Houston Zoo Inc.

HOUSTON, Texas 77030

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License: 74-C-0082 Type: C Last Inspected: Mar 18, 2026

14 Inspections

5 Total Violations

2 Critical

0 Repeat Violations

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Animals on Record

SEBA'S SHORT-TAILED BAT: 690 NAKED MOLE-RAT: 456 CHILEAN FLAMINGO: 257 DOMESTIC GOAT: 234 CHIMPANZEE: 177 ASIAN ELEPHANT: 151 JAVA SPARROW: 138 BANDED MONGOOSE: 136 PALLAS'S LONG-TONGUED BAT: 114 DAMARALAND MOLE-RAT: 113 NORTHERN BOBWHITE: 101 SLENDER-TAILED MEERKAT: 99 CAPYBARA: 99 EURASIAN HARVEST MOUSE: 99 WESTERN GORILLA: 93 GREEN OROPENDOLA: 93 CALIFORNIA SEA LION: 89 STRAW-COLOURED FRUIT BAT: 86 GIRAFFE: 81 HUMBOLDT PENGUIN: 79 GREATER PRAIRIE-CHICKEN: 69 BONGO: 64 BLACK HOWLER: 62 CHESTNUT-BREASTED MUNIA: 62 RED-TAILED MONKEY: 61 PATAS MONKEY: 56 INDIGO BUNTING: 55 RING-TAILED LEMUR: 53 BORNEAN ORANGUTAN: 53 BLUE-THROATED MACAW: 53 YELLOW-BACKED DUIKER: 49 DAMARA / DAMARALAND MOLE-RAT / DAMARALAND BLESMOL: 49 DAMARA / DAMARALAND MOLE-RAT / DAMARALAND: 49 PYGMY MARMOSET: 48 AFRICAN COLLARED-DOVE: 46 SCALY-BREASTED MUNIA / NUTMEG MANNIKIN: 46 LION: 44 OKAPI: 43 CRESTED PARTRIDGE: 39 RED JUNGLEFOWL: 39 MADAGASCAR IBIS: 36 OCELOT: 35 AFRICAN HUNTING DOG / AFRICAN WILD DOG: 35 WHITE IBIS: 35 RED RIVER HOG: 34 GAMBIAN EPAULETTED FRUIT BAT: 32 GUIRA CUCKOO: 32 DE BRAZZA'S MONKEY: 31 WHITE-FACED SAKI: 31 GOLDEN LION TAMARIN: 30 GIANT OTTER: 30 WHITE-FACED WHISTLING-DUCK: 30 ALLEN'S SWAMP MONKEY: 29 FOSSA: 29 CLOUDED LEOPARD: 29 JAGUAR: 29 HOUSE FINCH: 29 BLUE GROSBEAK: 29 BLUE-CROWNED LAUGHINGTHRUSH: 29 CHEETAH: 28 ST. VINCENT PARROT: 28 DOMESTIC CHICKEN (INCLUDING ALL DOMESTIC BREEDS /: 28 RED PANDA: 27 SIAMANG: 27 BAIRD'S TAPIR: 27 GIANT ELAND: 27 GOELDI'S MONKEY: 27 WATTLED CURASSOW: 27 SOUTHERN LAPWING: 27 GIANT ANTEATER: 26 PUMA / MOUNTAIN LION / COUGAR: 26 COTTON-TOP TAMARIN: 26 NYALA: 26 HARRIS'S ANTELOPE SQUIRREL: 25 CATTLE / COW / OX / WATUSI: 25 NORTH AMERICAN BLACK BEAR: 25 COQUEREL'S SIFAKA: 25 PUNA IBIS: 25 LESSER MADAGASCAR HEDGEHOG TENREC: 24 LLAMA: 24 WHITE-CHEEKED GIBBON: 24 BLUE-BILLED CURASSOW: 24 GRAY-HEADED SWAMPHEN: 24 WHITE RHINOCEROS: 23 ORIENTAL SMALL-CLAWED OTTER: 22 PREHENSILE-TAILED PORCUPINE: 22 CHESTNUT-BACKED THRUSH: 22 CROWNED LEMUR: 21 PAINTED BUNTING: 21 BLUE DUIKER: 20 NORTH AMERICAN RIVER OTTER: 20 GREATER RHEA / AMERICAN RHEA: 20 SOCORRO DOVE: 20 RINGED TEAL: 20 ROSEATE SPOONBILL: 20 ANDEAN COCK-OF-THE-ROCK: 20 RED-CAPPED CARDINAL: 19 RED AVADAVAT: 19 DINGO: 18 WILD BOAR: 18 RUDDY DUCK: 18 BOAT-BILLED HERON: 18 SOUTHERN TAMANDUA: 17 LINNAEUS'S TWO-TOED SLOTH: 17 BURCHELL’S / GRANT’S / CHAPMAN’S / PLAINS ZEBRA: 17 CAT ADULT: 16 EUROPEAN RABBIT: 16 TIGER: 16 TRICOLORED PARROTFINCH: 16 HOFFMANN'S TWO-TOED SLOTH: 15 NORTH AMERICAN PORCUPINE: 15 MANDRILL *MALE: 15 GIANT WOOD-RAIL: 15 BLACK-FACED IBIS: 15 PREVOST'S SQUIRREL / TRI-COLORED SQUIRREL: 14 HOUSE MOUSE: 14 DOMESTIC RABBIT / EUROPEAN RABBIT: 14 BLUE CRANE / STANLEY CRANE: 14 ROSS'S TURACO: 14 WOOD THRUSH: 14 DOMESTIC PIG / POTBELLY PIG / MICRO PIG: 13 SOUTHERN THREE-BANDED ARMADILLO: 13 EASTERN CRESTED GUINEAFOWL: 13 COMB DUCK / AMERICAN COMB DUCK: 13 PALAWAN PEACOCK-PHEASANT: 13 MINDANAO BLEEDING-HEART: 13 BRAZILIAN TEAL: 13 ZEBU: 12 CHINCHILLA: 12 GRANTS ZEBRA: 12 WHITE-TAILED DEER: 12 GREATER KUDU: 12 MALLARD: 12 GRAY-WINGED TRUMPETER: 12 EASTERN SCREECH-OWL: 12 GOLDEN PARAKEET: 12 