Busch Gardens Tampa

TAMPA, Florida 33612

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License: 58-C-1002 Type: C Last Inspected: May 20, 2026

33 Inspections

6 Total Violations

0 Critical

0 Repeat Violations

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Animals on Record

RED KANGAROO: 301 AMERICAN FLAMINGO: 238 THOMSON'S GAZELLE: 219 NYALA: 141 GIRAFFE: 138 ADDAX: 121 IMPALA: 116 RAINBOW LORIKEET: 106 SPRINGBOK: 100 GREATER KUDU: 98 COMMON WATERBUCK: 94 SEBA'S SHORT-TAILED BAT: 90 GREVY'S ZEBRA: 89 CHEETAH: 88 LARGE FLYING FOX: 87 GRANT'S GAZELLE: 82 BONGO: 82 BURCHELL’S / GRANT’S / CHAPMAN’S / PLAINS ZEBRA: 72 COMMON ELAND: 71 SOEMMERRINGS GAZELLE: 69 COCONUT LORIKEET: 69 WESTERN GREY KANGAROO: 65 MARIGOLD LORIKEET: 63 TIGER: 61 WHITE RHINOCEROS: 60 MARBLED TEAL: 59 ASIAN ELEPHANT: 57 BRINDLED WILDEBEEST: 55 WESTERN GORILLA: 54 RING-TAILED LEMUR: 54 SABLE ANTELOPE: 53 EASTERN GREY KANGAROO: 53 BORNEAN ORANGUTAN: 53 AFRICAN PENGUIN / CAPE PENGUIN: 52 GRAY WOLF / GREY WOLF / TIMBER WOLF: 48 SHEEP INCLUDING ALL DOMESTIC BREEDS: 47 CHIMPANZEE: 43 BENNETT'S WALLABY / RED-NECKED WALLABY: 42 LION: 41 SUNSET LORIKEET / SCARLET-BREASTED LORIKEET: 40 HOFFMANN'S TWO-TOED SLOTH: 39 SLENDER-TAILED MEERKAT: 33 SPOTTED HYENA: 31 HILL WALLAROO: 30 TAMMAR WALLABY: 29 AFRICAN WILD ASS: 28 HIPPOPOTAMUS: 27 SHORT-BEAKED ECHIDNA: 26 CATTLE / COW / OX / WATUSI: 24 DOG ADULT: 24 GOLDEN PARAKEET: 24 RED-CRESTED POCHARD: 23 LINNAEUS'S TWO-TOED SLOTH: 20 RED RUFFED LEMUR: 19 EGYPTIAN GOOSE: 19 BLACK RHINOCEROS: 18 LESSER FLAMINGO: 18 SCARLET IBIS: 18 BLACK WILDEBEEST: 17 RED FOX (INCLUDES SILVER FOX & CROSS FOX): 17 NORWAY RAT / LAB RAT (COMMON RESEARCH/PET: 17 CHILEAN FLAMINGO: 17 WHITE-FACED WHISTLING-DUCK: 15 SUN PARAKEET: 15 SUMATRAN ORANGUTAN: 14 CUBAN PARROT / ROSE-THROATED PARROT: 14 FULVOUS WHISTLING-DUCK: 14 MARABOU STORK: 14 SENEGAL BUSHBABY: 13 LESSER MADAGASCAR HEDGEHOG TENREC: 13 AFRICAN CRESTED PORCUPINE: 13 RUDDY DUCK: 13 SCIMITAR-HORNED ORYX: 12 WHITE-CHEEKED GIBBON: 12 KNOB-BILLED DUCK / AFRICAN COMB DUCK: 12 WOOD DUCK / CAROLINA DUCK: 12 ASIAN EMERALD DOVE / GREY-CAPPED EMERALD DOVE: 12 BRUCE'S GREEN-PIGEON: 12 AARDVARK: 11 SOUTHERN THREE-BANDED ARMADILLO: 11 PURPLE STARLING: 11 SERVAL: 10 GREATER BUSHBABY: 10 BLACK-NECKED SWAN: 10 ORNATE LORIKEET: 9 PARMA WALLABY: 9 HYACINTH MACAW: 9 JAVAN POND-HERON: 9 PUNA TEAL: 9 VIRGINIA OPOSSUM: 8 COMMON SQUIRREL MONKEY: 8 LAUGHING KOOKABURRA: 8 MALLARD: 8 BLUE-BILLED TEAL / HOTTENTOT TEAL: 8 DEMOISELLE CRANE: 8 ROSEATE SPOONBILL: 8 KNOBBED HORNBILL: 8 MONGOOSE LEMUR: 7 SOUTHERN TAMANDUA: 7 DUSKY LORY: 7 ABDIM'S STORK: 7 GUAM KINGFISHER: 7 INDIAN MUNTJAC: 6 KINKAJOU: 6 ROCK HYRAX: 6 GROUND CUSCUS: 6 BROWN LEMUR: 6 BALD EAGLE: 6 ABYSSINIAN GROUND-HORNBILL: 6 BLACK CROWNED-CRANE: 6 BLUE-AND-YELLOW MACAW / BLUE-AND-GOLD MACAW: 6 CAPE TEAL: 6 RINGED TEAL: 6 TAWNY FROGMOUTH: 6 COMMON OSTRICH: 6 SCARLET MACAW: 6 EASTERN SCREECH-OWL: 6 MAGPIE GOOSE: 6 TUFTED DUCK: 6 SADDLE-BILLED STORK: 6 SOUTH AFRICAN SHELDUCK: 6 BLACK SWAN: 6 PINK-BACKED PELICAN: 6 REEVE'S MUNTJAC: 5 SCREAMING ARMADILLO: 5 GUIRA CUCKOO: 5 PALM COCKATOO: 5 GREAT BLUE TURACO: 5 MASKED LAPWING: 5 LLAMA: 4 ORIENTAL SMALL-CLAWED OTTER: 4 GIANT