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Hemker Park Zoo LLC

Freeport, Minnesota 56331 — 26715 County Road 39

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License: 41-C-0315 Type: C Last Inspected: Jan 13, 2025 Address: 26715 County Road 39

3 Inspections

0 Total Violations

0 Critical

0 Repeat Violations

Animals on Record

ALBINE IBEX / WEST CAUCASIAN TUR: 38 TAKIN: 32 AFRICAN PENGUIN / CAPE PENGUIN: 31 INDIAN PEAFOWL / COMMON PEAFOWL / PEAHEN /: 29 DOMESTIC GOAT: 25 SLENDER-TAILED MEERKAT: 24 DOMESTIC CHICKEN (INCLUDING ALL DOMESTIC BREEDS /: 24 WOOD DUCK / CAROLINA DUCK: 22 ALPACA: 21 AMERICAN FLAMINGO: 21 BIGHORN SHEEP: 20 EMPEROR GOOSE: 20 KIRK'S DIKDIK / KIRKS DIK-DIK: 16 ROSS'S GOOSE: 16 SWAMP WALLABY: 15 ORIENTAL SMALL-CLAWED OTTER: 15 DALL SHEEP WHITE SHEEP: 14 RED-BREASTED GOOSE: 14 REINDEER: 13 BAR-HEADED GOOSE: 13 ASIAN GOLDEN WEAVER: 12 NORTHERN SHOVELER: 12 TRUMPETER SWAN: 12 MANDARIN DUCK: 12 EASTERN BLACK-AND-WHITE COLOBUS / GUEREZA: 10 NORTHERN PINTAIL: 10 RUDDY DUCK: 10 BUFFLEHEAD: 10 HOODED MERGANSER: 10 BOBCAT: 9 RED-TAILED MONKEY: 9 BROWN-HEADED SPIDER MONKEY: 9 SMEW: 9 GIANT ANTEATER: 8 RED-FLANKED DUIKER: 8 PALLAS'S CAT: 8 ROCKY MOUNTAIN GOAT: 8 STRIPED SKUNK: 8 PATAS MONKEY: 8 DE BRAZZA'S MONKEY: 8 CACKLING GOOSE: 8 WHITE-NAPED CRANE: 8 REDHEAD: 8 COMMON EIDER: 8 COMMON GOLDENEYE: 8 CINNAMON TEAL: 8 BAIKAL TEAL: 8 GOLDEN PHEASANT: 8 BLUE-AND-YELLOW MACAW / BLUE-AND-GOLD MACAW: 8 WHITE-HEADED / WHITE-THROATED CAPUCHIN: 7 BLACK-AND-WHITE RUFFED LEMUR: 6 BLACK-HEADED NIGHT MONKEY: 6 INDIAN RHINOCEROS: 6 BACTRIAN CAMEL: 6 RED RUFFED LEMUR: 6 GREATER BUSHBABY: 6 NORTH AMERICAN RIVER OTTER: 6 CANADIAN LYNX: 6 BLUE-WINGED KOOKABURRA: 6 WEST CAUCASIAN TUR / WEST CAUCASIAN IBEX: 6 BURCHELL’S / GRANT’S / CHAPMAN’S / PLAINS ZEBRA: 5 VERVET: 5 RED PANDA: 5 GERENUK: 5 YAK: 5 CAPYBARA: 5 LAUGHING KOOKABURRA: 5 SCARLET IBIS: 5 WHITE IBIS: 5 BROWN CAPUCHIN / TUFTED CAPUCHIN: 4 AFRICAN CRESTED PORCUPINE: 4 AMERICAN BISON: 4 RHINOCEROS HORNBILL: 4 SOUTHERN GROUND-HORNBILL: 4 SECRETARYBIRD: 4 VICTORIA CROWNED-PIGEON: 4 SILVERY-CHEEKED HORNBILL: 4 GRAY CROWNED-CRANE / AFRICAN CROWNED-CRANE /: 4 TUNDRA SWAN: 4 SALMON-CRESTED COCKATOO / MOLUCCAN COCKATOO: 4 HOODED CRANE: 4 RED-CROWNED CRANE / JAPANESE CRANE: 4 YELLOW-CHEEKED GIBBON / BUFF-CHEEKED GIBBON: 4 LESSER SCAUP: 4 NORTH AMERICAN PORCUPINE: 3 PRONGHORN: 3 RED KANGAROO: 3 LEOPARD: 3 COTTON-TOP TAMARIN: 3 PALM-NUT VULTURE: 3 RED-LEGGED SERIEMA: 3 KNOBBED HORNBILL: 3 RED-AND-GREEN MACAW / GREEN-WINGED MACAW: 3 BUDGERIGAR / BUDGIE / COMMON PARAKEET / SHELL: 3 BLUE-THROATED MACAW: 3 PINK-HEADED FRUIT-DOVE: 3 COMMON MARMOSET: 2 WARTHOG: 2 EASTERN GREY KANGAROO: 2 WHITE-CHEEKED GIBBON: 2 GIRAFFE: 2 ADDAX: 2 BLACK SWAN: 2 MANDRILL: 2 HIMALAYAN MONAL: 2 STELLER'S SEA-EAGLE: 2 LUZON BLEEDING-HEART: 2 BLUE-BELLIED ROLLER: 2 CANADA GOOSE: 2 LAR GIBBON: 2 AZARAS NIGHT MONKEY: 2 TIGER: 2 HELMETED CURASSOW / NORTHERN HELMETED: 2 RING-TAILED LEMUR: 2 WOLF'S GUENON: 1 SOUTH AMERICAN TAPIR: 1 BAT-EARED FOX: 1 WHITE-CHEEKED TURACO: 1 WHITE-CROWNED HORNBILL: 1 CHINESE BAMBOO-PARTRIDGE: 1 GREAT HORNED OWL: 1 TOCO TOUCAN: 1 BRAZILIAN THREE-BANDED ARMADILLO: 1

Inspection History

3 inspections on record

Jan 13, 2025

No Violations

Animals: 376 · Type: ROUTINE INSPECTION

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Mar 13, 2024

No Violations

Animals: 378 · Type: ROUTINE INSPECTION

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Aug 9, 2023

No Violations

Animals: 184 · Type: PRE-LICENSE INSPECTION

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How to Read This Report

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