BALI MYNA: 12 BOBCAT: 11 VICTORIA CROWNED-PIGEON: 11 EDWARDS'S PHEASANT / VIETNAM PHEASANT: 11 SOUTHERN SCREAMER / CRESTED SCREAMER: 11 BLACK-SPOTTED BARBET: 11 ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK: 11 DOG ADULT: 10 WARTHOG: 10 SADDLE-BACK TAMARIN: 10 SWIFT FOX: 10 SPEKE'S GAZELLE: 10 CHINCHILLA (DOMESTICATED): 10 RED SHOVELER: 10 MALEO: 10 WHOOPING CRANE: 10 GREAT HORNED OWL: 10 PIED IMPERIAL-PIGEON: 10 PINK-HEADED FRUIT-DOVE: 10 WOOD STORK: 10 FISCHER'S TURACO: 10 WATTLED JACANA: 10 BURROWING OWL: 10 KEEL-BILLED TOUCAN: 10 CAPE GRIFFON / CAPE VULTURE: 10 BALD EAGLE: 10 HOODED VULTURE: 10 VENEZUELAN TROUPIAL: 10 SOUTHERN GROUND-HORNBILL: 10 CURL-CRESTED ARACARI: 10 GUIANAN TOUCANET: 10 BLUE-GRAY TANAGER: 10 YELLOW-RUMPED CACIQUE: 10 AZURE-WINGED MAGPIE: 10 PLUSH-CRESTED JAY: 10 LESSER BLUE-EARED STARLING: 10 BARE-FACED TAMARIN: 9 HAWAIIAN GOOSE / NE-NE: 9 HELMETED CURASSOW / NORTHERN HELMETED: 9 SUNBITTERN: 9 GREAT-BILLED SEED-FINCH: 9 SCARLET IBIS: 9 BABIRUSA: 8 EASTERN BLACK-AND-WHITE COLOBUS / GUEREZA: 8 GREY SHORT-TAILED OPOSSUM: 8 WHITE-NOSED COATI: 8 LEOPARD: 8 DIADEM SIFAKA: 8 YELLOW ARMADILLO: 8 BRAZILIAN AGOUTI: 8 BROWN PELICAN: 8 MACCOA DUCK: 8 COSCOROBA SWAN: 8 PUNA TEAL: 8 SULAWESI GROUND DOVE: 8 HAMERKOP: 8 RÜPPELL'S GRIFFON: 7 SILVER-BEAKED TANAGER: 7 BINTURONG: 6 MANED WOLF: 6 AGILE GIBBON: 6 GERENUK: 6 GOLDEN-HEADED TAMARIN: 6 COMMON OSTRICH: 6 WILD TURKEY: 6 BLACK-WINGED STILT: 6 ASIAN EMERALD DOVE / GREY-CAPPED EMERALD DOVE: 6 LAKE DUCK: 6 BLACK-NAPED FRUIT-DOVE: 6 AFRICAN SPOONBILL: 6 BLACK-NECKED STILT: 6 YELLOW-BILLED STORK: 6 STRIPED SKUNK: 5 RACCOON: 5 CONGO PEACOCK / PEAHEN / PEAFOWL: 5 ORINOCO GOOSE: 5 CRESTED QUAIL-DOVE: 5 EURASIAN EAGLE-OWL: 5 GUAM RAIL: 5 BLACK VULTURE / MEXICAN VULTURE: 5 RED-AND-GREEN MACAW / GREEN-WINGED MACAW: 5 VIOLACEOUS EUPHONIA: 5 HARRIS'S HAWK: 5 LAUGHING KOOKABURRA: 5 AMAZONIAN MOTMOT: 5 GOLDEN-CRESTED MYNA: 5 BLUE-AND-YELLOW MACAW / BLUE-AND-GOLD MACAW: 5 BLACK-HANDED SPIDER MONKEY: 5 DOMESTIC DUCK INCLUDING ALL DOMESTIC BREEDS: 5 AZARAS NIGHT MONKEY: 4 GRIZZLY BEAR: 4 HAZEL DORMOUSE: 4 PYGMY SLOW LORIS: 4 ROCK HYRAX: 4 INDIAN FLYING FOX: 4 GREATER MADAGASCAR HEDGEHOG TENREC: 4 SPECTACLED BEAR: 4 RED RUFFED LEMUR: 4 BLACK-AND-WHITE RUFFED LEMUR: 4 JAMAICAN FRUIT BAT: 4 GOLDEN-HEADED LION TAMARIN: 4 GRAY CATBIRD: 4 NORTHERN CARDINAL: 4 BALTIMORE ORIOLE / NORTHERN ORIOLE: 4 AFRICAN PYGMY-GOOSE: 4 BLUE-BELLIED ROLLER: 4 GRAY CROWNED-CRANE / AFRICAN CROWNED-CRANE /: 4 GREAT BLUE TURACO: 4 GUAM KINGFISHER: 4 BLUE-BILLED TEAL / HOTTENTOT TEAL: 4 CAPE PORCUPINE: 3 PATAGONIAN CAVY / MARA: 3 AARDVARK: 3 SHEEP INCLUDING ALL DOMESTIC BREEDS: 3 DOMESTIC PIG: 3 SCREAMING ARMADILLO: 3 PYGMY HIPPOPOTAMUS: 3 BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCK: 3 ECLECTUS PARROT: 3 POMPADOUR COTINGA: 3 WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW: 3 BLUE JAY: 3 SOUTH AFRICAN HEDGEHOG: 2 DOMESTIC GUINEA PIG: 2 AGILE MANGABEY: 2 DORCAS GAZELLE: 2 SPRINGHAAS: 2 FOUR-TOED HEDGEHOG: 2 RED-CAPPED MANGABEY: 2 VIRGINIA OPOSSUM: 2 KINKAJOU: 2 RHINOCEROS HORNBILL: 2 PYGMY FALCON: 2 RED-HANDED TAMARIN: 2 RINGTAIL: 2 BLUE-HEADED WOOD-DOVE: 2 WESTERN PLANTAIN-EATER: 2 CARACAL: 1 FAT-TAILED GERBIL: 1 COARSE-HAIRED WOMBAT: 1 MARGAY: 1 BAER'S POCHARD: 1 YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO: 1 PRAIRIE FALCON: 1 CATTLE / COW / OX: 1 BEARDED BARBET: 1 RED SISKIN: 1 TRUMPETER HORNBILL: 1

