Overview
- Anne Muus-Seyfferth’s firm Hühnerkram vom Birkenplatz in Ostholstein has offered Nutria for months as ragout, roast and burgers, and she reports rising interest.
- Local hunters supply kitchen-ready carcasses that are butchered in licensed cutting and cooling rooms and vacuum-packed to meet hygiene rules.
- Animals are caught in TÜV-tested live-capture traps that require a trapping permit and are shot after removal from the traps, according to hunters.
- Schleswig-Holstein has allowed year-round Nutria hunting since January 26, 2024, while DJV data show the species in 35% of participating hunting districts in 2023 and the group is urging federal inclusion in the hunting law.
- Hamburg has expanded hunting areas and doubled its trapping bounty to €14 per animal, as PETA condemns turning culled Nutria into food and faults human causes for their spread.