A close-up view of numerous nutria carcasses piled in a cooler during the annual Nutria Rodeo hunting event in Venice, Louisiana.

annual event, aquatic mammals, bayou, bounty, cajun culture, camouflage, carcasses, catch, coastal erosion, conservation efforts, cooler, culling, dead animals, ecological damage, ecosystem balance, environmental impact, eradication, firearms, fish and wildlife, fur, fur trade, game animals, game management, gulf coast, harvest, hunting, hunting regulations, ice chest, invasive species, louisiana, marsh habitat, myocastor coypus, non-native species, nutria, nutria rodeo, nutria tail bounty program, outdoorsmen, pest control, population control, rifles, riparian areas, rodents, sport hunting, swamp, trapping, venice, venice marina, wetlands conservation, wildlife biology, wildlife management,