ANTEATER: 4 NORTH AMERICAN PORCUPINE: 4 SMEW: 4 MAURITIUS BLUE-PIGEON: 4 GIANT ELAND: 3 STRAW-COLOURED FRUIT BAT: 3 COMMON BROWN LEMUR: 3 STRIPED SKUNK: 3 COTTON-TOP TAMARIN: 3 DOMESTIC GOAT: 3 BUSH THICK-KNEE: 3 RED LORY: 3 BLUE-WINGED MACAW / ILLGER'S MACAW: 3 GUINEA TURACO: 3 BLUE-STREAKED LORY: 3 RED-AND-GREEN MACAW / GREEN-WINGED MACAW: 3 RED-FRONTED MACAW: 3 WHITE COCKATOO / UMBRELLA COCKATOO: 3 BERNIER'S TEAL / MADAGASCAR TEAL: 3 BLUE-WINGED TEAL: 3 PLUMED WHISTLING-DUCK: 3 FRECKLED DUCK: 3 AUSTRALIAN SHELDUCK: 3 RED-CRESTED TURACO: 3 WHITE-CRESTED TURACO: 3 MILITARY MACAW: 3 WHITE-NECKED RAVEN: 3 TURKEY VULTURE: 3 SOUTHERN GROUND-HORNBILL: 3 HAMERKOP: 3 MUTE SWAN: 3 DALMATIAN PELICAN: 3 BLACK-SPOTTED BARBET: 3 PREHENSILE-TAILED PORCUPINE: 2 CAPE PORCUPINE: 2 PYGMY SLOW LORIS: 2 BLACK-AND-WHITE RUFFED LEMUR: 2 RED-BELLIED LEMUR: 2 RED-FRONTED LEMUR: 2 BARN OWL / WESTERN BARN OWL / AMERICAN BARN OWL /: 2 BLUE-THROATED MACAW: 2 NICOBAR PIGEON: 2 WEST INDIAN WHISTLING-DUCK: 2 BLACK-NECKED STILT: 2 GRAY CROWNED-CRANE / AFRICAN CROWNED-CRANE /: 2 BLUE-THROATED PIPING-GUAN: 2 CHESTNUT-TIPPED TOUCANET: 2 REDHEAD: 2 MANDARIN DUCK: 2 ROSY-BILLED POCHARD: 2 CINNAMON TEAL: 2 BINTURONG: 2 CAPYBARA: 2 DOMESTIC PIG / POTBELLY PIG / MICRO PIG: 1 SOUTH AMERICAN COATI: 1 POLISH RABBIT: 1 RED RIVER HOG: 1 GREATER MADAGASCAR HEDGEHOG TENREC: 1 AFRICAN BUFFALO / CAPE BUFFALO: 1 FENNEC FOX: 1 DOMESTIC RABBIT / EUROPEAN RABBIT: 1 BLACK VULTURE / MEXICAN VULTURE: 1 EURASIAN EAGLE-OWL: 1 HARRIS'S HAWK: 1 NORTHERN RED-BILLED HORNBILL: 1 ROSS'S TURACO: 1 DOMESTIC CHICKEN (INCLUDING ALL DOMESTIC BREEDS /: 1 FISH CROW: 1 GREEN PEAFOWL / INDONESIAN PEAFOWL / PEAHEN /: 1 PALAWAN PEACOCK-PHEASANT: 1 STEPHEN'S LORIKEET: 1 HELMETED CURASSOW / NORTHERN HELMETED CURASSOW: 1 YELLOW-THROATED TOUCAN: 1 GRAY CROWNED-CRANE / AFRICAN CROWNED-CRANE / GOLDEN CROWNED-CRANE: 1 GREEN PEAFOWL / INDONESIAN PEAFOWL / PEAHEN / PEACOCK: 1 GREAT CURASSOW: 1 TOCO TOUCAN: 1

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USDA Inspections on Record

Latest: May 20, 2026

Violations Documented

6 Non-Critical

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How to Read This Report

This page shows the complete USDA inspection history for Busch Gardens Tampa. 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 Busch Gardens Tampa

Is Busch Gardens Tampa a USDA-licensed breeder?

Busch Gardens Tampa holds USDA license number 58-C-1002 (C), which means the facility is registered under the federal Animal Welfare Act and is subject to periodic USDA APHIS inspections.

Does Busch Gardens Tampa have any USDA violations on record?

Yes. USDA inspectors have documented 6 violations at this facility (6 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 Busch Gardens Tampa last inspected by the USDA?

The most recent inspection on record for Busch Gardens Tampa was on May 20, 2026, and the facility has 33 inspections documented in total. The USDA typically inspects licensed breeders every one to three years.

Where is Busch Gardens Tampa located?

Busch Gardens Tampa is located in Tampa, Florida. You can browse other USDA-licensed breeders in Florida to compare inspection records before you decide.