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Houston Zoo Inc.

HOUSTON, Texas 77030 — 1513 Cambridge Street

License: 74-C-0082 Type: C Last Inspected: Apr 14, 2025 Address: 1513 Cambridge Street
13 Inspections
4 Total Violations
2 Critical
0 Repeat Violations

Animals on Record

SEBA'S SHORT-TAILED BAT: 657 NAKED MOLE-RAT: 456 DOMESTIC GOAT: 221 CHILEAN FLAMINGO: 208 CHIMPANZEE: 166 ASIAN ELEPHANT: 138 BANDED MONGOOSE: 127 PALLAS'S LONG-TONGUED BAT: 114 DAMARALAND MOLE-RAT: 113 JAVA SPARROW: 112 EURASIAN HARVEST MOUSE: 99 SLENDER-TAILED MEERKAT: 94 CAPYBARA: 90 STRAW-COLOURED FRUIT BAT: 86 WESTERN GORILLA: 86 CALIFORNIA SEA LION: 80 GIRAFFE: 76 NORTHERN BOBWHITE: 75 GREEN OROPENDOLA: 71 GREATER PRAIRIE-CHICKEN: 69 CHESTNUT-BREASTED MUNIA: 62 HUMBOLDT PENGUIN: 61 BONGO: 60 BLACK HOWLER: 59 RED-TAILED MONKEY: 58 PATAS MONKEY: 54 BORNEAN ORANGUTAN: 51 RING-TAILED LEMUR: 49 DAMARA / DAMARALAND MOLE-RAT / DAMARALAND BLESMOL: 49 DAMARA / DAMARALAND MOLE-RAT / DAMARALAND: 49 PYGMY MARMOSET: 48 YELLOW-BACKED DUIKER: 48 INDIGO BUNTING: 46 BLUE-THROATED MACAW: 42 LION: 41 OKAPI: 40 RED JUNGLEFOWL: 39 SCALY-BREASTED MUNIA / NUTMEG MANNIKIN: 38 AFRICAN COLLARED-DOVE: 35 OCELOT: 33 GAMBIAN EPAULETTED FRUIT BAT: 32 AFRICAN HUNTING DOG / AFRICAN WILD DOG: 32 RED RIVER HOG: 32 GUIRA CUCKOO: 32 DE BRAZZA'S MONKEY: 31 GOLDEN LION TAMARIN: 30 WHITE-FACED SAKI: 30 CRESTED PARTRIDGE: 29 MADAGASCAR IBIS: 29 CLOUDED LEOPARD: 28 ALLEN'S SWAMP MONKEY: 27 FOSSA: 27 JAGUAR: 27 GIANT ELAND: 27 GOELDI'S MONKEY: 27 CHEETAH: 26 RED PANDA: 26 COTTON-TOP TAMARIN: 26 NYALA: 26 GIANT OTTER: 26 HARRIS'S ANTELOPE SQUIRREL: 25 CATTLE / COW / OX / WATUSI: 25 SIAMANG: 25 BAIRD'S TAPIR: 25 COQUEREL'S SIFAKA: 25 BLUE GROSBEAK: 25 GIANT ANTEATER: 24 PUMA / MOUNTAIN LION / COUGAR: 24 WHITE-FACED WHISTLING-DUCK: 24 LESSER MADAGASCAR HEDGEHOG TENREC: 23 NORTH AMERICAN BLACK BEAR: 23 ST. VINCENT PARROT: 23 BLUE-CROWNED LAUGHINGTHRUSH: 23 LLAMA: 22 WHITE RHINOCEROS: 22 WATTLED CURASSOW: 22 WHITE IBIS: 22 WHITE-CHEEKED GIBBON: 21 ORIENTAL SMALL-CLAWED OTTER: 20 PREHENSILE-TAILED PORCUPINE: 20 BLUE-BILLED CURASSOW: 20 SOUTHERN LAPWING: 20 PUNA IBIS: 20 CROWNED LEMUR: 19 NORTH AMERICAN RIVER OTTER: 19 HOUSE FINCH: 19 DINGO: 18 WILD BOAR: 18 PAINTED BUNTING: 18 BLUE