Here in Louisiana, the home to so many "dirty jobs" there is a program to control the population of the Nutria, a Semi-aquatic rodent, herbivore, native of South America, able to consume approximately 25% of its weight daily in aquatic vegetation. They are large they are mean and they are worth 4 bucks each to the hunters and trappers of the state. My company is responsible for collection, counting, disposing of the tails. Over the past 4 years of the program we have collected almost 1 million tails.
NutiraCollection StationHunterThere are 3 real "dirty" parts to the job.
The first of the dirty jobs is the actual collection of the tails with the hunters and trappers, while this part may be a bit much for the viewing public it is a part of the process. What makes it dirty is the fact we only require the tail be turned in so the hunter must remove it in the field and "dispose" of the rest of the carcass in an approved fashion.
The second part is the actual collection of the tails. Our field biologists must count each tail turned in, as many as 1-2K at a time from our large land owners. And when they get rotten from improper storage, its really is a DIRTY JOB.
The third dirty part, is the disposal of the tails. The company must dispose of each tail in a fashion that will not allow them to be reused. The trip to the "dump" is something none of our crew looks forward to.
I know you guys have been to Louisiana many times, and I saw the alligator farm episode that showed the nutria meat used as food for the gators, here is the way they get the meat to feed them up.
