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Audubon Nature Institute

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana 70118

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License: 72-C-0141 Type: C Last Inspected: Apr 2, 2026
28 Inspections
13 Total Violations
1 Critical
0 Repeat Violations
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Animals on Record

SEBA'S SHORT-TAILED BAT: 1,283 AMERICAN FLAMINGO: 120 RACCOON: 111 GIRAFFE: 108 SITATUNGA: 80 SANDHILL CRANE: 80 DOMESTIC GOAT: 77 BONGO: 77 BARASINGHA / SWAMP DEER: 72 SHEEP INCLUDING ALL DOMESTIC BREEDS: 70 BLACK-HANDED SPIDER MONKEY: 69 NORTH AMERICAN RIVER OTTER: 68 WHOOPING CRANE: 60 SPECKLED MOUSEBIRD: 60 BABIRUSA: 55 CAPYBARA: 55 CALIFORNIA SEA LION: 52 EASTERN BLACK-AND-WHITE COLOBUS / GUEREZA: 51 SABLE ANTELOPE: 50 WESTERN GORILLA: 47 COMMON ELAND: 46 AFRICAN PENGUIN / CAPE PENGUIN: 46 AFRICAN HUNTING DOG / AFRICAN WILD DOG: 45 GOLDEN LION TAMARIN: 44 DOMESTIC GUINEA PIG: 42 ALPACA: 42 WHITE RHINOCEROS: 41 NUTRIA: 39 RED FOX (INCLUDES SILVER FOX & CROSS FOX): 39 OKAPI: 39 BLACK HOWLER: 38 SUMATRAN ORANGUTAN: 36 GUANACO: 34 MANED WOLF: 33 BLACK-AND-WHITE RUFFED LEMUR: 33 YELLOW-BACKED DUIKER: 33 WHITE-FACED SAKI: 32 CHINCHILLA: 30 ASIAN ELEPHANT: 29 NORTH AMERICAN BLACK BEAR: 28 LION: 27 BRINDLED WILDEBEEST: 26 RED RIVER HOG: 26 PUMA / MOUNTAIN LION / COUGAR: 26 SIAMANG: 26 BOBCAT: 24 GIANT ANTEATER: 24 LEOPARD: 24 PATAGONIAN CAVY / MARA: 24 THOMSON'S GAZELLE: 23 JAGUAR: 23 DOMESTIC GUINEAFOWL / HELMETED GUINEAFOWL /: 23 FULVOUS WHISTLING-DUCK: 23 MANDRILL: 22 ASIAN EMERALD DOVE / GREY-CAPPED EMERALD DOVE: 21 FOUR-TOED HEDGEHOG: 20 PREHENSILE-TAILED PORCUPINE: 20 INDIAN CRESTED PORCUPINE: 19 LINNAEUS'S TWO-TOED SLOTH: 19 BLUE-BILLED CURASSOW: 19 VIRGINIA OPOSSUM: 18 SEA OTTER: 18 MALAYAN SUN BEAR: 18 TALAPOIN: 18 BORNEAN ORANGUTAN: 18 GUIRA CUCKOO: 18 NINE-BANDED ARMADILLO: 17 HOFFMANN'S TWO-TOED SLOTH: 16 EUROPEAN POLECAT: 16 NANCY MA'S NIGHT MONKEY: 16 NICOBAR PIGEON: 16 BURCHELL’S / GRANT’S / CHAPMAN’S / PLAINS ZEBRA: 15 EUROPEAN RABBIT: 15 ABDIM'S STORK: 15 SADDLE-BILLED STORK: 15 BRAZILIAN AGOUTI: 14 SPEKE'S GAZELLE: 14 WHITE-HEADED / WHITE-THROATED CAPUCHIN: 14 WHITE-FACED WHISTLING-DUCK: 14 BAIRD'S TAPIR: 13 AFRICAN CLAWLESS OTTER: 12 TIGER: 12 DOMESTIC PIG / POTBELLY PIG / MICRO PIG: 12 GRAY FOX / GREY FOX: 12 OCELOT: 12 ORIENTAL SMALL-CLAWED OTTER: 11 SCARLET IBIS: 11 DRILL *MALE: 10 SOUTH AMERICAN TAPIR: 10 SCREAMING ARMADILLO: 10 NORWAY RAT / LAB RAT (COMMON RESEARCH/PET VARIETY): 10 NORTH SULAWESI BABIRUSA: 10 WOLF'S GUENON: 8 WILDCAT: 8 