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Zoological Society of San Diego

Escondido, California 92027 — P.O. Box 120551

License: 93-C-0040 Type: C Last Inspected: Sep 26, 2025 Address: P.O. Box 120551
28 Inspections
24 Total Violations
5 Critical
1 Repeat Violations

Animals on Record

NAKED MOLE-RAT: 755 BLACKBUCK: 393 GREATER FLAMINGO: 376 LAUGHING DOVE: 228 KOALA: 209 SHEEP INCLUDING ALL DOMESTIC BREEDS: 203 METALLIC STARLING: 190 GOULDIAN FINCH: 185 SCIMITAR-HORNED ORYX: 180 NILE LECHWE: 175 ADDAX: 171 CHEETAH: 161 RED DEER: 160 AMERICAN FLAMINGO: 160 COMMON WATERBUCK: 147 ARABIAN ORYX: 137 ADDRA GAZELLE: 136 COMMON ELAND: 136 SPEKE'S GAZELLE: 133 SILVERY LUTUNG / SILVERED LANGUR / LEAF MONKEY: 129 NUBIAN IBEX: 126 BLUE-FACED PARROTFINCH: 124 AFRICAN BUFFALO / CAPE BUFFALO: 123 HAMADRYAS BABOON: 123 DOMESTIC GOAT: 120 MAGPIE MANNIKIN: 120 BARBARY SHEEP: 118 WHITE-FRONTED BEE-EATER: 116 GIRAFFE: 114 SPRINGBOK: 109 TAVETA GOLDEN-WEAVER: 108 RED-FRONTED GAZELLE: 105 ROCK HYRAX: 104 RED LECHWE / SOUTHERN LECHWE: 103 IMPALA: 102 NILGAI: 102 GEMSBOK: 102 AFRICAN ELEPHANT: 101 BRINDLED WILDEBEEST: 101 RODRIGUES FLYING FOX: 101 LITTLE POCKET MOUSE: 98 GERENUK: 96 BIGHORN SHEEP: 96 WHITE RHINOCEROS: 95 BROWN CAPUCHIN / TUFTED CAPUCHIN: 95 WHITE-BREASTED WOODSWALLOW: 95 TAKIN: 94 THOMSON'S GAZELLE: 93 WESTERN GORILLA: 93 YELLOW-CROWNED BISHOP: 91 SOEMMERRINGS GAZELLE: 89 RED-BILLED FIREFINCH: 89 MARKHOR: 88 DHOLE: 87 ANGOLAN COLOBUS: 86 RING-TAILED LEMUR: 85 RED RIVER HOG: 85 ROAN ANTELOPE: 85 VISAYAN WARTY PIG: 85 SLENDER-TAILED MEERKAT: 84 GREVY'S ZEBRA: 83 KOB: 83 SITATUNGA: 78 BANTENG: 76 VILLAGE WEAVER: 75 LESSER KUDU: 71 URIAL SHEEP: 71 SIKA DEER: 69 SABLE ANTELOPE: 69 FOSSA: 65 GIANT ELAND: 65 RED-CHEEKED CORDONBLEU: 65 AFRICAN WILD ASS: 64 SERVAL: 63 SAMBAR: 63 VERVET: 63 EAST AFRICAN ORYX (BEISA ORYX): 62 NYALA: 62 TIGER: 61 OKAPI: 59 SUGAR GLIDER: 59 PYGMY CHIMPANZEE / BONOBO: 59 CHACOAN PECCARY: 58 GREAT CORMORANT: 58 BONTEBOK / BLESBOK: 57 TUFTED DEER: 57 NICOBAR PIGEON: 57 RED-TAILED MONKEY: 56 INDIAN RHINOCEROS: 55 WHITE-LIPPED DEER: 55 GREATER KUDU: 55 CATTLE / COW / OX / WATUSI: 52 TAMBOURINE DOVE: 52 DOMESTIC HORSE: 51 FRANCOIS'S LANGUR: 51 DOG ADULT: 50 BONGO: 50 SAMBAR DEER: 50 SAND GAZELLE: 49 BARASINGHA / SWAMP DEER: 49 AFRICAN PENGUIN / CAPE PENGUIN: 48 COLLARED LORY: 47 RED RUFFED