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MOUNT HOPE AUCTION, INC.

MOUNT HOPE, Ohio 44660 — P.O. Box 82

License: 31-B-0031 Type: B Last Inspected: Sep 23, 2024 Address: P.O. Box 82
26 Inspections
79 Total Violations
8 Critical
41 Repeat Violations

Animals on Record

SHEEP INCLUDING ALL DOMESTIC BREEDS: 2,155 DOMESTIC RABBIT / EUROPEAN RABBIT: 2,078 INDIAN PEAFOWL / COMMON PEAFOWL / PEAHEN /: 756 DOMESTIC CHICKEN (INCLUDING ALL DOMESTIC BREEDS /: 696 FOUR-TOED HEDGEHOG: 652 DOMESTIC GOAT: 584 DOMESTIC GUINEA PIG: 517 DOMESTIC GUINEAFOWL / HELMETED GUINEAFOWL /: 363 CATTLE / COW / OX / WATUSI: 349 FALLOW DEER: 314 COCKATIEL: 184 SYRIAN / GOLDEN HAMSTER: 178 DOMESTIC PIG / POTBELLY PIG / MICRO PIG: 172 BUDGERIGAR / BUDGIE / COMMON PARAKEET / SHELL: 172 ALPACA: 153 DEGU: 133 STRIPED SKUNK: 120 ZEBRA FINCH / TIMOR ZEBRA FINCH: 111 RED FOX (INCLUDES SILVER FOX & CROSS FOX): 102 SUGAR GLIDER: 101 DOMESTIC CANARY / COMMON CANARY: 95 CHINCHILLA: 94 DIAMOND DOVE: 80 GREEN-CHEEKED PARAKEET / GREEN-CHEEKED CONURE: 62 EMU: 54 GREATER RHEA / AMERICAN RHEA: 53 NORTHERN BOBWHITE: 53 DOMESTIC FERRET: 52 RED KANGAROO: 51 LLAMA: 50 PATAGONIAN CAVY / MARA: 49 ASIATIC WATER BUFFALO: 49 DROMEDARY CAMEL: 46 DONKEY / BURRO / ASS: 46 AFRICAN DORMOUSE: 42 AFRICAN CRESTED PORCUPINE: 39 YAK: 36 BURCHELL’S / GRANT’S / CHAPMAN’S / PLAINS ZEBRA: 34 BIGHORN SHEEP: 32 KINKAJOU: 31 AMERICAN BISON: 30 BENNETT'S WALLABY / RED-NECKED WALLABY: 30 GOULDIAN FINCH: 30 NILGAI: 29 ELK / WAPITI: 29 CAPYBARA: 28 RING-NECKED PHEASANT / COMMON PHEASANT: 28 MONK PARAKEET / QUAKER PARROT: 28 BOURKE'S PARROT: 26 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEET: 25 ZEBU: 23 CAMPBELL'S DESERT HAMSTER / RUSSIAN HAMSTER: 21 RICHARDSON'S GROUND SQUIRREL: 21 STAR FINCH: 20 ROSY-FACED LOVEBIRD: 19 AXIS DEER / SPOTTED DEER / CHITAL: 18 COMMON ELAND: 18 MONGOLIAN GERBIL: 18 RACCOON: 17 GOLDEN PHEASANT: 16 MOUNTAIN COATI: 15 SOCIETY FINCH / BENGALESE FINCH: 15 LITTLE BUTTONQUAIL / LITTLE BUTTON QUAIL: 15 DOMESTIC DUCK INCLUDING ALL DOMESTIC BREEDS: 15 FENNEC FOX: 14 COMMON OSTRICH: 13 ARCTIC FOX: 12 BARBARY SHEEP: 12 AMERICAN MINK: 11 GREY SHORT-TAILED OPOSSUM: 11 LINNAEUS'S TWO-TOED SLOTH: 11 BLACK SWAN: 11 DOMESTIC GOOSE: 11 LESSER MADAGASCAR HEDGEHOG TENREC: 11 RING-TAILED LEMUR: 10 COMMON SQUIRREL MONKEY: 10 SOUTHERN FLYING SQUIRREL: 10 ROCK HYRAX: 10 WOOD DUCK / CAROLINA DUCK: 10 EGYPTIAN FRUIT BAT: 10 PREVOST'S SQUIRREL / TRI-COLORED SQUIRREL: 9 COYOTE: 9 FISCHER'S LOVEBIRD: 9 MANDARIN DUCK: 9 BLACKBUCK: 9 