RINGTAIL: 8 MONA MONKEY: 8 COMMON VAMPIRE BAT: 8 BAR-HEADED GOOSE: 8 BLUE-BELLIED ROLLER: 8 STRAW-NECKED IBIS: 8 INCA TERN: 8 AARDVARK: 7 INDIAN PEAFOWL / COMMON PEAFOWL / PEAHEN /: 7 LUZON BLEEDING-HEART: 7 DOMESTIC CHICKEN (INCLUDING ALL DOMESTIC BREEDS /: 6 BLUE-AND-YELLOW MACAW / BLUE-AND-GOLD MACAW: 6 ROSY-BILLED POCHARD: 6 PIED IMPERIAL-PIGEON: 6 BLACK CROWNED-CRANE: 6 SUNBITTERN: 6 HYACINTH MACAW: 6 RED-TAILED HAWK: 6 SPECTACLED OWL: 6 FOUR-TOED HEDGEHOG (MOST COMMON PET HEDGEHOG): 5 SERVAL: 5 GREATER RHEA / AMERICAN RHEA: 5 RHINOCEROS HORNBILL: 5 TOCO TOUCAN: 5 MAGPIE SHRIKE / SOUTHERN GREY SHRIKE: 5 BLUE-CROWNED LAUGHINGTHRUSH: 5 ARCTIC FOX: 4 DOMESTIC RABBIT / EUROPEAN RABBIT: 4 GREY AGOUTI: 4 LESSER MADAGASCAR HEDGEHOG TENREC: 4 ZEBU: 4 NYALA: 4 MEXICAN PORCUPINE: 4 EMU: 4 GREAT ARGUS: 4 ROSS'S TURACO: 4 TAWNY FROGMOUTH: 4 EDWARDS'S PHEASANT / VIETNAM PHEASANT: 4 RED SHOVELER: 4 AMAZONIAN MOTMOT: 4 BLACK SWAN: 4 WRINKLED HORNBILL: 4 ROSEATE SPOONBILL: 4 HAMERKOP: 4 GREAT WHITE PELICAN / EASTERN WHITE PELICAN: 4 BLUE-THROATED MACAW: 4 BARRED OWL: 4 GUAM KINGFISHER: 4 GREEN ARACARI: 4 EMERALD STARLING: 4 BALI MYNA: 4 EURASIAN SISKIN: 4 SOUTHERN THREE-BANDED ARMADILLO: 4 YELLOW-RUMPED CACIQUE: 4 BRAZILIAN TEAL: 4 BLUE-WINGED TEAL: 4 VIOLET TURACO: 4 PLUSH-CRESTED JAY: 4 RED-CAPPED CARDINAL: 4 TURQUOISE TANAGER: 4 BLUE-GRAY TANAGER: 4 CHACOAN PECCARY: 4 DONKEY / BURRO / ASS: 3 SOUTHERN SCREAMER / CRESTED SCREAMER: 3 RED-SHOULDERED HAWK: 3 WHITE-CRESTED TURACO: 3 MARABOU STORK: 3 MASKED LAPWING: 3 COMMON REDPOLL: 3 MANDRILL *MALE: 2 CENTRAL AMERICAN AGOUTI: 2 WHITE-THROATED GROUND DOVE: 2 CURL-CRESTED ARACARI: 2 TURKEY VULTURE: 2 MOURNING DOVE: 2 SCARLET MACAW: 2 BLACK-NAPED FRUIT-DOVE: 2 GRAY-HEADED SWAMPHEN: 2 SNOWY-CROWNED ROBIN-CHAT: 2 SILVER-BEAKED TANAGER: 2 ORIENTAL MAGPIE-ROBIN: 2 EURASIAN EAGLE-OWL: 2 MILITARY MACAW: 2 HARRIS'S HAWK: 2 ABYSSINIAN GROUND-HORNBILL: 2 RED-AND-GREEN MACAW / GREEN-WINGED MACAW: 2 CUBAN PARROT / ROSE-THROATED PARROT: 2 BLUE-HEADED MACAW / COULON'S MACAW: 2 SALMON-CRESTED COCKATOO / MOLUCCAN COCKATOO: 2 AMERICAN CROW: 2 RED-BILLED BLUE-MAGPIE: 2 SULPHUR-CRESTED COCKATOO / GREATER SULPHUR-: 2 RUDDY DUCK: 2 WHITE-CHEEKED TURACO: 2 TUCUMAN PARROT: 2 CRESTED OROPENDOLA: 2 VENEZUELAN TROUPIAL: 2 CHINCHILLA (DOMESTICATED): 1 WILD BOAR: 1 GRAYLAG GOOSE: 1 GREATER ROADRUNNER: 1 MAGUARI STORK: 1 BROWN PELICAN: 1 GREAT CORMORANT: 1 LAUGHING GULL: 1 RED-BILLED LEIOTHRIX: 1 CATTLE / COW / OX / WATUSI: 1 BALTIMORE ORIOLE / NORTHERN ORIOLE: 1 SOUTHERN PUDU: 1 CATTLE / COW / OX: 1 DOMESTIC GOOSE: 1 RED JUNGLEFOWL: 1