DUIKER: 17 LINNAEUS'S TWO-TOED SLOTH: 17 GRAY-HEADED SWAMPHEN: 17 RED-CAPPED CARDINAL: 17 CHESTNUT-BACKED THRUSH: 17 RED AVADAVAT: 17 CAT ADULT: 16 EUROPEAN RABBIT: 16 SOUTHERN TAMANDUA: 16 GREATER RHEA / AMERICAN RHEA: 16 RINGED TEAL: 16 ANDEAN COCK-OF-THE-ROCK: 16 NORTH AMERICAN PORCUPINE: 15 MANDRILL *MALE: 15 TIGER: 15 BURCHELL’S / GRANT’S / CHAPMAN’S / PLAINS ZEBRA: 15 RUDDY DUCK: 15 BOAT-BILLED HERON: 15 PREVOST'S SQUIRREL / TRI-COLORED SQUIRREL: 14 HOFFMANN'S TWO-TOED SLOTH: 14 HOUSE MOUSE: 14 ROSEATE SPOONBILL: 14 DOMESTIC CHICKEN (INCLUDING ALL DOMESTIC BREEDS /: 14 DOMESTIC RABBIT / EUROPEAN RABBIT: 13 MINDANAO BLEEDING-HEART: 13 SOCORRO DOVE: 13 TRICOLORED PARROTFINCH: 13 ZEBU: 12 CHINCHILLA: 12 GRANTS ZEBRA: 12 WHITE-TAILED DEER: 12 SOUTHERN THREE-BANDED ARMADILLO: 12 GREATER KUDU: 12 BLUE CRANE / STANLEY CRANE: 12 PALAWAN PEACOCK-PHEASANT: 12 MALLARD: 12 ROSS'S TURACO: 12 GIANT WOOD-RAIL: 12 BLACK-FACED IBIS: 12 EASTERN CRESTED GUINEAFOWL: 11 COMB DUCK / AMERICAN COMB DUCK: 11 DOG ADULT: 10 WARTHOG: 10 SADDLE-BACK TAMARIN: 10 DOMESTIC PIG / POTBELLY PIG / MICRO PIG: 10 SWIFT FOX: 10 SPEKE'S GAZELLE: 10 BOBCAT: 10 GRAY-WINGED TRUMPETER: 10 GOLDEN PARAKEET: 10 WOOD THRUSH: 10 BARE-FACED TAMARIN: 9 CHINCHILLA (DOMESTICATED): 9 VICTORIA CROWNED-PIGEON: 9 SOUTHERN SCREAMER / CRESTED SCREAMER: 9 EASTERN SCREECH-OWL: 9 BLACK-SPOTTED BARBET: 9 CURL-CRESTED ARACARI: 9 BALI MYNA: 9 BABIRUSA: 8 EASTERN BLACK-AND-WHITE COLOBUS / GUEREZA: 8 GREY SHORT-TAILED OPOSSUM: 8 WHITE-NOSED COATI: 8 DIADEM SIFAKA: 8 BRAZILIAN AGOUTI: 8 RED SHOVELER: 8 MALEO: 8 HAWAIIAN GOOSE / NE-NE: 8 HELMETED CURASSOW / NORTHERN HELMETED: 8 EDWARDS'S PHEASANT / VIETNAM PHEASANT: 8 WHOOPING CRANE: 8 GREAT HORNED OWL: 8 PIED IMPERIAL-PIGEON: 8 PINK-HEADED FRUIT-DOVE: 8 WOOD STORK: 8 FISCHER'S TURACO: 8 SUNBITTERN: 8 WATTLED JACANA: 8 BURROWING OWL: 8 KEEL-BILLED TOUCAN: 8 CAPE GRIFFON / CAPE VULTURE: 8 BALD EAGLE: 8 HOODED VULTURE: 8 VENEZUELAN TROUPIAL: 8 SOUTHERN GROUND-HORNBILL: 8 GUIANAN TOUCANET: 8 ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK: 8 BLUE-GRAY TANAGER: 8 YELLOW-RUMPED CACIQUE: 8 AZURE-WINGED MAGPIE: 8 GREAT-BILLED SEED-FINCH: 8 PLUSH-CRESTED JAY: 8 LESSER BLUE-EARED STARLING: 8 LEOPARD: 7 YELLOW ARMADILLO: 7 BROWN PELICAN: 7 