An American alligator pulled from a lake may have been kept as a pet was found to have ingested a 4-inch wide bathtub plug.
Vets at the Bronx Zoo are treating the nearly five-foot animal that was brought to them from Prospect Park on February 19 by the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation.
They said it is undergoing medical evaluation, but the condition of the female reptile is too weakened to attempt and remove the stopper.
