San Antonio Zoological Gardens

SAN ANTONIO, Texas 78212

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License: 74-C-0494 Type: C Last Inspected: Jan 15, 2025

22 Inspections

7 Total Violations

2 Critical

1 Repeat Violations

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Animals on Record

SEBA'S SHORT-TAILED BAT: 11,164 AMERICAN FLAMINGO: 571 ZEBRA DOVE: 230 CHILEAN FLAMINGO: 220 AFRICAN SILVERBILL: 141 SPLENDID STARLING: 110 RED KANGAROO: 108 BLACK-TAILED PRAIRIE DOG: 92 SPECKLED MOUSEBIRD: 92 RAINBOW LORIKEET: 84 RUDDY DUCK: 82 REDHEAD: 80 LESSER BLUE-EARED STARLING: 80 COCONUT LORIKEET: 77 GREATER FLAMINGO: 75 DWARF MONGOOSE: 70 MARBLED TEAL: 69 BAR-HEADED GOOSE: 67 ROCK HYRAX: 66 TAMBOURINE DOVE: 66 SLENDER-TAILED MEERKAT: 64 DIAMOND DOVE: 64 LAUGHING DOVE: 61 NAMAQUA DOVE: 58 NICOBAR PIGEON: 57 PIED IMPERIAL-PIGEON: 55 ADDRA GAZELLE: 54 COMMON SHELDUCK: 54 LARGE FLYING FOX: 54 CRESTED PARTRIDGE: 52 ASIAN EMERALD DOVE / GREY-CAPPED EMERALD DOVE: 52 BRUCE'S GREEN-PIGEON: 52 SCARLET IBIS: 51 WHITE-CHEEKED GIBBON: 47 CHILOE WIGEON: 46 DOMESTIC GOAT: 43 BLACK-AND-WHITE RUFFED LEMUR: 40 BLACK CROWNED-CRANE: 40 RINGED TEAL: 40 FRANCOIS'S LANGUR: 39 VENEZUELAN TROUPIAL: 38 YELLOW-FOOTED ROCK WALLABY: 37 ANGOLAN COLOBUS: 36 COMMON SQUIRREL MONKEY: 36 ORIENTAL SMALL-CLAWED OTTER: 35 LION: 35 SOUTHERN THREE-BANDED ARMADILLO: 35 INCA TERN: 35 SUNSET LORIKEET / SCARLET-BREASTED LORIKEET: 35 RED RUFFED LEMUR: 34 BLUE GROUND DOVE: 33 BLUE-HEADED WOOD-DOVE: 33 BLACK HOWLER: 32 COTTON-TOP TAMARIN: 31 VON DER DECKEN'S HORNBILL: 31 SITATUNGA: 30 SWAN GOOSE: 30 MAGPIE GOOSE: 30 EMERALD STARLING: 30 ASIAN ELEPHANT: 29 GOLDEN-HEADED TAMARIN: 29 BLUE-BELLIED ROLLER: 29 LINNAEUS'S TWO-TOED SLOTH: 28 AFRICAN HUNTING DOG / AFRICAN WILD DOG: 28 JAGUAR: 28 BLUE-BILLED TEAL / HOTTENTOT TEAL: 28 METALLIC STARLING: 28 BLUE DUIKER: 27 CONGO PEACOCK / PEAHEN / PEAFOWL: 27 CURL-CRESTED ARACARI: 27 HADADA IBIS: 27 ASIAN FAIRY-BLUEBIRD: 27 WHITE RHINOCEROS: 26 GOELDI'S MONKEY: 26 GREAT BLUE TURACO: 26 PERUVIAN THICK-KNEE: 26 BLUE-GRAY TANAGER: 26 YELLOW-BACKED DUIKER: 25 GOLDEN LION TAMARIN: 25 OKAPI: 25 TIGER: 25 WARTHOG: 25 SOUTHERN TAMANDUA: 25 GIRAFFE: 25 TAWNY FROGMOUTH: 25 LAYSAN DUCK: 25 BARBARY DOVE / RINGED TURTLE-DOVE / RINGNECK DOVE: 25 SUPERB STARLING: 25 AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN: 25 WHITE-THROATED MAGPIE-JAY: 25 ADDAX: 24 NUBIAN IBEX: 24 ETHIOPIAN DWARF MONGOOSE: 23 PLUMED WHISTLING-DUCK: 23 PALM COCKATOO: 23 LESSER MADAGASCAR HEDGEHOG TENREC: 22 HIPPOPOTAMUS: 22 NINE-BANDED ARMADILLO: 22 STRAW-NECKED IBIS: 22 RAGGIANA BIRD-OF-PARADISE: 22 BURROWING OWL: 22 SCALY-BREASTED LORIKEET: 22 GUAM KINGFISHER: 22 RED BIRD-OF-PARADISE: 22 CAPE PORCUPINE: 21 CHESTNUT TEAL: 21 FRECKLED DUCK: 21 WHITE-FACED WHISTLING-DUCK: 21 SILVER TEAL: 21 ROSEATE SPOONBILL: 21 NORTHERN SHOVELER: 21 RED-AND-YELLOW BARBET: 21 WHITE-HEADED / WHITE-THROATED CAPUCHIN: 20 GIANT ANTEATER: 20 NORTH AMERICAN BLACK BEAR: 20 SUNBITTERN: 20 MINDANAO BLEEDING-HEART: 20 GOLDEN-BREASTED STARLING: 20 WESTERN CROWNED-PIGEON / BLUE CROWNED-PIGEON: 20 BALI MYNA: 20 MAGPIE SHRIKE / SOUTHERN GREY SHRIKE: 20 BRAZILIAN AGOUTI: 19 BERNIER'S TEAL / MADAGASCAR TEAL: 19 NORTHERN PINTAIL: 19 WHITE-WINGED DUCK: 19 CRESTED COUA: 19 BUSH DOG: 18 BAT-EARED FOX: 18 MANED DUCK / AUSTRALIAN WOOD DUCK: 17 BUFF-CRESTED BUSTARD: 17 BLACK-SPOTTED BARBET: 17 VIOLET-BACKED STARLING: 17 CAPYBARA: 16 CENTRAL AMERICAN CACOMISTLE: 16 BURCHELL’S / GRANT’S / CHAPMAN’S / PLAINS ZEBRA: 16 SMALL ASIAN MONGOOSE: 16 NORTH SULAWESI BABIRUSA: 16 CINNAMON TEAL: 16 RED HARTEBEEST: 15 OCELOT: 15 HOODED MERGANSER: 15 SPECKLED PIGEON: 15 VIOLET TURACO: 15 CHINESE HWAMEI: 15 GUAM RAIL: 15 LESSER BIRD-OF-PARADISE: 15 PURPLE STARLING: 15 WOLF'S GUENON: 14 FOSSA: 14 TAVETA GOLDEN-WEAVER: 14 AGILE MANGABEY: 13 FISHING CAT: 13 SPECTACLED BEAR: 13 BLACK-CAPPED SQUIRREL MONKEY: 13 VICTORIA CROWNED-PIGEON: 13 COLLARED KINGFISHER: 13 PYGMY FALCON: 13 RED-CHEEKED CORDONBLEU: 13 ROSY-BILLED POCHARD: 13 MATSCHIE'S TREE KANGAROO: 12 SPOTTED HYENA: 12 GOLDEN-HEADED LION TAMARIN: 12 SOUTHERN SCREAMER / CRESTED SCREAMER: 12 ROSS'S TURACO: 12 RED-CAPPED CARDINAL: 12 BLACK-CRESTED FINCH: 12 RED-CRESTED POCHARD: 12 RADJAH SHELDUCK: 12 BABIRUSA: 11 VIRGINIA OPOSSUM: 11 SPEKE'S GAZELLE: 11 NORTHERN TREE SHREW: 11 BLACK MANGABEY: 11 WOOD DUCK / CAROLINA DUCK: 11 BLACK-HANDED SPIDER MONKEY: 10 WHITE-FRONTED MARMOSET: 10 WHITE-FACED SAKI: 10 EASTERN CRESTED GUINEAFOWL: 10 SOUTHERN CASSOWARY / DOUBLE-WATTLED CASSOWARY: 10 BACTRIAN CAMEL: 10 COMMON OSTRICH: 10 BALD EAGLE: 10 GREAT CURASSOW: 10 WHITE STORK: 10 WHOOPING