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Dakota Zoological Society Inc.

Bismarck, North Dakota 58502 — 602 Riverside Park Road

License: 45-C-0003 Type: C Last Inspected: May 13, 2025 Address: 602 Riverside Park Road
12 Inspections
0 Total Violations
0 Critical
0 Repeat Violations

Animals on Record

BLACK-TAILED PRAIRIE DOG: 143 DOMESTIC GOAT: 91 AFRICAN PENGUIN / CAPE PENGUIN: 61 SHEEP INCLUDING ALL DOMESTIC BREEDS: 59 GRAY WOLF / GREY WOLF / TIMBER WOLF: 53 BARBARY SHEEP: 48 BIGHORN SHEEP: 47 TAMMAR WALLABY: 44 AMERICAN BISON: 39 SIAMANG: 33 DALL SHEEP WHITE SHEEP: 32 COTTON-TOP TAMARIN: 32 WHITE-TAILED DEER: 32 PRONGHORN: 31 REEVE'S MUNTJAC: 31 CATTLE / COW / OX / WATUSI: 30 NORTH AMERICAN PORCUPINE: 30 TIGER: 29 RED RUFFED LEMUR: 27 MULE DEER: 27 BROWN-HEADED SPIDER MONKEY: 27 SNOW LEOPARD: 25 PUMA / MOUNTAIN LION / COUGAR: 25 RED JUNGLEFOWL: 24 ELK: 23 RED FOX (INCLUDES SILVER FOX & CROSS FOX): 23 WILD BOAR: 23 BACTRIAN CAMEL: 23 BOBCAT: 22 BROWN BEAR: 22 CHINCHILLA (DOMESTICATED): 21 ROCKY MOUNTAIN GOAT: 21 COYOTE: 21 RACCOON: 21 FISHER: 20 PALLAS'S CAT: 20 CANADIAN LYNX: 20 ELK / WAPITI: 20 EUROPEAN POLECAT: 20 SERVAL: 19 ARCTIC FOX: 19 AMERICAN BADGER: 19 NORTH AMERICAN RIVER OTTER: 19 MONGOLIAN GERBIL (COMMON PET / RESEARCH VARIETY): 18 SWIFT FOX: 18 WHITE-FRONTED MARMOSET: 17 LLAMA: 17 RED DEER: 17 PINE MARTEN: 17 WHITE-NOSED COATI: 17 LADY AMHERST'S PHEASANT: 16 GOLDEN-HEADED TAMARIN: 15 SIBERIAN MUSK DEER: 14 DOMESTIC RABBIT / EUROPEAN RABBIT: 14 URIAL SHEEP: 14 DOMESTIC HORSE: 13 BLACK-FOOTED FERRET: 12 REINDEER: 12 WHITE SHEEP: 12 GOELDI'S MONKEY: 11 RED-TAILED HAWK: 10 BLACK SWAN: 10 BLUE-AND-YELLOW MACAW / BLUE-AND-GOLD MACAW: 9 HIMALAYAN MONAL: 8 BLACK-HANDED SPIDER MONKEY: 8 CHINCHILLA: 8 FOUR-TOED HEDGEHOG (MOST COMMON PET HEDGEHOG): 7 TRUMPETER SWAN: 7 MEADOW VOLE: 6 BALD EAGLE: 6 TAKIN: 6 DOMESTIC GUINEA PIG: 6 INDIAN PEAFOWL / COMMON PEAFOWL / PEAHEN /: 6 DONKEY / BURRO / ASS: 6 EMU: 6 BROWN EARED-PHEASANT: 6 CEDAR WAXWING: 5 SCARLET MACAW: 5 TEMMINCK'S TRAGOPAN: 5 GOLDEN-HEADED LION TAMARIN: 4 GREAT HORNED OWL: 4 FOUR-TOED HEDGEHOG: 4 TURKEY VULTURE: 4 BLUE EARED-PHEASANT: 4 SOUTHERN THREE-BANDED ARMADILLO: 3 LINNAEUS'S TWO-TOED SLOTH: 3 CANADA GOOSE: 3 AFRICAN WILD ASS: 3 GOLDEN PHEASANT: 3 REEVES'S PHEASANT: 3 PEREGRINE FALCON: 2 MOOSE: 2 EUROPEAN RABBIT: 2 AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN: 2 SNOWY OWL: 2 COOPER'S HAWK: 2 VIRGINIA OPOSSUM: 2

Inspection History

12 inspections on record

May 13, 2025
No Violations
Animals: 18 · Type: FOCUSED INSPECTION
Mar 21, 2025
No Violations
Animals: 233 · Type: RE-LICENSE INSPECTION
Mar 4, 2025
No Violations
Animals: 233 · Type: ROUTINE INSPECTION
Aug 29, 2023
No Violations
Animals: 232 · Type: ROUTINE INSPECTION
Mar 17, 2022
No Violations
Animals: 175 · Type: RE-LICENSE INSPECTION
Nov 2, 2021
No Violations
Animals: 6 · Type: FOCUSED INSPECTION
Apr 29, 2021
No Violations
Animals: 161 · Type: ROUTINE INSPECTION
Aug 20, 2019
No Violations
Animals: 158 · Type: ROUTINE INSPECTION
Apr 16, 2018
No Violations
Animals: 166 · Type: ROUTINE INSPECTION
May 10, 2017
No Violations
Animals: 122 · Type: ROUTINE INSPECTION
Apr 26, 2016
No Violations
Animals: 171 · Type: ROUTINE INSPECTION
Feb 24, 2015
No Violations
Animals: 177 · Type: ROUTINE INSPECTION

How to Read This Report

This page shows the complete USDA inspection history for Dakota Zoological Society Inc.. 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.

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