A Chinese alligator is among the 11 dangerous wild animals being kept privately in South Gloucestershire, according to a wildlife charity.
A survey conducted by Born Free, which campaign against animal exploitation, found a staggering 3,951 dangerous wild animals are licensed to be kept privately in Great Britain, including elephants, lions and crocodiles.
Ten venomous snakes and a Chinese alligator are being housed in South Gloucestershire, while in neighbouring Stroud there were four King Cobras and an otter reported.
Perhaps the worst offending county near South Gloucestershire was Wiltshire, with 17 boar, 60 bison, four wolves, two ocelots, three camels, five leopards, seven lemurs, three rare cobras, three rare vipers a Bengal cat and a Savannah cat.