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COLUMBUS ZOO

POWELL, Ohio 43065 — P.O. Box 400

License: 31-C-0042 Type: C Last Inspected: Mar 2, 2026 Address: P.O. Box 400
30 Inspections
7 Total Violations
2 Critical
1 Repeat Violations

Animals on Record

FLYING MOUSE: 447 DOMESTIC GOAT: 334 GIRAFFE: 271 SILVERY LUTUNG / SILVERED LANGUR / LEAF MONKEY: 268 PYGMY CHIMPANZEE / BONOBO: 262 WESTERN GORILLA: 253 CHEETAH: 225 COCONUT LORIKEET: 224 BLACK-TAILED PRAIRIE DOG: 216 AMERICAN FLAMINGO: 181 GRAY WOLF / GREY WOLF / TIMBER WOLF: 177 SHEEP INCLUDING ALL DOMESTIC BREEDS: 169 RED KANGAROO: 167 ORIENTAL SMALL-CLAWED OTTER: 154 RAINBOW LORIKEET: 154 ADDRA GAZELLE: 138 LARGE FLYING FOX: 138 THOMSON'S GAZELLE: 132 CALIFORNIA SEA LION: 125 VERVET: 122 BRINDLED WILDEBEEST: 122 ASIAN ELEPHANT: 105 SOUTHERN THREE-BANDED ARMADILLO: 104 EASTERN BLACK-AND-WHITE COLOBUS / GUEREZA: 102 MARKHOR: 98 HUMBOLDT PENGUIN: 95 LION: 93 NICOBAR PIGEON: 88 RED PANDA: 78 AFRICAN PENGUIN / CAPE PENGUIN: 78 MANDRILL: 77 GREATER KUDU: 73 CARIBBEAN MANATEE: 73 STRIPED SKUNK: 69 OKAPI: 69 BURCHELL’S / GRANT’S / CHAPMAN’S / PLAINS ZEBRA: 68 TIGER: 66 DROMEDARY CAMEL: 62 SAND CAT: 62 BINTURONG: 59 LINNAEUS'S TWO-TOED SLOTH: 59 PYGMY SLOW LORIS: 59 DOG ADULT: 59 WARTHOG: 54 BORNEAN ORANGUTAN: 54 LITTLE GOLDEN-MANTLED FLYING FOX: 54 PUMA / MOUNTAIN LION / COUGAR: 54 POLAR BEAR: 52 LAR GIBBON: 51 NORTH AMERICAN RIVER OTTER: 51 SAND GAZELLE: 50 EASTERN GREY KANGAROO: 50 PALLAS'S CAT: 49 REINDEER: 48 ARCTIC FOX: 48 CONGO AFRICAN GREY PARROT / GRAY PARROT: 48 KOALA: 47 FENNEC FOX: 47 MOOSE: 45 TUFTED DEER: 43 BRUSH-TAILED RAT-KANGAROO: 42 SIAMANG: 41 SHORT-BEAKED ECHIDNA: 41 AZURE-WINGED MAGPIE: 41 SERVAL: 40 RED RIVER HOG: 40 VIRGINIA OPOSSUM: 39 PRONGHORN: 37 INDIAN CRESTED PORCUPINE: 37 LEOPARD: 37 CEDAR WAXWING: 37 HARBOR SEAL: 36 CATTLE EGRET: 36 NORTH AMERICAN BLACK BEAR: 35 BROWN BEAR: 34 ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK: 34 RED-BILLED LEIOTHRIX: 34 SLENDER-HORNED GAZELLE / AFRICAN SAND GAZELLE /: 33 WOLVERINE: 32 AARDVARK: 32 SPOTTED HYENA: 32 RED RUFFED LEMUR: 32 COMMON OSTRICH: 32 MATSCHIE'S TREE KANGAROO: 30 BLUE-AND-YELLOW MACAW / BLUE-AND-GOLD MACAW: 30 GRAY CROWNED-CRANE / AFRICAN