Zoological Society Of Philadelphia

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania 19104

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License: 23-C-0004 Type: C Last Inspected: Mar 11, 2026

22 Inspections

8 Total Violations

3 Critical

0 Repeat Violations

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Animals on Record

RODRIGUES FLYING FOX: 1,099 NAKED MOLE-RAT: 773 COMMON VAMPIRE BAT: 703 DOMESTIC GOAT: 537 EURASIAN HARVEST MOUSE: 506 DOMESTIC PIGEON INCLUDING ALL DOMESTIC BREEDS: 206 ZEBRA MOUSE: 195 BARE-FACED TAMARIN: 138 EASTERN BLACK-AND-WHITE COLOBUS / GUEREZA: 121 SHEEP INCLUDING ALL DOMESTIC BREEDS: 115 MONGOOSE LEMUR: 108 DOMESTIC GUINEA PIG: 107 WESTERN GORILLA: 103 RED KANGAROO: 101 RING-TAILED LEMUR: 94 BLACK-AND-RUFOUS ELEPHANT SHREW: 93 SLENDER-TAILED MEERKAT: 92 FRANCOIS'S LANGUR: 86 TAVETA GOLDEN-WEAVER: 86 LAR GIBBON: 85 AYE-AYE: 78 WHITE-FRONTED MARMOSET: 77 GIANT OTTER: 77 AMERICAN FLAMINGO: 73 BLACK-AND-WHITE RUFFED LEMUR: 71 TIGER: 67 DOMESTIC CHICKEN (INCLUDING ALL DOMESTIC BREEDS /: 67 WHITE-FACED SAKI: 65 GOLDEN LION TAMARIN: 64 LION: 62 GIRAFFE: 61 RED PANDA: 60 REED TITI: 60 BROWN-HEADED SPIDER MONKEY: 55 HOFFMANN'S TWO-TOED SLOTH: 55 DOMESTIC DUCK INCLUDING ALL DOMESTIC BREEDS: 55 BURCHELL’S / GRANT’S / CHAPMAN’S / PLAINS ZEBRA: 54 ALPACA: 54 DEGU: 52 RED RIVER HOG: 50 COQUEREL'S SIFAKA: 49 SLOTH BEAR: 47 COMMON SQUIRREL MONKEY: 47 GOULDIAN FINCH: 45 NINE-BANDED ARMADILLO: 44 SUMATRAN ORANGUTAN: 43 PINK-HEADED FRUIT-DOVE: 43 CHEETAH: 42 SPOTTED DOVE: 42 LEOPARD: 41 SNOW LEOPARD: 41 HIPPOPOTAMUS: 40 NORTH AMERICAN PORCUPINE: 38 PYGMY SLOW LORIS: 38 FOUR-TOED HEDGEHOG (MOST COMMON PET HEDGEHOG): 38 PUMA / MOUNTAIN LION / COUGAR: 36 BUSHY-TAILED JIRD: 36 DOMESTIC RABBIT / EUROPEAN RABBIT: 35 FAT-TAILED GERBIL: 32 GUAM KINGFISHER: 32 PREHENSILE-TAILED PORCUPINE: 31 RAGGIANA BIRD-OF-PARADISE: 28 HUMBOLDT PENGUIN: 28 CATTLE / COW / OX / WATUSI: 27 GREATER FLAMINGO: 27 INDIAN WHITE-EYE / ORIENTAL WHITE-EYE: 26 BLACK-FOOTED CAT: 25 PYGMY MARMOSET: 23 VOTSOVOTSA: 23 EUROPEAN RABBIT: 21 JAGUAR: 21 EMU: 21 WHITE RHINOCEROS: 20 RED-TAILED MONKEY: 20 RED-WHISKERED BULBUL: 20 SOUTHERN THREE-BANDED ARMADILLO: 18 SPECTACLED BEAR: 18 CHINCHILLA (DOMESTICATED): 18 SENEGAL BUSHBABY: 18 DAMARA / DAMARALAND MOLE-RAT / DAMARALAND: 18 DOMESTIC PIG / POTBELLY PIG / MICRO PIG: 18 DOMESTIC FERRET: 18 AZURE-WINGED MAGPIE: 18 HOODED VULTURE: 18 CRESTED CARACARA: 18 MANED WOLF: 17 BLUE-EYED BLACK LEMUR / SCLATER'S LEMUR: 16 CABOT'S TRAGOPAN: 16 INDIAN PEAFOWL / COMMON PEAFOWL / PEAHEN /: 16 ADDRA GAZELLE: 15 DAMARA / DAMARALAND MOLE-RAT / DAMARALAND BLESMOL: 15 CRESTED PARTRIDGE: 15 VICTORIA CROWNED-PIGEON: 15 NORWAY RAT / LAB RAT (COMMON RESEARCH/PET VARIETY): 14 FOUR-TOED HEDGEHOG: 14 CHINESE HWAMEI: 14 TURKEY VULTURE: 13 SPECKLED MOUSEBIRD: 13 RED-CAPPED MANGABEY: 12 LARGE-EARED GARDEN DORMOUSE: 12 BLUE-AND-YELLOW MACAW / BLUE-AND-GOLD MACAW: 12 BLUE-GRAY TANAGER: 12 GOLDEN PHEASANT: 12 DOMESTIC TURKEY: 12 ANDEAN GOOSE: 12 DOMESTIC GOOSE: 12 SUNBITTERN: 12 SWAN GOOSE: 12 HAMERKOP: 12 BALD EAGLE: 12 METALLIC STARLING: 12 DOMESTIC CANARY / COMMON CANARY: 12 BALI MYNA: 11 GREAT ARGUS: 11 WHITE STORK: 11 CHINCHILLA: 10 DWARF MONGOOSE: 10 SHORT-EARED