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Great Plains Zoo And Delbridge Museum

Sioux Falls, South Dakota 57104

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License: 46-C-0057 Type: C Last Inspected: Dec 11, 2025
18 Inspections
0 Total Violations
0 Critical
0 Repeat Violations
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Animals on Record

SEBA'S SHORT-TAILED BAT: 271 DOMESTIC GOAT: 155 JAPANESE MACAQUE / SNOW MACAQUE: 150 AMERICAN BISON: 141 SHEEP INCLUDING ALL DOMESTIC BREEDS: 121 CHILEAN FLAMINGO: 86 DWARF MONGOOSE: 85 COMMON SQUIRREL MONKEY: 83 HUMBOLDT PENGUIN: 70 RED WOLF: 58 SLENDER-TAILED MEERKAT: 56 RING-TAILED LEMUR: 55 BROWN BEAR: 54 TIGER: 50 GIRAFFE: 47 RED KANGAROO: 45 GREVY'S ZEBRA: 43 EASTERN BLACK-AND-WHITE COLOBUS / GUEREZA: 41 BLACK RHINOCEROS: 37 RED PANDA: 36 NORTH AMERICAN BLACK BEAR: 35 BONGO: 34 FOUR-TOED HEDGEHOG: 33 JAPANESE MACAQUE *MALE: 32 AFRICAN HUNTING DOG / AFRICAN WILD DOG: 31 SNOW LEOPARD: 30 INCA TERN: 30 BIGHORN SHEEP: 29 HILL WALLAROO: 28 PALLAS'S CAT: 27 CHINCHILLA: 25 RED FOX (INCLUDES SILVER FOX & CROSS FOX): 23 BACTRIAN CAMEL: 20 DOMESTIC PIG: 20 NEW GUINEA SINGING DOG: 20 STRIPED SKUNK: 20 REINDEER: 18 ALPACA: 18 MULE DEER: 18 SIAMANG: 17 LEOPARD: 15 BENNETT'S WALLABY / RED-NECKED WALLABY: 15 SANDHILL CRANE: 15 ARCTIC FOX: 12 DOMESTIC RABBIT / EUROPEAN RABBIT: 12 LION: 10 CATTLE / COW / OX / WATUSI: 10 LESSER MADAGASCAR HEDGEHOG TENREC: 10 WESTERN GREY KANGAROO: 10 DOMESTIC FERRET: 10 VON DER DECKEN'S HORNBILL: 10 GUANACO: 10 DOMESTIC HORSE: 10 EMU: 10 NORWAY RAT / LAB RAT (COMMON RESEARCH/PET VARIETY): 9 EASTERN SCREECH-OWL: 9 SWAN GOOSE: 8 NORTH AMERICAN PORCUPINE: 8 SOUTHERN THREE-BANDED ARMADILLO: 8 SWIFT FOX: 8 VIRGINIA OPOSSUM: 8 GIANT ANTEATER: 6 BLACK SWAN: 6 GREAT HORNED OWL: 5 COCONUT LORIKEET: 5 AMERICAN KESTREL: 5 BARNACLE GOOSE: 5 RED-AND-GREEN MACAW / GREEN-WINGED MACAW: 5 BAR-HEADED GOOSE: 5 BALD EAGLE: 5 MANED DUCK / AUSTRALIAN WOOD DUCK: 5 PRONGHORN: 5 PEREGRINE FALCON: 5 RED-CRESTED CARDINAL: 5 KING VULTURE: 5 BOBCAT: 5 SWAINSON'S HAWK: 5 SCARLET MACAW: 5 CHEETAH: 5 TURQUOISE-FRONTED PARROT / TURQUOISE-FRONTED: 4 YELLOW-HEADED PARROT / YELLOW-HEADED AMAZON /: 4 AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN: 3 EUROPEAN POLECAT: 3 TAMMAR WALLABY: 3 CHINCHILLA (DOMESTICATED): 3 GRAY CROWNED-CRANE / AFRICAN CROWNED-CRANE /: 2 LAUGHING KOOKABURRA: 2 RED-TAILED HAWK: 2 DROMEDARY CAMEL: 2 GREY SHORT-TAILED OPOSSUM: 1 BRAZILIAN THREE-BANDED ARMADILLO: 1 TURQUOISE-FRONTED PARROT / TURQUOISE-FRONTED AMAZON / BLUE-FRONTED AMAZON: 1 YELLOW-HEADED PARROT / YELLOW-HEADED AMAZON / DOUBLE YELLOW-HEADED AMAZON: 1
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Inspection History

18 inspections on record

Dec 11, 2025
No Violations
Animals: 202 · Type: Class C - Exhibitor
Nov 19, 2025
No Violations
Animals: 201 · Type: Class C - Exhibitor
Jul 22, 2025
No Violations
Animals: 212 · Type: Class C - Exhibitor
Jan 16, 2025
No Violations
Animals: 219 · Type: Class C - Exhibitor
Jun 4, 2024
No Violations
Animals: 214 · Type: Class C - Exhibitor
Nov 3, 2023
No Violations
Jan 26, 2023
No Violations
Animals: 154 · Type: Class C - Exhibitor
Jan 12, 2023
No Violations
Animals: 153 · Type: RE-LICENSE INSPECTION
Jun 15, 2022
No Violations
Animals: 152 · Type: Class C - Exhibitor
Sep 23, 2021
No Violations
Animals: 153 · Type: Class C - Exhibitor
Jan 13, 2021
No Violations
Animals: 154 · Type: Class C - Exhibitor
May 9, 2019
No Violations
Animals: 2 · Type: Class C - Exhibitor
Jul 6, 2018
No Violations
Animals: 4 · Type: Class C - Exhibitor
Feb 15, 2018
No Violations
Animals: 143 · Type: Class C - Exhibitor
Feb 22, 2017
No Violations
Animals: 140 · Type: Class C - Exhibitor
Feb 4, 2016
No Violations
Animals: 141 · Type: Class C - Exhibitor
May 5, 2015
No Violations
Animals: 146 · Type: Class C - Exhibitor
Apr 15, 2014
No Violations
Animals: 143 · Type: Class C - Exhibitor

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Great Plains Zoo And Delbridge Museum holds USDA license number 46-C-0057 (C), which means the facility is registered under the federal Animal Welfare Act and is subject to periodic USDA APHIS inspections.

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The most recent inspection on record for Great Plains Zoo And Delbridge Museum was on Dec 11, 2025, and the facility has 18 inspections documented in total. The USDA typically inspects licensed breeders every one to three years.

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