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ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania 19103 — 1900 Benjamin Franklin Parkway

License: 23-C-0294 Type: C Last Inspected: Dec 19, 2025 Address: 1900 Benjamin Franklin Parkway
13 Inspections
0 Total Violations
0 Critical
0 Repeat Violations

Animals on Record

NINE-BANDED ARMADILLO: 29 DOMESTIC RABBIT / EUROPEAN RABBIT: 28 DOMESTIC GUINEA PIG: 24 EUROPEAN RABBIT: 19 VIRGINIA OPOSSUM: 14 CHINCHILLA: 12 STRIPED SKUNK: 11 HEDGEHOG: 6 NORTH AMERICAN PORCUPINE: 6 CHINCHILLA (DOMESTICATED): 6 RED FOX (INCLUDES SILVER FOX & CROSS FOX): 3 FOUR-TOED HEDGEHOG (MOST COMMON PET HEDGEHOG): 3 WHITE-NOSED COATI: 2 MALLARD: 1

Inspection History

13 inspections on record

Dec 19, 2025
No Violations
Animals: 2 · Type: ROUTINE INSPECTION
Mar 28, 2024
No Violations
Animals: 4 · Type: ROUTINE INSPECTION
Jun 21, 2023
No Violations
Animals: 4 · Type: ROUTINE INSPECTION
Jun 7, 2023
No Violations
Animals: 4 · Type: RE-LICENSE INSPECTION
Sep 1, 2022
No Violations
Animals: 6 · Type: ROUTINE INSPECTION
Sep 29, 2021
No Violations
Animals: 10 · Type: ROUTINE INSPECTION
Jan 15, 2021
No Violations
Animals: 11 · Type: ROUTINE INSPECTION
Apr 17, 2019
No Violations
Animals: 21 · Type: ROUTINE INSPECTION
Jun 15, 2018
No Violations
Animals: 21 · Type: ROUTINE INSPECTION
Jan 24, 2017
No Violations
Animals: 20 · Type: ROUTINE INSPECTION
May 19, 2016
No Violations
Animals: 20 · Type: ROUTINE INSPECTION
Aug 3, 2015
No Violations
Animals: 20 · Type: ROUTINE INSPECTION
Aug 20, 2014
No Violations
Animals: 21 · Type: ROUTINE INSPECTION

How to Read This Report

This page shows the complete USDA inspection history for ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES. 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.

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