ELEPHANT SHREW: 10 SPOTTED WHISTLING-DUCK: 10 SILVER TEAL: 10 SCARLET-FACED LIOCICHLA: 10 KING VULTURE: 10 LESSER MADAGASCAR HEDGEHOG TENREC: 9 CAPE PORCUPINE: 9 CANADIAN LYNX: 9 AARDVARK: 9 BORNEAN ORANGUTAN: 9 TRUMPETER SWAN: 9 ULTRAMARINE GROSBEAK: 9 BLUE-BILLED TEAL / HOTTENTOT TEAL: 9 BROWN (WHITE-BELLIED) SPIDER MONKEY: 8 WHITE-NOSED COATI: 8 DUSKY LEAF MONKEY: 8 SOUTHERN GROUND-HORNBILL: 8 NICOBAR PIGEON: 8 INCA TERN: 8 MINDANAO BLEEDING-HEART: 8 CRESTED COUA: 8 GOLDEN-BREASTED STARLING: 8 STRIPED SKUNK: 8 GOLDEN-CRESTED MYNA: 8 YELLOW-FRONTED CANARY: 8 HEDGEHOG: 7 MEXICAN PORCUPINE: 7 EMPEROR GOOSE: 7 BLUE-CROWNED LAUGHINGTHRUSH: 7 TAMMAR WALLABY: 7 BLACK LEMUR: 6 SUGAR GLIDER: 6 POLAR BEAR: 6 EASTERN SCREECH-OWL: 6 VULTURINE GUINEAFOWL: 6 CONGO PEACOCK / PEAHEN / PEAFOWL: 6 TEMMINCK'S TRAGOPAN: 6 WHITE-WINGED DUCK: 6 RED-TAILED HAWK: 6 SORA: 6 AMERICAN KESTREL: 6 VIOLET TURACO: 6 GREAT MYNA: 6 BARBARY DOVE / RINGED TURTLE-DOVE / RINGNECK DOVE: 6 SENEGAL PARROT: 6 BARN OWL / WESTERN BARN OWL / AMERICAN BARN OWL /: 6 HARRIS'S HAWK: 6 COMMON RAVEN: 6 DAMARALAND MOLE RAT: 5 FOSSA: 5 ORANGE-BELLIED LEAFBIRD: 5 GREAT BLUE TURACO: 5 BALTIMORE ORIOLE / NORTHERN ORIOLE: 5 HARRIS'S ANTELOPE SQUIRREL: 4 BRAZILIAN AGOUTI: 4 RED-SHANKED DOUC / DOUC LANGER: 4 SHORT-BEAKED ECHIDNA: 4 NORTHERN TREE SHREW: 4 ASIATIC BLACK BEAR: 4 COMMON BULBUL: 4 REED TITI / WHITE-EARED TITI: 4 FLYING MOUSE: 3 ADDAX: 3 GAMBIAN POUCHED RAT / NORTHERN GIANT POUCHED RAT: 3 LESSER EGYPTIAN JERBOA: 3 GOLDEN-HEADED TAMARIN: 3 OKAPI: 3 GUAM RAIL: 3 FLYING STEAMER-DUCK: 3 CATTLE / COW / OX: 3 SOUTHERN BALD IBIS: 3 BERNIER'S TEAL / MADAGASCAR TEAL: 2 HADADA IBIS: 2 ABYSSINIAN GROUND-HORNBILL: 2 STRIPED POSSUM: 1 MERRIAM'S KANGAROO RAT: 1 HAZEL DORMOUSE: 1 DROMEDARY CAMEL: 1 IVORY-BILLED ARACARI: 1

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Latest: Mar 11, 2026

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3 Critical · 5 Non-Critical

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How to Read This Report

This page shows the complete USDA inspection history for Zoological Society Of Philadelphia. 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 Zoological Society Of Philadelphia

Is Zoological Society Of Philadelphia a USDA-licensed breeder?

Zoological Society Of Philadelphia holds USDA license number 23-C-0004 (C), which means the facility is registered under the federal Animal Welfare Act and is subject to periodic USDA APHIS inspections.

Does Zoological Society Of Philadelphia have any USDA violations on record?

Yes. USDA inspectors have documented 8 violations at this facility (3 critical, 5 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 Zoological Society Of Philadelphia last inspected by the USDA?

The most recent inspection on record for Zoological Society Of Philadelphia was on Mar 11, 2026, and the facility has 22 inspections documented in total. The USDA typically inspects licensed breeders every one to three years.

Where is Zoological Society Of Philadelphia located?

Zoological Society Of Philadelphia is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. You can browse other USDA-licensed breeders in Pennsylvania to compare inspection records before you decide.