BLUE-FACED PARROTFINCH: 9 RINGTAIL: 8 ZEBRA-HORSE HYBRID / ZORSE / ZONY / HEBRA: 8 VIRGINIA OPOSSUM: 8 GOLDEN SPINY MOUSE: 8 BAR-HEADED GOOSE: 8 CHUKAR: 8 ASIAN EMERALD DOVE / GREY-CAPPED EMERALD DOVE: 8 AMAZONIAN PARROTLET / MANU PARROTLET: 8 PLUMED WHISTLING-DUCK: 8 BLACK MUNTJAC: 7 CHINESE HAMSTER: 7 SCARLET MACAW: 7 MUTE SWAN: 7 BACTRIAN CAMEL: 6 PREHENSILE-TAILED PORCUPINE: 6 ORIENTAL SMALL-CLAWED OTTER: 6 BLUE-AND-YELLOW MACAW / BLUE-AND-GOLD MACAW: 6 JAVA SPARROW: 6 DOUBLE-BARRED FINCH: 6 DOMESTIC PIGEON INCLUDING ALL DOMESTIC BREEDS: 6 ELK: 5 SOUTHERN TAMANDUA: 5 DWARF MONGOOSE: 5 WHITE-TAILED DEER: 5 SOUTHERN THREE-BANDED ARMADILLO: 5 PERSIAN JIRD: 5 WHITE COCKATOO / UMBRELLA COCKATOO: 5 BLACK-EARED MARMOSET: 5 RINGED TEAL: 5 REEVE'S MUNTJAC: 5 EASTERN ROSELLA: 5 EASTERN SPOTTED SKUNK: 4 BROWN CAPUCHIN / TUFTED CAPUCHIN: 4 BINTURONG: 4 BOBCAT: 4 COMMON MARMOSET: 4 BLACK-HEADED PARROT: 4 CANADA GOOSE: 4 SPOTTED DOVE: 4 CONGO AFRICAN GREY PARROT / GRAY PARROT: 4 LUZON BLEEDING-HEART: 4 NORTHERN PINTAIL: 4 BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCK: 4 LADY AMHERST'S PHEASANT: 4 ZEBRA DOVE: 4 EASTERN GREY SQUIRREL: 3 GREATER GRISON: 3 GREATER KUDU: 3 DOMESTIC TURKEY: 3 NINE-BANDED ARMADILLO: 3 SUN PARAKEET: 3 TEMMINCK'S TRAGOPAN: 3 GUANACO: 3 CRESTED PIGEON: 3 SCIMITAR-HORNED ORYX: 3 VARIEGATED ROCK SQUIRREL: 2 SAND CAT: 2 BLACK-BACKED JACKAL: 2 BLACK-TAILED PRAIRIE DOG: 2 BAT-EARED FOX: 2 UTAH PRAIRIE DOG: 2 SCREAMING ARMADILLO: 2 GROUNDHOG / WOODCHUCK: 2 AFRICAN WILDCAT: 2 EURASIAN EAGLE-OWL: 2 WESTERN ROSELLA: 2 YELLOW-NAPED PARROT / YELLOW-NAPED AMAZON: 2 PALE-HEADED ROSELLA: 2 LEMON DOVE: 2 TURQUOISE-FRONTED PARROT / TURQUOISE-FRONTED: 2 LAUGHING DOVE: 2 FIJI PARROTFINCH / RED-HEADED PARROT FINCH: 2 SCARLET-CHESTED PARROT: 2 RUDDY SHELDUCK: 2 CAPE FOX: 2 BRAZILIAN AGOUTI: 2 YELLOW-HEADED PARROT / YELLOW-HEADED AMAZON /: 2 GALAH / ROSE-BREASTED COCKATOO / ROSEATE: 2 NORTHERN RED BISHOP: 2 PEACH-FRONTED PARAKEET: 2 GRAY FOX / GREY FOX: 1 CRAB-EATING RACCOON: 1 CENTRAL AMERICAN WOOLLY OPOSSUM: 1 NORTH AMERICAN PORCUPINE: 1 CENTRAL AMERICAN AGOUTI: 1 NANDAY PARAKEET: 1 GIRAFFE: 1 MACAW HYBRID: 1 RED DEER: 1 ROCK PIGEON: 1 KUSIMANSE: 1 LAUGHING KOOKABURRA: 1 BLUE EARED-PHEASANT: 1 NUBIAN IBEX: 1 JANDAYA PARAKEET: 1 CRIMSON ROSELLA: 1 RED-BROWED PARROT: 1 NAMAQUA DOVE: 1

What's in This Report

26
USDA Inspections on Record
Latest: Sep 23, 2024
79
Violations Documented
8 Critical · 5 Direct · 66 Non-Critical

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