CROWNED-CRANE /: 30 SWIFT FOX: 29 CANADIAN LYNX: 29 SLOTH BEAR: 28 AMERICAN GOLDFINCH: 28 REEVE'S MUNTJAC: 27 CATTLE / COW / OX / WATUSI: 27 SOUTHERN TAMANDUA: 26 GEOFFROY'S CAT: 26 CAPYBARA: 25 SONG SPARROW: 25 AMERICAN BISON: 24 TASMANIAN DEVIL: 24 METALLIC STARLING: 24 DINGO: 23 AMERICAN BEAVER: 22 WILD BOAR: 21 AFRICAN CRESTED PORCUPINE: 20 BOBCAT: 20 DONKEY / BURRO / ASS: 20 DOMESTIC GUINEAFOWL / HELMETED GUINEAFOWL /: 20 SMALL-EARED BUSHBABY / NORTHERN GREATER GALAGO: 19 SOUTHERN MASKED-WEAVER: 19 LARGER HAIRY ARMADILLO: 18 PREHENSILE-TAILED PORCUPINE: 18 KINKAJOU: 18 BLACK-BACKED JACKAL: 18 NORTHERN BALD IBIS: 18 LAUGHING KOOKABURRA: 18 RUDDY DUCK: 18 BROWN PELICAN: 18 RED-FRONTED MACAW: 18 AMERICAN ROBIN: 17 RING-TAILED LEMUR: 16 LESSER MADAGASCAR HEDGEHOG TENREC: 16 RED FOX (INCLUDES SILVER FOX & CROSS FOX): 16 LUZON BLEEDING-HEART: 16 BALI MYNA: 16 WHITE-HEADED BUFFALO-WEAVER: 16 SOUTHERN HAIRY-NOSED WOMBAT: 15 GRANTS ZEBRA: 14 MOUNTAIN COATI: 14 TREE PANGOLIN: 14 BAT-EARED FOX: 14 TAWNY FROGMOUTH: 14 TOCO TOUCAN: 14 MAGPIE GOOSE: 14 JAVAN POND-HERON: 14 VIOLET-BACKED STARLING: 14 SPECKLED PIGEON: 14 EASTERN SCREECH-OWL: 14 ORCHARD ORIOLE: 14 SNOW LEOPARD: 13 EUROPEAN POLECAT: 13 DOMESTIC RABBIT / EUROPEAN RABBIT: 13 BALTIMORE ORIOLE / NORTHERN ORIOLE: 13 BLACK DUIKER: 12 GROUNDHOG / WOODCHUCK: 12 GREATER MALAYAN CHEVROTAIN: 12 TRUMPETER SWAN: 12 PIED IMPERIAL-PIGEON: 12 MARBLED TEAL: 12 LESSER SCAUP: 12 SADDLE-BILLED STORK: 12 MASKED LAPWING: 12 BLACK-NAPED FRUIT-DOVE: 12 VICTORIA CROWNED-PIGEON: 12 CRESTED PARTRIDGE: 12 SCARLET MACAW: 12 BLUE-FACED HONEYEATER: 12 RED-CROWNED CRANE / JAPANESE CRANE: 12 SILVERY-CHEEKED HORNBILL: 12 BLACK-THROATED LAUGHINGTHRUSH: 12 CHINESE HWAMEI: 12 DARK-EYED JUNCO / SLATE-COLORED JUNCO: 12 EASTERN BLUEBIRD: 12 SCARLET-FACED LIOCICHLA: 12 OVENBIRD: 12 RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD: 12 BROWN-HEADED COWBIRD: 12 BLACK RHINOCEROS: 11 MALAYAN SUN BEAR: 11 CHINCHILLA (DOMESTICATED): 11 WHITE-FACED IBIS: 11 PREVOST'S SQUIRREL / TRI-COLORED SQUIRREL: 10 MANDRILL *MALE: 10 BALD EAGLE: 10 INDIGO BUNTING: 10 CHINCHILLA: 9 SIBERIAN MUSK DEER: 9 CATTLE / COW / OX: 9 THREE-STRIPED PALM CIVET: 8 CLOUDED LEOPARD: 8 NORTHERN