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RIVERBANKS ZOO & GARDEN

COLUMBIA, South Carolina 29210 — 500 Wildlife Parkway

License: 56-C-0001 Type: C Last Inspected: May 29, 2025 Address: 500 Wildlife Parkway
20 Inspections
10 Total Violations
1 Critical
0 Repeat Violations

Animals on Record

AMERICAN FLAMINGO: 360 DOMESTIC GOAT: 338 COCONUT LORIKEET: 292 SOUTHERN ROCKHOPPER PENGUIN: 214 GIRAFFE: 111 WESTERN GORILLA: 111 HAMADRYAS BABOON: 93 SLENDER-TAILED MEERKAT: 87 GOLDEN LION TAMARIN: 78 WHITE-RUMPED SHAMA: 77 SUPERB STARLING: 75 RED KANGAROO: 57 LION: 55 CHESTNUT-BACKED THRUSH: 52 RING-TAILED LEMUR: 49 KOALA: 48 NAKED MOLE-RAT: 47 GOLDEN-BREASTED STARLING: 47 COMMON SQUIRREL MONKEY: 46 WHITE-FACED SAKI: 45 RED-CAPPED CARDINAL: 42 VENEZUELAN TROUPIAL: 42 SIAMANG: 40 CALIFORNIA SEA LION: 40 DAMARALAND MOLE-RAT: 38 RED RUFFED LEMUR: 37 ASIAN FAIRY-BLUEBIRD: 37 MASKED LAPWING: 37 BABIRUSA: 33 HOFFMANN'S TWO-TOED SLOTH: 33 BURCHELL’S / GRANT’S / CHAPMAN’S / PLAINS ZEBRA: 33 BLUE-CROWNED LAUGHINGTHRUSH: 33 BENNETT'S WALLABY / RED-NECKED WALLABY: 32 FISHING CAT: 32 TIGER: 31 DOMESTIC PIG / POTBELLY PIG / MICRO PIG: 30 WHITE RHINOCEROS: 30 KING PENGUIN: 30 TOCO TOUCAN: 30 NORTH AMERICAN RIVER OTTER: 28 SOUTHERN THREE-BANDED ARMADILLO: 28 WHITE-WINGED DOVE: 28 THICK-BILLED PARROT: 28 BURROWING OWL: 28 LAUGHING KOOKABURRA: 28 VIOLET-BACKED STARLING: 28 CHINESE HWAMEI: 28 ALPACA: 27 DAMARA / DAMARALAND MOLE-RAT / DAMARALAND BLESMOL: 27 TAWNY FROGMOUTH: 27 BLACK-FOOTED CAT: 26 BLUE-BILLED CURASSOW: 26 BLACK-NAPED FRUIT-DOVE: 26 AFRICAN ELEPHANT: 23 HARBOR SEAL: 22 LESSER MADAGASCAR HEDGEHOG TENREC: 22 VIRGINIA OPOSSUM: 21 TAMMAR WALLABY: 21 GAMBEL'S QUAIL: 21 BALI MYNA: 21 RED-CRESTED TURACO: 20 PHEASANT PIGEON: 20 GREEN BROADBILL: 20 BROWN BEAR: 19 PREHENSILE-TAILED PORCUPINE: 19 SWAN GOOSE: 19 DIANA MONKEY: 18 DAMARA / DAMARALAND MOLE-RAT / DAMARALAND: 17 BLUE-FACED HONEYEATER: 17 CHINCHILLA: 16 COMMON OSTRICH: 16 TEMMINCK'S TRAGOPAN: 16 BRUCE'S GREEN-PIGEON: 16 PIED IMPERIAL-PIGEON: 16 BARBARY DOVE / RINGED TURTLE-DOVE / RINGNECK DOVE: 16 RAINBOW LORIKEET: 16 EURASIAN EAGLE-OWL: 16 CINEREOUS VULTURE: 15 EDWARDS'S PHEASANT / VIETNAM PHEASANT: 15 GENTOO PENGUIN: 15 SPOTTED THICK-KNEE / CAPE THICK-KNEE: 15 KING VULTURE: 14 SCARLET-FACED LIOCICHLA: 14 VICTORIA CROWNED-PIGEON: 14 WREATHED HORNBILL: 14 MADAGASCAR GREEN-PIGEON: 14 SUNBITTERN: 14 BLACK-WINGED STILT: 14 CURL-CRESTED ARACARI: 14 NORTHERN RED-BILLED HORNBILL: 14 TURQUOISE TANAGER: 14 WHITE-FRONTED MARMOSET: 14 DOMESTIC RABBIT / EUROPEAN RABBIT: 13 CHINCHILLA (DOMESTICATED): 13 REED TITI: 13 BLACK HOWLER: 12 FOUR-TOED HEDGEHOG: 12 HAZEL DORMOUSE: 12 EMERALD STARLING: 12 FOUR-TOED HEDGEHOG (MOST COMMON PET HEDGEHOG): 11 HAMERKOP: 11 MALAYAN TAPIR: 10 MATSCHIE'S TREE KANGAROO: 9 PARMA WALLABY: 9 EUROPEAN RABBIT: 9 RODRIGUES FLYING FOX: 9 DAMARALAND MOLE RAT: 9 LION-TAILED MACAQUE: 8 BLACK-AND-WHITE RUFFED LEMUR: 8 DOMESTIC GUINEA PIG: 8 MUSCOVY DUCK: 8 SNOWY-CROWNED ROBIN-CHAT: 7 COTTON PYGMY-GOOSE / INDIAN PYGMY GOOSE: 7 CATTLE / COW / OX / WATUSI: 6 PREVOST'S SQUIRREL / TRI-COLORED SQUIRREL: 6 SPOTTED HYENA: 6 WILD TURKEY: 6 CRESTED PARTRIDGE: 6 GOLDEN-HEADED TAMARIN: 5 DOMESTIC FERRET: 5 BINTURONG: 5 PINK COCKATOO / LEADBEATER'S COCKATOO / MAJOR: 5 DE BRAZZA'S MONKEY: 4 GREY SHORT-TAILED OPOSSUM: 4 NORTH SULAWESI BABIRUSA: 3 LLAMA: 2 REED TITI / WHITE-EARED TITI: 2 WILD BOAR: 2 BEARDED BARBET: 2 LION-TAILED MACAQUE *MALE: 1 RED JUNGLEFOWL: 1 NICOBAR PIGEON: 1 SAND CAT: 1

What's in This Report

20
USDA Inspections on Record
Latest: May 29, 2025
10
Violations Documented
1 Critical · 9 Non-Critical

The full report includes:

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

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