What's in This Report

28
USDA Inspections on Record
Latest: Apr 2, 2026
13
Violations Documented
1 Critical · 12 Non-Critical

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This page shows the complete USDA inspection history for Audubon Nature Institute. The grade at the top is calculated by BreederCheck based on the total number of violations, their severity, whether any are repeat offenses, and how recently they occurred. It is not an official USDA grade, the USDA does not assign letter grades to facilities.

Each inspection in the timeline represents an actual visit by a USDA APHIS inspector. Inspections can be routine (scheduled), focused (in response to a complaint), or follow-up (to verify that previously cited violations have been corrected). The badges next to each inspection date indicate how many violations were found during that visit and their severity levels.

In the violation details section, you can read the specific regulatory codes that were cited and, when available, the inspector's narrative describing exactly what was observed. Pay particular attention to violations marked as "Repeat", these indicate problems that the breeder was previously warned about but failed to correct. Critical violations involving immediate threats to animal health or safety are the most serious and should weigh heavily in your decision-making.

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Frequently asked questions about Audubon Nature Institute

Is Audubon Nature Institute a USDA-licensed breeder?

Audubon Nature Institute holds USDA license number 72-C-0141 (C), which means the facility is registered under the federal Animal Welfare Act and is subject to periodic USDA APHIS inspections.

Does Audubon Nature Institute have any USDA violations on record?

Yes. USDA inspectors have documented 13 violations at this facility (1 critical, 12 non-critical). Critical and repeat violations matter most because they involve direct risks to animal health or problems the breeder was warned about before. Each cited code and the inspector narrative are in the full report above.

When was Audubon Nature Institute last inspected by the USDA?

The most recent inspection on record for Audubon Nature Institute was on Apr 2, 2026, and the facility has 28 inspections documented in total. The USDA typically inspects licensed breeders every one to three years.

Where is Audubon Nature Institute located?

Audubon Nature Institute is located in New Orleans, Louisiana. You can browse other USDA-licensed breeders in Louisiana to compare inspection records before you decide.

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