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NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) – To officially kick off crawfish season, it had to happen sooner or later.
WGNO News with a Twist features guy Wild Bill Wood says, it’s happening right now.
It’s the first-ever pardoning of the crawfish.
It takes a man with a big heart to make this happen. It takes a man with a big appetite.
That man is Louisiana Lt. Governor Billy Nungesser.
With the help of the folks from Zatarain’s, the Lt. Governor is pardoning a crawfish, to be set free, to never be served up in a bowl of etouffee or deep-fried inside somebody’s po-boy.
Like the turkey who’s pardoned at the White House just before Thanksgiving, this lucky fellow has a new lease on life.