CRANE: 10 BLACK SWAN: 10 CRESTED PIGEON: 10 GRAY-WINGED TRUMPETER: 10 KING VULTURE: 10 GIANT KINGFISHER: 10 SOUTHERN GROUND-HORNBILL: 10 GRAY CROWNED-CRANE / AFRICAN CROWNED-CRANE /: 10 DEMOISELLE CRANE: 10 SPUR-WINGED LAPWING: 10 BLACK-WINGED STILT: 10 GOLDEN WHITE-EYE: 10 WREATHED HORNBILL: 10 BLUE-FACED HONEYEATER: 10 CLOUDED LEOPARD: 9 BRAZILIAN THREE-BANDED ARMADILLO: 9 BLACK-NECKED SWAN: 9 TOCO TOUCAN: 9 WHITE-THROATED TOUCAN / RED-BILLED TOUCAN: 9 RED-BREASTED TOUCAN: 9 CHEETAH: 8 RINGTAIL: 8 CENTRAL AMERICAN AGOUTI: 8 LESSER KUDU: 8 BAER'S POCHARD: 8 GRAY-HEADED SWAMPHEN: 8 GOLDEN-CRESTED MYNA: 8 AMERICAN AVOCET: 8 RED-FAN PARROT: 8 BAIKAL TEAL: 8 KIRK'S DIKDIK / KIRKS DIK-DIK: 7 DOMESTIC GUINEA PIG: 7 RED-CAPPED MANGABEY: 7 EUROPEAN POLECAT: 7 PARMA WALLABY: 7 STRIPED SKUNK: 7 HELMETED CURASSOW / NORTHERN HELMETED: 7 BOAT-BILLED HERON: 7 ORANGE-BACKED TROUPIAL: 7 MANDARIN DUCK: 7 EMPEROR TAMARIN: 6 AFRICAN CLAWLESS OTTER: 6 AMERICAN MINK: 6 NILGIRI LANGUR / JOHN'S LANGUR: 6 EASTERN BLACK-AND-WHITE COLOBUS / GUEREZA: 6 THOMSON'S GAZELLE: 6 GOLDEN-BELLIED MANGABEY: 6 FOUR-TOED HEDGEHOG: 6 SANDHILL CRANE: 6 SECRETARYBIRD: 6 GUIANAN TOUCANET: 6 YELLOW ARMADILLO: 5 RED RIVER HOG: 5 CARACAL: 5 MONA MONKEY: 5 FULVOUS WHISTLING-DUCK: 5 NORTH AMERICAN PORCUPINE: 5 WEST INDIAN WHISTLING-DUCK: 5 EMU: 5 WHITE-HEADED BUFFALO-WEAVER: 5 EASTERN SCREECH-OWL: 5 RED-AND-GREEN MACAW / GREEN-WINGED MACAW: 5 SULAWESI GROUND DOVE: 5 HAWAIIAN GOOSE / NE-NE: 5 LUZON BLEEDING-HEART: 5 MARABOU STORK: 5 RED-CRESTED FINCH: 5 EMERALD-SPOTTED WOOD-DOVE: 5 ROSE-RINGED PARAKEET: 5 ABDIM'S STORK: 5 BLACK BULBUL: 5 MASKED LAPWING: 5 MILITARY MACAW: 5 HOODED PITTA: 5 GREATER VASA PARROT: 5 YELLOW-MANTLED WIDOWBIRD: 5 SNOWY-CROWNED ROBIN-CHAT: 5 GUIANAN SQUIRREL: 5 COMMON TSESSEBE: 4 REEVE'S MUNTJAC: 4 DOMESTIC PIG / POTBELLY PIG / MICRO PIG: 4 MALAYAN TAPIR: 4 TANA RIVER MANGABEY: 4 KINKAJOU: 4 WHITE-NOSED COATI: 4 DOMESTIC PIG: 4 WILD BOAR: 4 GREATER ROADRUNNER: 4 GERMAIN'S PEACOCK-PHEASANT: 4 WHITE-EARED BULBUL: 4 RED-LEGGED SERIEMA: 4 DOUBLE-BARRED FINCH: 4 GOULDIAN FINCH: 4 AFRICAN JACANA: 4 BLACK-RUMPED WAXBILL: 4 GOODFELLOW'S TREE KANGAROO: 3 TAYRA: 3 SAND GAZELLE: 3 SOUTH AMERICAN COATI: 3 BLACK LEMUR: 3 BLACK-FOOTED CAT: 3 MONTEZUMA QUAIL: 3 BLUE-BREASTED QUAIL: 3 SPOTTED WHISTLING-DUCK: 3 