{"id":370430,"date":"2026-06-22T18:17:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T18:17:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/370430\/"},"modified":"2026-06-22T18:17:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T18:17:10","slug":"sacramento-zoo-warns-visitors-after-alligator-swallows-plush-toy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/370430\/","title":{"rendered":"Sacramento Zoo warns visitors after alligator swallows plush toy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An alligator at the Sacramento Zoo is recovering after swallowing \u2013 and later regurgitating \u2013 a plush toy that fell into its habitat.<\/p>\n<p>The zoo said the toy apparently fell into Guinness the American alligator&#8217;s habitat on Friday. Zookeepers tried to stop Guinness from eating it, but he eventually swallowed the toy.<\/p>\n<p>Because the toy was too large to pass naturally, veterinarians decided to sedate Guinness and attempt an endoscopic procedure to remove it.<\/p>\n<p>The zoo said the procedure was unsuccessful. Guinness was then kept out of his habitat so staff could monitor him and prepare for another attempt to remove the toy.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, the zoo announced that Guinness had regurgitated the plush. A security guard noticed the toy and alerted zookeepers, who safely removed it.<\/p>\n<p>Zoo officials said the incident is an important reminder that foreign objects can pose serious risks to animals, even when they may seem harmless.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Animals swallowing objects or food outside of their diet can have serious consequences. If an object or food falls into a habitat, or you see it enter a habitat, please let a nearby staff member know immediately,&#8221; the zoo said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Guinness is now back in his habitat and is being monitored.<\/p>\n<p>\n          More from CBS News\n        <\/p>\n<p class=\"content__tags__label\">In:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An alligator at the Sacramento Zoo is recovering after swallowing \u2013 and later regurgitating \u2013 a plush toy&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":370431,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[131425,121,123,122],"class_list":["post-370430","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sacramento","tag-alligator","tag-sacramento","tag-sacramento-headlines","tag-sacramento-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/370430","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=370430"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/370430\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/370431"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=370430"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=370430"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=370430"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}