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JOAN HEMKER

FREEPORT, Minnesota 56331 — Po Box 262

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License: 41-C-0203 Type: C Last Inspected: Apr 19, 2023 Address: Po Box 262

11 Inspections

3 Total Violations

0 Critical

0 Repeat Violations

Animals on Record

REINDEER: 146 ALBINE IBEX / WEST CAUCASIAN TUR: 113 DOMESTIC GOAT: 78 BIGHORN SHEEP: 67 MARKHOR: 61 ALPACA: 60 TAKIN: 58 SITATUNGA: 44 URIAL SHEEP: 42 RED KANGAROO: 35 VERVET: 32 GREATER KUDU: 29 BACTRIAN CAMEL: 26 ADDRA GAZELLE: 26 BROWN CAPUCHIN / TUFTED CAPUCHIN: 24 SLENDER-TAILED MEERKAT: 24 WEST CAUCASIAN TUR: 22 AMERICAN BADGER: 22 BURCHELL’S / GRANT’S / CHAPMAN’S / PLAINS ZEBRA: 22 RING-TAILED LEMUR: 21 AFRICAN CRESTED PORCUPINE: 21 ORIENTAL SMALL-CLAWED OTTER: 21 WHITE-TAILED DEER: 20 STRIPED SKUNK: 20 BLACK-HANDED SPIDER MONKEY: 19 SABLE ANTELOPE: 19 BLACK-AND-WHITE RUFFED LEMUR: 19 BOBCAT: 18 PRONGHORN: 17 YAK: 16 DE BRAZZA'S MONKEY: 16 ARABIAN ORYX: 15 SHEEP INCLUDING ALL DOMESTIC BREEDS: 14 NYALA: 14 WHITE-HEADED / WHITE-THROATED CAPUCHIN: 13 CANADIAN LYNX: 12 GIRAFFE: 12 EASTERN BLACK-AND-WHITE COLOBUS / GUEREZA: 12 NEW GUINEA SINGING DOG: 11 CATTLE / COW / OX / WATUSI: 10 MUSKOX: 10 COMMON MARMOSET: 10 GRANTS ZEBRA: 9 RED PANDA: 9 WOLF'S GUENON: 9 BLACK-HEADED NIGHT MONKEY: 9 ALPINE IBEX/TUR: 8 PATAGONIAN CAVY / MARA: 8 MULE DEER: 8 BONTEBOK / BLESBOK: 8 COYOTE: 8 LESSER KUDU: 8 ROCKY MOUNTAIN GOAT: 7 RED-FLANKED DUIKER: 7 JAPANESE SEROW: 6 BENNETT'S WALLABY / RED-NECKED WALLABY: 6 GERENUK: 6 BUFF-CHEEKED GIBBON: 6 DALL SHEEP WHITE SHEEP: 6 NORTH AMERICAN RIVER OTTER: 6 EUROPEAN RABBIT: 5 WHITE SHEEP: 5 CRAB-EATING MACAQUE / CYNOMOLGUS MONKEY: 5 WHITE-LIPPED DEER: 5 KIRK'S DIKDIK / KIRKS DIK-DIK: 5 CAPE PORCUPINE: 4 REEVE'S MUNTJAC: 4 ARCTIC FOX: 4 GROUNDHOG / WOODCHUCK: 4 NUBIAN IBEX: 4 ZANZIBAR SYKES'S MONKEY / WHITE-THROATED GUENON: 4 BLACK HOWLER: 4 THOMSON'S GAZELLE: 4 INDIAN RHINOCEROS: 4 EAST AFRICAN ORYX (BEISA ORYX): 3 COTTON-TOP TAMARIN: 3 FALLOW DEER: 3 RED RIVER HOG: 3 RACCOON: 3 JAPANESE MACAQUE / SNOW MACAQUE: 3 GREATER BUSHBABY: 3 EASTERN GREY KANGAROO: 3 COMMON BROWN LEMUR: 2 SOUTH AMERICAN COATI: 2 RED FOX (INCLUDES SILVER FOX & CROSS FOX): 2 ASIATIC WATER BUFFALO: 2 SIKA DEER: 2 DOMESTIC RABBIT / EUROPEAN RABBIT: 2 BONGO: 2 NORTH AMERICAN PORCUPINE: 2 AARDVARK: 2 DROMEDARY CAMEL: 2 PATAS MONKEY: 2 RED-TAILED MONKEY: 2 AMERICAN BISON: 2 LLAMA: 1 ARMENIAN MOUFLON: 1 COMMON ELAND: 1 NILE LECHWE: 1 ROCK HYRAX: 1 RED RUFFED LEMUR: 1 BAT-EARED FOX: 1 WARTHOG: 1

What's in This Report

USDA Inspections on Record

Latest: Apr 19, 2023

Violations Documented

3 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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This page shows the complete USDA inspection history for JOAN HEMKER. 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.