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Denver Zoological Foundation

DENVER, Colorado 80205 — 2900 E. 23rd Ave., Operations Gate

License: 84-C-0002 Type: C Last Inspected: Sep 22, 2025 Address: 2900 E. 23rd Ave., Operations Gate
19 Inspections
28 Total Violations
1 Critical
3 Repeat Violations

Animals on Record

SEBA'S SHORT-TAILED BAT: 5,034 COMMON VAMPIRE BAT: 506 JAMAICAN FRUIT-EATING BAT / JAMAICAN FRUIT BAT: 259 CHILEAN FLAMINGO: 225 LION: 116 BROWN CAPUCHIN / TUFTED CAPUCHIN: 114 LONG-TONGUED FRUIT BAT: 100 RAINBOW LORIKEET: 99 DOMESTIC GUINEA PIG: 84 AFRICAN PENGUIN / CAPE PENGUIN: 73 CALIFORNIA SEA LION: 71 AFRICAN BUFFALO / CAPE BUFFALO: 67 COCONUT LORIKEET: 67 AMERICAN FLAMINGO: 66 ASIAN ELEPHANT: 64 SUMATRAN ORANGUTAN: 64 BONGO: 63 MANDRILL: 63 RED RIVER HOG: 63 LESSER KUDU: 61 ORIENTAL SMALL-CLAWED OTTER: 59 GOLDEN LION TAMARIN: 59 WESTERN GORILLA: 56 BROWN PALE-FRONTED CAPUCHIN: 56 SPOTTED HYENA: 53 GREVY'S ZEBRA: 52 GIRAFFE: 52 AFRICAN HUNTING DOG / AFRICAN WILD DOG: 52 PRZEWALSKI'S WILD HORSE: 52 BIGHORN SHEEP: 50 LESSER MADAGASCAR HEDGEHOG TENREC: 48 BENNETT'S WALLABY / RED-NECKED WALLABY: 46 WHITE-FRONTED MARMOSET: 45 RING-TAILED LEMUR: 44 SOUTHERN TAMANDUA: 42 RED KANGAROO: 41 EASTERN BLACK-AND-WHITE COLOBUS / GUEREZA: 41 OKAPI: 39 BACTRIAN CAMEL: 36 RED-CAPPED MANGABEY: 36 AYE-AYE: 36 LINNAEUS'S TWO-TOED SLOTH: 36 CLOUDED LEOPARD: 35 DE BRAZZA'S MONKEY: 33 WHITE-FACED SAKI: 33 MALAYAN TAPIR: 33 GERENUK: 32 TIGER: 31 BANDED MONGOOSE: 31 INDIAN RHINOCEROS: 29 AFRICAN WILD ASS: 28 FISHING CAT: 28 BLACK-HANDED SPIDER MONKEY: 27 YELLOW-BACKED DUIKER: 27 RED RUFFED LEMUR: 27 HUMBOLDT PENGUIN: 27 HARBOR SEAL: 26 PREVOST'S SQUIRREL / TRI-COLORED SQUIRREL: 23 LLAMA: 22 WOLF'S GUENON: 21 BUFF-CHEEKED GIBBON: 21 SERVAL: 21 PALM COCKATOO: 21 BLACK HOWLER: 20 NORTHERN BALD IBIS: 20 EMPEROR TAMARIN: 18 RED-BREASTED GOOSE: 18 BALI MYNA: 18 CAPYBARA: 17 JAMAICAN FRUIT BAT: 17 MONGOOSE LEMUR: 16 NORTH AMERICAN RIVER OTTER: 16 POLAR BEAR: 16 RED PANDA: 16 DEGU: 16 ADDAX: 16 TURQUOISE TANAGER: 16 PREHENSILE-TAILED PORCUPINE: 15 SOUTHERN THREE-BANDED ARMADILLO: 15 GRIZZLY BEAR: 15 ROCKY MOUNTAIN GOAT: 15 RED-LEGGED HONEYCREEPER: 15 MARBLED TEAL: 15 BLACK RHINOCEROS: 14 HIPPOPOTAMUS: 14 WHITE-CHEEKED GIBBON: 14 PATAGONIAN CAVY / MARA: 14 LEOPARD: 14 DWARF MONGOOSE: 13 SIAMANG: 13 CHEETAH: 12 NINE-BANDED ARMADILLO: 12 DALL SHEEP WHITE SHEEP: 12 DOMESTIC PIG / POTBELLY PIG / MICRO PIG: 12 FENNEC FOX: 12 BLACK CROWNED-CRANE: 12 GRAY CROWNED-CRANE / AFRICAN CROWNED-CRANE /: 12 BLUE-CROWNED LAUGHINGTHRUSH: 12 COPPERY TITI: 11 PYGMY MARMOSET: 11 KEA: 11 BLACK-TAILED PRAIRIE DOG: 10 VIRGINIA OPOSSUM: 10 SNOW LEOPARD: 10 WHITE-FRONTED LEMUR: 10 DOMESTIC RABBIT / EUROPEAN RABBIT: 10 RACCOON: 10 NORTH AMERICAN PORCUPINE: 