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The Living Desert

Palm Desert, California 92260 — 47-900 Portola Avenue

License: 93-C-0148 Type: C Last Inspected: Jan 21, 2026 Address: 47-900 Portola Avenue
18 Inspections
9 Total Violations
1 Critical
0 Repeat Violations

Animals on Record

NAKED MOLE-RAT: 392 DOMESTIC GOAT: 288 BUDGERIGAR / BUDGIE / COMMON PARAKEET / SHELL: 209 GIRAFFE: 123 AFRICAN HUNTING DOG / AFRICAN WILD DOG: 119 ADDAX: 109 BIGHORN SHEEP: 107 WARTHOG: 99 FENNEC FOX: 98 BLACK-TAILED PRAIRIE DOG: 84 BENNETT'S WALLABY / RED-NECKED WALLABY: 78 SAND CAT: 68 ARABIAN ORYX: 68 PRONGHORN: 65 DROMEDARY CAMEL: 62 CAPE PORCUPINE: 62 YELLOW-FOOTED ROCK WALLABY: 61 NORTHERN BALD IBIS: 55 SLENDER-TAILED MEERKAT: 53 DWARF MONGOOSE: 46 ADDRA GAZELLE: 45 CHEETAH: 43 CHACOAN PECCARY: 43 SERVAL: 43 ROCK HYRAX: 42 COYOTE: 40 GRAY WOLF / GREY WOLF / TIMBER WOLF: 38 SAND GAZELLE: 38 GREATER KUDU: 33 NORTH AMERICAN PORCUPINE: 32 BLACK-FOOTED CAT: 32 SPEKE'S GAZELLE: 31 SPRINGBOK: 31 PINK-BACKED PELICAN: 30 WHITE-NOSED COATI: 29 BAT-EARED FOX: 27 BURROWING OWL: 27 GREVY'S ZEBRA: 26 SOUTHERN THREE-BANDED ARMADILLO: 24 RINGTAIL: 23 BOBCAT: 23 SHEEP INCLUDING ALL DOMESTIC BREEDS: 22 PUMA / MOUNTAIN LION / COUGAR: 22 BANDED MONGOOSE: 22 SPUR-WINGED LAPWING: 21 GRAY CROWNED-CRANE / AFRICAN CROWNED-CRANE /: 20 JAGUAR: 18 EDMI / CUVIER'S GAZELLE: 17 STRIPED HYENA: 16 EMU: 16 BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON: 16 TAVETA GOLDEN-WEAVER: 16 AMERICAN BADGER: 15 FOUR-TOED HEDGEHOG: 15 COMMON OSTRICH: 15 FULVOUS WHISTLING-DUCK: 15 TURKEY VULTURE: 15 CATTLE / COW / OX / WATUSI: 14 VIRGINIA OPOSSUM: 14 SWIFT FOX: 14 COMMON WATERBUCK: 14 BLACK RHINOCEROS: 14 SLENDER-HORNED GAZELLE / AFRICAN SAND GAZELLE /: 14 CHANNEL ISLANDS FOX: 13 KILLDEER: 13 VON DER DECKEN'S HORNBILL: 13 KIT FOX: 12 BRUSH-TAILED RAT-KANGAROO: 12 YELLOW-BILLED STORK: 12 LEOPARD: 11 REDHEAD: 11 MOUNTAIN ZEBRA / HARTMANN'S ZEBRA: 11 STRIPED SKUNK: 10 TAWNY FROGMOUTH: 10 GREATER ROADRUNNER: 10 MARABOU STORK: 10 GREAT WHITE PELICAN / EASTERN WHITE PELICAN: 10 CINEREOUS VULTURE: 10 GREAT HORNED OWL: 10 RED-TAILED HAWK: 10 WESTERN SCREECH-OWL: 10 KLIPSPRINGER: 9 HADADA IBIS: 9 LAUGHING KOOKABURRA: 9 CAPE GRIFFON / CAPE VULTURE: 9 NINE-BANDED ARMADILLO: 8 RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD: 8 CARACAL: 7 FOUR-TOED HEDGEHOG (MOST COMMON PET HEDGEHOG): 7 HARRIS'S HAWK: 7 SOUTHERN GIANT POUCHED RAT / EAST AFRICAN: 7 GEMSBOK: 6 SHORT-BEAKED ECHIDNA: 6 GOLDEN EAGLE: 6 FOSSA: 5 BALD EAGLE: 5 GREAT EGRET: 5 GREAT BLUE HERON: 5 BARN OWL / WESTERN BARN OWL / AMERICAN BARN OWL /: 5 EURASIAN EAGLE-OWL: 5 BLACK VULTURE / MEXICAN VULTURE: 5 EURASIAN GRIFFON: 5 ABYSSINIAN GROUND-HORNBILL: 5 RACKET-TAILED ROLLER: 5 AMERICAN KESTREL: 5 WHITE-HEADED BUFFALO-WEAVER: 5 SOUTHERN GROUND-HORNBILL: 5 PATAS MONKEY: 4 HEDGEHOG: 3 SOUTH AMERICAN COATI: 3 WILDCAT: 2 AFRICAN CRESTED PORCUPINE: 2 COLLARED PECCARY: 2 ROUND-TAILED GROUND SQUIRREL: 2 DONKEY / BURRO / ASS: 2 DOMESTIC RABBIT / EUROPEAN RABBIT: 2 NEW GUINEA SINGING DOG: 1 CAT ADULT: 1 EUROPEAN RABBIT: 1 WESTERN EUROPEAN HEDGEHOG: 1 BLACK-TAILED JACK RABBIT: 1 KORI BUSTARD: 1 SECRETARYBIRD: 1 BLUE-FACED HONEYEATER: 1

What's in This Report

18
USDA Inspections on Record
Latest: Jan 21, 2026
9
Violations Documented
1 Critical · 8 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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