GREATER GALAGO: 8 DOMESTIC PIG / POTBELLY PIG / MICRO PIG: 8 GRAY CATBIRD: 8 STRAW-COLOURED FRUIT BAT: 8 NORTHERN/EURASIAN LYNX: 7 EUROPEAN RABBIT: 7 BLACK MUNTJAC: 7 SOUTHERN BALD IBIS: 7 SCARLET TANAGER: 7 SUGAR GLIDER: 6 BOLIVIAN HAIRY ARMADILLO: 6 DOMESTIC DUCK INCLUDING ALL DOMESTIC BREEDS: 6 RED-LEGGED SERIEMA: 6 KILLDEER: 6 FRECKLED DUCK: 6 BUFFLEHEAD: 6 HADADA IBIS: 6 SMEW: 6 BLACK CROWNED-CRANE: 6 BUFF-CRESTED BUSTARD: 6 BLUE-BELLIED ROLLER: 6 WOOD DUCK / CAROLINA DUCK: 6 REEVES'S PHEASANT: 6 CHESTNUT TEAL: 6 MARIGOLD LORIKEET: 6 BLACK CRAKE: 6 EURASIAN EAGLE-OWL: 6 BARRED OWL: 6 AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER / LESSER GOLDEN-PLOVER: 6 AMERICAN CROW: 6 RED-TAILED HAWK: 6 ABYSSINIAN GROUND-HORNBILL: 6 WHITE COCKATOO / UMBRELLA COCKATOO: 6 COMMON BULBUL: 6 WOOD THRUSH: 6 RINGTAIL: 5 DOMESTIC HORSE: 5 SWAINSON'S THRUSH: 5 RACCOON: 4 MARBLED POLECAT: 4 STRAW-NECKED IBIS: 4 VIRGINIA RAIL: 4 NORTH ISLAND BROWN KIWI: 4 BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLER: 4 SNOW BUNTING: 4 AMERICAN TREE SPARROW: 4 GREATER BUSHBABY: 4 CAPE PORCUPINE: 3 BRUSH RABBIT: 3 SHORT-TAILED CHINCHILLA: 3 INDIAN RHINOCEROS: 3 MOURNING DOVE: 3 AFRICAN SACRED IBIS: 3 SORA: 3 SOCORRO DOVE: 3 FOUR-TOED HEDGEHOG: 2 BENNETT'S WALLABY / RED-NECKED WALLABY: 2 BROWN FOREST WALLABY: 2 LONG-BEAKED ECHIDNA: 2 SOUTHERN OPOSSUM: 2 NEW GUINEA SINGING DOG: 2 SOUTH AMERICAN TAPIR: 2 NORWAY RAT / LAB RAT (COMMON RESEARCH/PET VARIETY): 2 GREEN WOODHOOPOE: 2 SUPERB STARLING: 2 NORTHERN BOBWHITE: 2 NORTHERN CARDINAL: 2 SNOW GOOSE: 2 HAMERKOP: 2 HORNED LARK: 2 WHITE-THROATED SPARROW: 2 BLACK-CAPPED CHICKADEE: 2 TIGER CAT: 2 GRIZZLY BEAR: 1 LESSER DOG-FACED FRUIT BAT: 1 NORTHERN HAIRY-NOSED WOMBAT: 1 SENEGAL BUSHBABY: 1 COMMON TREE SHREW: 1 WILSON'S SNIPE: 1 TUFTED TITMOUSE: 1

What's in This Report

30
USDA Inspections on Record
Latest: Mar 2, 2026
7
Violations Documented
2 Critical · 5 Non-Critical

The full report includes:

Complete inspection timeline with dates
Every violation code and description
Inspector narratives — what they saw
Severity ratings for each violation
Repeat offense flags
Links to original USDA reports

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