An alligator that was rescued from a lake in Brooklyn earlier this year has died, the Bronx Zoo said Friday.
According to zoo officials, a bathtub stopper the alligator had swallowed caused a chronic ulcer. The alligator also suffered from severe weight loss, anemia and infections in her intestine and skin.
Alligator rescued from Prospect Park Lake had swallowed a bathtub stopper, Bronx Zoo saysIn a statement, the zoo said in part,"This was a tragic case of animal abuse. Alligators and other wild animals do not belong in the pet trade or in people's homes. This alligator suffered and died because its owner decided to dump her in a frigid lake, in an extremely debilitated state rather than provide her with the veterinary care that could have saved her. Wild animals are not pets.
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