not Social Security. Maybe I got it wrong.

carl, i do not know but if you are on social security i think you can get it done for a little of nothing. i will ask my vet. and let you know. i am glad she found her way back.  i could not adopt one from the pound because if i went i would bring all of them back. its to heartbreaking to even think about it.

Vet bills are out of the question for me. I can’t find one yet that I could afford to have this female cat fixed. This female cat escaped from the pound and found her way all the way back to here and never having even left the yard before. I said I wouldn’t take another to the pound after that. That cat had drive to come all that way and never even been more than 2 or 3 hundred feet from the house.

lol could be carl. i noticed her fixing the food. bet it was the hairball relief kind. i was thinking of vet bills when watching it. mercy.

I bet she gets enough hairballs to stuff a king size mattress every year. MERCY !!

lol carl i loved it. she has 5 acres. i would be worried about coyotes. i would love to have a place like that. i have 7 inside. its a challange to keep the odor out. i can only imagine what she goes thru.

A few too many cats for me Rosepetal. I’ve got five again since I got one back that I had given away. The people moved and couldn’t have a cat in their new place. I know the lady in the video can’t contain those cats to her property. They climb fences like they were ladders, maybe they’re using her neighbors property as a litter box. WHEW ! 700 cats would make one large out house. I can’t even imagine how many litters 700 cats would have a year.

thanks the wife, i went there again and i got to see the whole video. must be the storm. a friend sent me this video last night and i thought you and carl would enjoy it. its a little off topic. but its still about animals.

http://videos.komando.com/2008/09/09/cat-house-on-the-kings/

Rosepetal, your computer must still be acting up.  I just went to the site and watched the video again.

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