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BEAR DEN PETTING ZOO

WATERFORD, Wisconsin 53185 — Thomas A Rausch

License: 35-C-0132 Type: C Last Inspected: Sep 21, 2023 Address: Thomas A Rausch
10 Inspections
4 Total Violations
0 Critical
0 Repeat Violations

Animals on Record

DOMESTIC CHICKEN (INCLUDING ALL DOMESTIC BREEDS /: 160 DOMESTIC GOAT: 103 WHITE-TAILED DEER: 75 DOMESTIC RABBIT / EUROPEAN RABBIT: 57 CAT KITTEN: 28 ALPACA: 27 RED FOX (INCLUDES SILVER FOX & CROSS FOX): 27 SHEEP INCLUDING ALL DOMESTIC BREEDS: 27 PATAGONIAN CAVY / MARA: 25 RING-TAILED LEMUR: 25 RED KANGAROO: 24 DOMESTIC PIGEON INCLUDING ALL DOMESTIC BREEDS: 24 LADY AMHERST'S PHEASANT: 23 CATTLE / COW / OX / WATUSI: 22 CANADA GOOSE: 22 BOBCAT: 22 NORTH AMERICAN PORCUPINE: 22 RACCOON: 21 RING-NECKED PHEASANT / COMMON PHEASANT: 19 GROUNDHOG / WOODCHUCK: 17 DOMESTIC PIG / POTBELLY PIG / MICRO PIG: 15 KINKAJOU: 13 SILVER PHEASANT: 13 SOUTH AMERICAN COATI: 13 INDIAN PEAFOWL / COMMON PEAFOWL / PEAHEN /: 12 AFRICAN CRESTED PORCUPINE: 12 AMERICAN MINK: 12 STRIPED SKUNK: 11 NORTH AMERICAN BLACK BEAR: 9 LLAMA: 9 SERVAL: 8 CAPYBARA: 8 AMERICAN BADGER: 8 SMALL SPOTTED GENET: 7 ARCTIC FOX: 7 GOLDEN PHEASANT: 6 GRAY WOLF / GREY WOLF / TIMBER WOLF: 6 EMU: 4 DOMESTIC TURKEY: 4 YELLOW-HEADED PARROT / YELLOW-HEADED AMAZON /: 4 COYOTE: 3 VIRGINIA OPOSSUM: 3 CAPE PORCUPINE: 3 DOMESTIC GUINEAFOWL / HELMETED GUINEAFOWL /: 2 TUNDRA SWAN: 2 SCARLET MACAW: 2 GEOFFROY'S CAT: 2 WOLF/DOG HYBRID: 2 EUROPEAN RABBIT: 2 TRUMPETER SWAN: 2

What's in This Report

10
USDA Inspections on Record
Latest: Sep 21, 2023
4
Violations Documented
4 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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This page shows the complete USDA inspection history for BEAR DEN PETTING ZOO. 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.

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