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PT Defiance Zoo & Aquarium

Tacoma, Washington 98407 — 4702 South 19th Street

License: 91-C-0003 Type: C Last Inspected: Sep 23, 2025 Address: 4702 South 19th Street
25 Inspections
3 Total Violations
0 Critical
0 Repeat Violations

Animals on Record

RED WOLF: 482 ELK: 354 MULE DEER: 326 AMERICAN BISON: 198 BIGHORN SHEEP: 179 DOMESTIC GOAT: 151 ELK / WAPITI: 123 REINDEER: 114 SLENDER-TAILED MEERKAT: 98 BUDGERIGAR / BUDGIE / COMMON PARAKEET / SHELL: 83 CLOUDED LEOPARD: 77 AMERICAN BEAVER: 62 SIKA DEER: 60 RED FOX (INCLUDES SILVER FOX & CROSS FOX): 57 ROCKY MOUNTAIN GOAT: 56 TUFTED PUFFIN: 55 TIGER: 51 CARIBOU: 47 GRAY WOLF / GREY WOLF / TIMBER WOLF: 46 DAMARALAND MOLE RAT: 44 RED DEER: 39 MOOSE: 38 SEA OTTER: 35 CANADIAN LYNX: 35 HARBOR SEAL: 35 STRIPED SKUNK: 34 DOMESTIC GUINEA PIG: 34 CALIFORNIA SEA LION: 34 MAGELLANIC PENGUIN: 32 MUSKOX: 29 INDIAN CRESTED PORCUPINE: 28 ORIENTAL SMALL-CLAWED OTTER: 26 BLACK-AND-WHITE RUFFED LEMUR: 26 NORTH AMERICAN RIVER OTTER: 24 NORTH AMERICAN BLACK BEAR: 24 BOBCAT: 23 RACCOON: 22 MALAYAN TAPIR: 22 POLAR BEAR: 21 AMERICAN BADGER: 21 BROWN BEAR: 21 SIAMANG: 20 SOUTHERN THREE-BANDED ARMADILLO: 20 WOLVERINE: 20 PARMA WALLABY: 19 VIRGINIA OPOSSUM: 18 SOUTHERN TAMANDUA: 18 DROMEDARY CAMEL: 17 WALRUS: 17 NORTH AMERICAN PORCUPINE: 17 DAMARA / DAMARALAND MOLE-RAT / DAMARALAND BLESMOL: 17 RING-TAILED LEMUR: 16 DUMBO RAT: 16 ASIAN ELEPHANT: 15 ARCTIC FOX: 15 ANOA: 14 DOG ADULT: 14 DAMARA / DAMARALAND MOLE-RAT / DAMARALAND: 14 BALD EAGLE: 14 LINNAEUS'S TWO-TOED SLOTH: 12 PREHENSILE-TAILED PORCUPINE: 12 STRAW-COLOURED FRUIT BAT: 12 PUMA / MOUNTAIN LION / COUGAR: 12 GAMBIAN POUCHED RAT / NORTHERN GIANT POUCHED RAT: 12 LAR GIBBON: 12 AARDVARK: 11 DOMESTIC FERRET: 11 COMMON MURRE: 11 WHITE-CHEEKED GIBBON: 10 FISHER: 10 DOMESTIC CHICKEN (INCLUDING ALL DOMESTIC BREEDS /: 10 SERVAL: 9 HORNED PUFFIN: 9 COYOTE: 8 WHITE-NOSED COATI: 7 FOUR-TOED HEDGEHOG (MOST COMMON PET HEDGEHOG): 7 BLACK LEMUR: 6 SNOWY OWL: 6 EUROPEAN RABBIT: 5 INDIAN FLYING FOX: 5 BARN OWL / WESTERN BARN OWL / AMERICAN BARN OWL /: 5 TURKEY VULTURE: 5 GOLDEN EAGLE: 5 KINKAJOU: 4 ASIAN PARTICOLORED BAT: 4 EUROPEAN POLECAT: 4 AMERICAN MARTEN: 4 RED-AND-GREEN MACAW / GREEN-WINGED MACAW: 4 FOUR-TOED HEDGEHOG: 3 TRUMPETER SWAN: 3 GREAT HORNED OWL: 3 SOUTHERN GIANT POUCHED RAT / EAST AFRICAN: 3 FISHING CAT: 2 CAT ADULT: 2 LION: 2 TAWNY FROGMOUTH: 2 RED-LEGGED SERIEMA: 2 EURASIAN EAGLE-OWL: 2 KING VULTURE: 2 HARRIS'S HAWK: 2 COMMON RAVEN: 2 WRINKLED HORNBILL: 2 SOUTHERN GROUND-HORNBILL: 2 AMERICAN KESTREL: 2 PYGMY RABBIT: 1 CALIFORNIA BAT: 1 NORWAY RAT / LAB RAT (COMMON RESEARCH/PET VARIETY): 1 HOARY MARMOT: 1 BURROWING OWL: 1 PINE MARTEN: 1

What's in This Report

25
USDA Inspections on Record
Latest: Sep 23, 2025
3
Violations Documented
3 Non-Critical

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