MACCOA DUCK: 7 PUNA TEAL: 7 SULAWESI GROUND DOVE: 7 BINTURONG: 6 MANED WOLF: 6 AGILE GIBBON: 6 GERENUK: 6 GOLDEN-HEADED TAMARIN: 6 WILD TURKEY: 6 BLACK-WINGED STILT: 6 COSCOROBA SWAN: 6 BRAZILIAN TEAL: 6 HAMERKOP: 6 SILVER-BEAKED TANAGER: 6 STRIPED SKUNK: 5 RACCOON: 5 ASIAN EMERALD DOVE / GREY-CAPPED EMERALD DOVE: 5 LAKE DUCK: 5 BLACK-NAPED FRUIT-DOVE: 5 VIOLACEOUS EUPHONIA: 5 RÜPPELL'S GRIFFON: 5 SCARLET IBIS: 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 COMMON OSTRICH: 4 CONGO PEACOCK / PEAHEN / PEAFOWL: 4 ORINOCO GOOSE: 4 CRESTED QUAIL-DOVE: 4 EURASIAN EAGLE-OWL: 4 GUAM RAIL: 4 BLACK VULTURE / MEXICAN VULTURE: 4 RED-AND-GREEN MACAW / GREEN-WINGED MACAW: 4 HARRIS'S HAWK: 4 LAUGHING KOOKABURRA: 4 AMAZONIAN MOTMOT: 4 GOLDEN-CRESTED MYNA: 4 BLUE-AND-YELLOW MACAW / BLUE-AND-GOLD MACAW: 4 BLACK-HANDED SPIDER MONKEY: 4 AFRICAN SPOONBILL: 4 CAPE PORCUPINE: 3 PATAGONIAN CAVY / MARA: 3 AARDVARK: 3 SHEEP INCLUDING ALL DOMESTIC BREEDS: 3 DOMESTIC PIG: 3 SCREAMING ARMADILLO: 3 BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCK: 3 ECLECTUS PARROT: 3 POMPADOUR COTINGA: 3 WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW: 3 GRAY CATBIRD: 3 NORTHERN CARDINAL: 3 BALTIMORE ORIOLE / NORTHERN ORIOLE: 3 BLACK-NECKED STILT: 3 DOMESTIC DUCK INCLUDING ALL DOMESTIC BREEDS: 3 YELLOW-BILLED STORK: 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 PYGMY HIPPOPOTAMUS: 2 RHINOCEROS HORNBILL: 2 PYGMY FALCON: 2 RED-HANDED TAMARIN: 2 BLUE JAY: 2 AFRICAN PYGMY-GOOSE: 2 BLUE-BELLIED ROLLER: 2 GRAY CROWNED-CRANE / AFRICAN CROWNED-CRANE /: 2 GREAT BLUE TURACO: 2 GUAM KINGFISHER: 2 BLUE-BILLED TEAL / HOTTENTOT TEAL: 2 CARACAL: 1 FAT-TAILED GERBIL: 1 COARSE-HAIRED WOMBAT: 1 MARGAY: 1 BAER'S POCHARD: 1 YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO: 1 PRAIRIE FALCON: 1 RINGTAIL: 1 BLUE-HEADED WOOD-DOVE: 1 WESTERN PLANTAIN-EATER: 1

What's in This Report

13
USDA Inspections on Record
Latest: Apr 14, 2025
4
Violations Documented
2 Critical · 2 Non-Critical

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Complete inspection timeline with dates
Every violation code and description
Inspector narratives — what they saw
Severity ratings for each violation
Repeat offense flags
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