Irene and her menagerie of pets, including Max the duck, take in an alligator who has run away from the zoo, in spite of grave concerns about his voracious appetite.
When Farmer Brown goes on vacation, leaving his brother, Bob, in charge, Duck makes trouble by changing all his instructions to notes the animals like much better.
While lobbying for a year-long open season on rabbits, Daffy Duck discovers how the constitutional system of checks and balances protects democracy in the United States.