CAPE STARLING: 3 GREEN OROPENDOLA: 3 FALCATED DUCK: 3 PREVOST'S SQUIRREL / TRI-COLORED SQUIRREL: 2 EASTERN EUROPEAN HEDGEHOG: 2 COMMON TREE SHREW: 2 LLAMA: 2 MOTTLE-FACED TAMARIN: 2 TOPI: 2 MALAYAN SUN BEAR: 2 PALAWAN PEACOCK-PHEASANT: 2 ANDEAN TINAMOU: 2 COMMON GOLDENEYE: 2 RACKET-TAILED ROLLER: 2 RED-BILLED LEIOTHRIX: 2 GREY-HEADED FLYING FOX: 2 INDIAN RHINOCEROS: 1 LUZON BROAD-TOOTHED RAT: 1 ARABIAN GAZELLE: 1 HAZEL DORMOUSE: 1 NORWAY RAT / LAB RAT (COMMON RESEARCH/PET VARIETY): 1 PALAWAN CRESTED PORCUPINE: 1 DOMESTIC RABBIT / EUROPEAN RABBIT: 1 PAINTED QUAIL-THRUSH / AJAX SCRUB ROBIN: 1 AMERICAN BLACK DUCK: 1 RED-CRESTED BUSTARD: 1 BLUE-THROATED MACAW: 1 BURCHELL'S STARLING / GREATER GLOSSY STARLING: 1

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USDA Inspections on Record

Latest: Jan 15, 2025

Violations Documented

2 Critical · 5 Non-Critical

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How to Read This Report

This page shows the complete USDA inspection history for San Antonio Zoological Gardens. 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.

Frequently asked questions about San Antonio Zoological Gardens

Is San Antonio Zoological Gardens a USDA-licensed breeder?

San Antonio Zoological Gardens holds USDA license number 74-C-0494 (C), which means the facility is registered under the federal Animal Welfare Act and is subject to periodic USDA APHIS inspections.

Does San Antonio Zoological Gardens have any USDA violations on record?

Yes. USDA inspectors have documented 7 violations at this facility (2 critical, 5 non-critical). Critical and repeat violations matter most because they involve direct risks to animal health or problems the breeder was warned about before. Each cited code and the inspector narrative are in the full report above.

When was San Antonio Zoological Gardens last inspected by the USDA?

The most recent inspection on record for San Antonio Zoological Gardens was on Jan 15, 2025, and the facility has 22 inspections documented in total. The USDA typically inspects licensed breeders every one to three years.

Where is San Antonio Zoological Gardens located?

San Antonio Zoological Gardens is located in San Antonio, Texas. You can browse other USDA-licensed breeders in Texas to compare inspection records before you decide.