LEMUR: 46 BLACK-TAILED PRAIRIE DOG: 45 LESSER MADAGASCAR HEDGEHOG TENREC: 44 BROW-ANTLERED DEER / ELD'S DEER: 43 ALLEN'S SWAMP MONKEY: 43 DWARF MONGOOSE: 43 VIOLET-BACKED STARLING: 43 CHESTNUT-BREASTED MUNIA: 43 LION: 41 PRONGHORN: 41 SOUTHERN THREE-BANDED ARMADILLO: 40 VIETNAMESE WARTY PIG: 40 CAPYBARA: 39 ADAMAWA TURTLE-DOVE: 39 KLIPSPRINGER: 38 BABIRUSA: 38 BLUE-CROWNED LORIKEET: 38 LINNAEUS'S TWO-TOED SLOTH: 37 LEOPARD: 37 GELADA BABOON: 36 PRZEWALSKI'S WILD HORSE: 36 GREEN IMPERIAL-PIGEON: 36 CUBAN GRASSQUIT: 36 YELLOW-FOOTED ROCK WALLABY: 35 RAGGIANA BIRD-OF-PARADISE: 35 SOUTHERN TAMANDUA: 34 COMMON WAXBILL: 34 BLUE-CROWNED HANGING-PARROT: 34 BLUE-NAPED MOUSEBIRD: 34 INDIAN MUNTJAC: 33 COMMON SQUIRREL MONKEY: 33 PURPLE HONEYCREEPER: 33 SIBERIAN MUSK DEER: 32 FINCH-BILLED MYNA / GROSBEAK STARLING: 32 KIRK'S DIKDIK / KIRKS DIK-DIK: 31 STEENBOK: 31 GRANT'S GAZELLE: 31 BENNETT'S WALLABY / RED-NECKED WALLABY: 31 ASIAN EMERALD DOVE / GREY-CAPPED EMERALD DOVE: 31 RAMERON PIGEON / OLIVE PIGEON: 31 OPAL-RUMPED TANAGER: 31 CAPE PORCUPINE: 30 POLAR BEAR: 30 COLLARED FINCHBILL: 30 WARTHOG: 29 EASTERN BLACK-AND-WHITE COLOBUS / GUEREZA: 29 WESTERN GREY KANGAROO: 29 PAPUAN LORIKEET: 29 WATTLED JACANA: 29 SHORT-BEAKED ECHIDNA: 28 GUANACO: 28 FENNEC FOX: 27 GAYAL/GAUR: 27 KINKAJOU: 26 BLACK-WINGED MYNA: 26 VIOLACEOUS EUPHONIA: 26 BHARAL: 25 RED-BILLED LEIOTHRIX: 25 BLACK MANGABEY: 24 BAIRD'S TAPIR: 24 NORTH SULAWESI BABIRUSA: 24 BLACK DUIKER: 23 BINTURONG: 23 RED-FLANKED DUIKER: 23 SPOTTED-NECKED OTTER: 23 LION-TAILED MACAQUE: 23 WHITE-FACED WHISTLING-DUCK: 23 ASIAN FAIRY-BLUEBIRD: 23 EMERALD STARLING: 23 SCARLET-FACED LIOCICHLA: 23 BLUE-CROWNED LAUGHINGTHRUSH: 23 PARMA WALLABY: 22 HOUSE MOUSE / LAB MOUSE (COMMON RESEARCH VARIETY): 22 AFRICAN SILVERBILL: 22 CHESTNUT-BACKED THRUSH: 22 BAT-EARED FOX: 21 AMERICAN BEAVER: 21 DONKEY / BURRO / ASS: 21 RED PANDA: 20 SUMATRAN ORANGUTAN: 20 MANY-COLORED FRUIT-DOVE: 20 BLUE-NECKED TANAGER: 20 BLACK-CAPPED SQUIRREL MONKEY: 19 CHINESE HWAMEI: 19 GOLDEN-BREASTED STARLING: 19 YELLOW-BACKED DUIKER: 18 OCELOT: 18 AARDVARK: 18 DROMEDARY CAMEL: 18 AYE-AYE: 18 HIPPOPOTAMUS: 18 SPECTACLED BEAR: 18 BRUSH-TAILED RAT-KANGAROO: 18 ZEBRA WAXBILL: 18 BALI MYNA: 18 POMPADOUR COTINGA: 18 SOUTH AMERICAN COATI: 17 WOLF'S GUENON: 17 DE BRAZZA'S MONKEY: 17 SWALLOW TANAGER: 17 RATEL / HONEY BADGER: 16 ASIAN