SANTA BARBARA ZOOLOGICAL FOUNDATION

SANTA BARBARA, California 93103 — 500 Ninos Drive

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License: 93-C-0013 Type: C Last Inspected: Sep 5, 2025 Address: 500 Ninos Drive

18 Inspections

8 Total Violations

3 Critical

0 Repeat Violations

Animals on Record

CHILEAN FLAMINGO: 135 DOMESTIC GOAT: 69 SLENDER-TAILED MEERKAT: 64 GIRAFFE: 55 ORIENTAL SMALL-CLAWED OTTER: 51 SHEEP INCLUDING ALL DOMESTIC BREEDS: 42 FENNEC FOX: 39 HUMBOLDT PENGUIN: 39 INCA TERN: 37 GOLDEN LION TAMARIN: 31 GIANT ANTEATER: 30 BENNETT'S WALLABY / RED-NECKED WALLABY: 28 LION: 28 WESTERN GORILLA: 28 LAR GIBBON: 24 CAPYBARA: 24 CHANNEL ISLANDS FOX: 24 SOUTHERN THREE-BANDED ARMADILLO: 22 GOELDI'S MONKEY: 20 WHITE-FACED WHISTLING-DUCK: 18 SNOW LEOPARD: 16 LEOPARD: 16 EASTERN GREY KANGAROO: 16 DOMESTIC RABBIT / EUROPEAN RABBIT: 13 SNOWY PLOVER / KENTISH PLOVER: 13 WHITE-FACED SAKI: 13 DOMESTIC PIG / POTBELLY PIG / MICRO PIG: 12 COTTON-TOP TAMARIN: 12 MARBLED TEAL: 11 TAWNY FROGMOUTH: 10 LUZON BLEEDING-HEART: 10 WESTERN CROWNED-PIGEON / BLUE CROWNED-PIGEON: 10 ASIAN ELEPHANT: 9 EUROPEAN RABBIT: 9 MADAGASCAR IBIS: 8 SCARLET IBIS: 8 SCARLET MACAW: 8 CALIFORNIA CONDOR: 8 FOUR-TOED HEDGEHOG (MOST COMMON PET HEDGEHOG): 8 WILD BOAR: 7 BLACK-FOOTED CAT: 7 INDIAN CRESTED PORCUPINE: 7 RED PANDA: 6 KENTISH PLOVER: 6 BLACK SWAN: 6 BLACK-NECKED SWAN: 6 BLUE-AND-YELLOW MACAW / BLUE-AND-GOLD MACAW: 6 BLUE-FACED HONEYEATER: 6 PREVOST'S SQUIRREL / TRI-COLORED SQUIRREL: 5 LAUGHING KOOKABURRA: 5 REED TITI: 5 PALAWAN PEACOCK-PHEASANT: 5 KOALA: 4 VIRGINIA OPOSSUM: 4 REINDEER: 4 SOUTHERN GROUND-HORNBILL: 4 BALD EAGLE: 4 YELLOW-CRESTED COCKATOO / LESSER SULPHUR-: 3 TOCO TOUCAN: 3 SULPHUR-CRESTED COCKATOO / GREATER SULPHUR-: 3 MILITARY MACAW: 3 EMU: 3 TURKEY VULTURE: 3 HAMERKOP: 3 WHITE-CHEEKED TURACO: 3 TANIMBAR CORELLA / GOFFIN'S COCKATOO: 3 MANDARIN DUCK: 3 RED-HANDED TAMARIN: 3 RED-TAILED HAWK: 2 COMMON RAVEN: 2 BORNEAN PEACOCK-PHEASANT: 2 GRAY WOLF / GREY WOLF / TIMBER WOLF: 2 SOUTH AMERICAN COATI: 1 PREHENSILE-TAILED PORCUPINE: 1 BORNEAN CRESTED FIREBACK: 1 RHINOCEROS HORNBILL: 1

What's in This Report

USDA Inspections on Record

Latest: Sep 5, 2025

Violations Documented

3 Critical · 5 Non-Critical

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Complete inspection timeline with dates

Every violation code and description

Inspector narratives — what they saw

Severity ratings for each violation

Repeat offense flags

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This page shows the complete USDA inspection history for SANTA BARBARA ZOOLOGICAL FOUNDATION. 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.

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