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Ripley Waterfowl Conservancy

Litchfield, Connecticut 06759 — 55 Duck Pond Road

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License: 16-C-0188 Type: C Last Inspected: Aug 12, 2025 Address: 55 Duck Pond Road

2 Inspections

0 Total Violations

0 Critical

0 Repeat Violations

Animals on Record

COMMON EIDER: 83 EMPEROR GOOSE: 60 SPECTACLED EIDER: 42 LAYSAN DUCK: 32 PHILIPPINE DUCK: 30 NORTHERN SHOVELER: 30 BAER'S POCHARD: 26 RUDDY DUCK: 24 WHITE-HEADED DUCK: 23 FALCATED DUCK: 22 WEST INDIAN WHISTLING-DUCK: 21 SILVER TEAL: 21 LESSER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE: 20 GREEN-WINGED TEAL / COMMON TEAL: 20 COMMON MERGANSER: 20 RED-BREASTED GOOSE: 18 BUFFLEHEAD: 18 HARLEQUIN DUCK: 18 BAIKAL TEAL: 18 SMEW: 18 COMMON GOLDENEYE: 17 ROSS'S GOOSE: 16 WOOD DUCK / CAROLINA DUCK: 16 LONG-TAILED DUCK: 16 SNOW GOOSE: 15 MANDARIN DUCK: 15 BERNIER'S TEAL / MADAGASCAR TEAL: 15 SCALY-SIDED MERGANSER: 14 PIED AVOCET: 14 TEMMINCK'S TRAGOPAN: 13 BLUE-WINGED GOOSE: 13 PUNA TEAL: 13 HOODED MERGANSER: 13 RINGED TEAL: 12 EDWARDS'S PHEASANT / VIETNAM PHEASANT: 12 AMERICAN BLACK DUCK: 12 MARBLED TEAL: 12 DEMOISELLE CRANE: 12 BROWN EARED-PHEASANT: 11 NORTHERN PINTAIL: 11 SWAN GOOSE: 10 BAR-HEADED GOOSE: 10 MELLER'S DUCK: 10 NEW ZEALAND SCAUP: 10 FERRUGINOUS DUCK: 10 CANVASBACK: 10 BARROW'S GOLDENEYE: 10 SUPERB STARLING: 10 BARNACLE GOOSE: 9 CHINESE BAMBOO-PARTRIDGE: 8 HIMALAYAN MONAL: 8 SWINHOE'S PHEASANT: 8 GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE: 8 BRANT / BRANT GOOSE: 8 COSCOROBA SWAN: 8 TUNDRA SWAN: 8 HAWAIIAN DUCK: 8 GREATER SCAUP: 8 RUDDY-HEADED GOOSE: 8 BLUE-WINGED TEAL: 8 CRESTED PIGEON: 8 MASKED LAPWING: 8 GOLDEN PHEASANT: 7 SOUTHERN SCREAMER / CRESTED SCREAMER: 7 BLUE EARED-PHEASANT: 6 GRAY PEACOCK-PHEASANT: 6 HAWAIIAN GOOSE / NE-NE: 6 CAPE BARREN GOOSE: 6 TRUMPETER SWAN: 6 YELLOW-BILLED PINTAIL: 6 ASHY-HEADED GOOSE: 6 KING EIDER: 6 RED-CROWNED CRANE / JAPANESE CRANE: 5 NORTHERN BALD IBIS: 5 CABOT'S TRAGOPAN: 4 SILVER PHEASANT: 4 WHITE EARED-PHEASANT: 4 ELLIOT'S PHEASANT: 4 BLACK SWAN: 4 WHOOPER SWAN: 4 FRECKLED DUCK: 4 BRAZILIAN TEAL: 4 REDHEAD: 4 RING-NECKED DUCK: 4 MANED DUCK / AUSTRALIAN WOOD DUCK: 4 ANDEAN GOOSE: 4 UPLAND GOOSE: 4 ORINOCO GOOSE: 4 FLYING STEAMER-DUCK: 4 CHILOE WIGEON: 4 GADWALL: 4 GARGANEY: 4 GRAY CROWNED-CRANE / AFRICAN CROWNED-CRANE /: 4 SIBERIAN CRANE: 4 SPUR-WINGED LAPWING: 4 WHITE-CRESTED LAUGHINGTHRUSH: 4 LADY AMHERST'S PHEASANT: 2 MALLARD: 2 MACCOA DUCK: 2 MAGPIE GOOSE: 2 BARN OWL / WESTERN BARN OWL / AMERICAN BARN OWL /: 2 EURASIAN EAGLE-OWL: 2 HARRIS'S HAWK: 2

Inspection History

2 inspections on record

Aug 12, 2025

No Violations

Animals: 662 · Type: ROUTINE INSPECTION

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Apr 8, 2025

No Violations

Animals: 541 · Type: PRE-LICENSE INSPECTION

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How to Read This Report

This page shows the complete USDA inspection history for Ripley Waterfowl Conservancy. 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.