9 CAPE PORCUPINE: 9 ABYSSINIAN GROUND-HORNBILL: 9 TAWNY FROGMOUTH: 9 AZURE-WINGED MAGPIE: 9 COMMON ELAND: 8 BROWN BEAR: 8 DOG ADULT: 8 STRIPED HYENA: 8 KIRK'S DIKDIK / KIRKS DIK-DIK: 8 AMERICAN BISON: 8 CHACOAN PECCARY: 8 GOELDI'S MONKEY: 7 SULAWESI CRESTED MACAQUE: 7 BAT-EARED FOX: 7 REED TITI: 7 MATSCHIE'S TREE KANGAROO: 7 WHITE-NOSED COATI: 6 HEDGEHOG: 6 MANED WOLF: 6 FOSSA: 6 SOUTH AMERICAN COATI: 6 AFRICAN CRESTED PORCUPINE: 6 HARRIS'S HAWK: 6 BLUE-AND-YELLOW MACAW / BLUE-AND-GOLD MACAW: 6 CONGO AFRICAN GREY PARROT / GRAY PARROT: 6 HYACINTH MACAW: 6 RED-CROWNED CRANE / JAPANESE CRANE: 6 SOUTHERN CASSOWARY / DOUBLE-WATTLED CASSOWARY: 6 EDWARDS'S PHEASANT / VIETNAM PHEASANT: 6 SCALY-SIDED MERGANSER: 6 CINEREOUS VULTURE: 6 BAER'S POCHARD: 6 CHESTNUT-BACKED THRUSH: 6 SARUS CRANE: 6 NICOBAR PIGEON: 6 CURL-CRESTED ARACARI: 6 RHINOCEROS HORNBILL: 6 SCARLET-FACED LIOCICHLA: 6 WHITE-HEADED BUFFALO-WEAVER: 6 COTTON-TOP TAMARIN: 6 RED-FLANKED DUIKER: 6 RUDDY SHELDUCK: 6 RED-AND-GREEN MACAW / GREEN-WINGED MACAW: 6 BORNEAN ORANGUTAN: 5 EUROPEAN RABBIT: 5 SILVERY LUTUNG / SILVERED LANGUR / LEAF MONKEY: 5 LAUGHING KOOKABURRA: 5 SWAN GOOSE: 5 PUNA TEAL: 5 HOODED CRANE: 5 VICTORIA CROWNED-PIGEON: 5 PRZWALSKI'S WILD HORSE: 4 GREATER MADAGASCAR HEDGEHOG TENREC: 4 NORTHERN PLAINS GRAY LANGUR / BENGAL SACRED LANGUR: 4 GEOFFROY'S CAT: 4 BALD EAGLE: 4 BLACK-NAPED FRUIT-DOVE: 4 ANDEAN CONDOR: 4 DROMEDARY CAMEL: 3 BLUE DUIKER: 3 ASIATIC BLACK BEAR: 3 KLIPSPRINGER: 3 THOMAS'S LANGUR / THOMAS'S LEAF MONKEY: 3 YELLOW-CHEEKED GIBBON / BUFF-CHEEKED GIBBON: 3 RED-TAILED HAWK: 3 AUGUR BUZZARD: 3 BLACK VULTURE / MEXICAN VULTURE: 3 TANIMBAR CORELLA / GOFFIN'S COCKATOO: 3 EASTERN SCREECH-OWL: 3 WHITE-NECKED RAVEN: 3 COMMON OSTRICH: 3 MARIANA FRUIT-DOVE: 3 BLUE-BILLED TEAL / HOTTENTOT TEAL: 3 MILITARY MACAW: 3 WHITE-FACED WHISTLING-DUCK: 3 BEARDED BARBET: 3 SMEW: 3 BARN OWL / WESTERN BARN OWL / AMERICAN BARN OWL /: 3 EGYPTIAN VULTURE: 3 SPANGLED COTINGA: 3 GREAT HORNBILL: 3 RED-BILLED LEIOTHRIX: 3 STRIPED SKUNK: 3 KEEL-BILLED TOUCAN: 3 PHEASANT PIGEON: 3 COMMON BROWN LEMUR: 2 MANDRILL *MALE: 2 BLACK-AND-RUFOUS ELEPHANT SHREW: 2 FOUR-TOED HEDGEHOG: 2 DONKEY / BURRO / ASS: 2 NORWAY RAT / LAB RAT (COMMON RESEARCH/PET VARIETY): 2 EURASIAN EAGLE-OWL: 2 BLUE-STREAKED LORY: 2 SNOWY OWL: 2 WARTHOG: 1 LION-TAILED MACAQUE: 1 GREY SHORT-TAILED OPOSSUM: 1 DOMESTIC PIG: 1 DOMESTIC DOG: 1 RUFOUS ELEPHANT SHREW: 1 BROWN LEMUR: 1 NORTHERN TREE SHREW: 1 CABOT'S TRAGOPAN: 1 MOUNTAIN PEACOCK-PHEASANT / ROTHSCHILD'S: 1 REED TITI / WHITE-EARED TITI: 1

What's in This Report

19
USDA Inspections on Record
Latest: Sep 22, 2025
28
Violations Documented
1 Critical · 27 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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