Invasion of 20-pound rodents wreaking havoc on California may have been intentional: officials

Source: New York Post

California is currently being invaded by a 20-pound rodent that was previously believed to have been eradicated from the state, and officials said its reintroduction may not have been part of nature. Officials with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife said that DNA testing of the 2. 5-foot-long harmful rodent called a nutria has proven that it is connected to a population in Oregon and not to a distant population in the Golden State from the 1970s, which was believed to have been completely wiped out.