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Latest: Mar 18, 2026

Violations Documented

2 Critical · 3 Non-Critical

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How to Read This Report

This page shows the complete USDA inspection history for Houston Zoo 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.

Each inspection in the timeline represents an actual visit by a USDA APHIS inspector. Inspections can be routine (scheduled), focused (in response to a complaint), or follow-up (to verify that previously cited violations have been corrected). The badges next to each inspection date indicate how many violations were found during that visit and their severity levels.

In the violation details section, you can read the specific regulatory codes that were cited and, when available, the inspector's narrative describing exactly what was observed. Pay particular attention to violations marked as "Repeat", these indicate problems that the breeder was previously warned about but failed to correct. Critical violations involving immediate threats to animal health or safety are the most serious and should weigh heavily in your decision-making.

If you are considering purchasing an animal from this facility, we recommend using this data as a starting point, not an endpoint. Visit the breeder in person, ask to see the animals' living conditions, request veterinary health records, and compare this facility's record to other breeders in the same state.

Frequently asked questions about Houston Zoo Inc.

Is Houston Zoo Inc. a USDA-licensed breeder?

Houston Zoo Inc. holds USDA license number 74-C-0082 (C), which means the facility is registered under the federal Animal Welfare Act and is subject to periodic USDA APHIS inspections.

Does Houston Zoo Inc. have any USDA violations on record?

Yes. USDA inspectors have documented 5 violations at this facility (2 critical, 3 non-critical). Critical and repeat violations matter most because they involve direct risks to animal health or problems the breeder was warned about before. Each cited code and the inspector narrative are in the full report above.

When was Houston Zoo Inc. last inspected by the USDA?

The most recent inspection on record for Houston Zoo Inc. was on Mar 18, 2026, and the facility has 14 inspections documented in total. The USDA typically inspects licensed breeders every one to three years.