PARTICOLORED BAT: 16 BLACK-FOOTED CAT: 16 BUFF-CHEEKED GIBBON: 16 GOLDEN LION TAMARIN: 16 TASMANIAN DEVIL: 16 MANDRILL: 16 GAMBIAN POUCHED RAT / NORTHERN GIANT POUCHED RAT: 16 DIAMOND DOVE: 16 CRESTED COUA: 16 NORTHERN RED BISHOP: 16 LONG-TAILED PARAKEET: 16 RED-AND-YELLOW BARBET: 16 PINK-NECKED GREEN-PIGEON: 16 CARACAL: 15 MOUNTAIN COATI: 15 PYGMY HIPPOPOTAMUS: 15 PUMA / MOUNTAIN LION / COUGAR: 15 REINDEER: 15 SIAMANG: 15 MALAYAN TAPIR: 15 SNOW LEOPARD: 15 GOLDEN-CRESTED MYNA: 15 BLACK-SPOTTED BARBET: 15 NORTHERN CARMINE BEE-EATER: 15 STONE PARTRIDGE: 15 PERE DAVID'S DEER: 14 LESSER SPOT-NOSED GUENON: 14 NEW GUINEA SINGING DOG: 14 CLOUDED LEOPARD: 14 COARSE-HAIRED WOMBAT: 14 MAGNIFICENT BIRD-OF-PARADISE: 14 RED-CRESTED FINCH: 14 BLACK-THROATED LAUGHINGTHRUSH: 14 DIAMOND FIRETAIL: 14 PINK-HEADED FRUIT-DOVE: 14 MINDANAO LORIKEET: 14 BRUCE'S GREEN-PIGEON: 14 RED KANGAROO: 13 PYGMY MARMOSET: 13 SOUTHERN BALD IBIS: 13 PURPLE-TAILED IMPERIAL-PIGEON: 13 AFRICAN PYGMY-GOOSE: 13 GREEN WOODHOOPOE: 13 MASKED LAPWING: 13 ANDEAN COCK-OF-THE-ROCK: 13 SPOTTED HYENA: 12 MANED WOLF: 12 MATSCHIE'S TREE KANGAROO: 12 PYGMY SLOW LORIS: 12 JAGUAR: 12 WHITE-FACED SAKI: 12 BROWN BEAR: 12 DOMESTIC GUINEA PIG: 12 WHITE-HEADED BUFFALO-WEAVER: 12 SPOTTED TANAGER: 12 PIN-TAILED WHYDAH: 12 GREEN-BACKED TROGON: 12 FOUR-TOED HEDGEHOG: 11 GIANT PANDA: 11 PREHENSILE-TAILED PORCUPINE: 11 SMALL-TOOTHED HYRAX: 11 SOUTHERN PUDU: 11 WOLF/DOG HYBRID: 11 WOMPOO FRUIT-DOVE: 11 BLUE-SPOTTED WOOD-DOVE: 11 GUIANAN COCK-OF-THE-ROCK: 11 ASIAN ELEPHANT: 10 NORTH AMERICAN PORCUPINE: 10 MALAYAN SUN BEAR: 10 STRIPED HYENA: 10 NORTHERN/EURASIAN LYNX: 10 GIANT ANTEATER: 10 PATAGONIAN CAVY / MARA: 10 RED-COLLARED BROWN LEMUR: 10 BLUE-EYED BLACK LEMUR / SCLATER'S LEMUR: 10 SLOTH BEAR: 10 CUT-THROAT: 10 BLUE-AND-YELLOW MACAW / BLUE-AND-GOLD MACAW: 10 SPANGLED COTINGA: 10 GREATER LOPHORINA: 10 HOODED MERGANSER: 10 WONGA PIGEON: 10 PHEASANT PIGEON: 10 CRESTED OROPENDOLA: 10 BLACK-NAPED FRUIT-DOVE: 10 BEAUTIFUL FRUIT-DOVE: 10 TURQUOISE TANAGER: 10 WHITE-FRONTED MARMOSET: 9 ROYAL ANTELOPE: 9 BORNEAN ORANGUTAN: 9 FISHING CAT: 9 COQUEREL'S SIFAKA: 9 EAST AFRICAN ORYX: 9 MALAGASY POND-HERON / MADAGASCAR POND HERON: 9 ORANGE-CHEEKED WAXBILL: 9 PYGMY FALCON: 9 PUNA TEAL: 9 BACTRIAN CAMEL: 8 RACCOON: 8 QUEENSLAND RINGTAIL: 8 FOUR-TOED HEDGEHOG (MOST COMMON PET HEDGEHOG): 8 CANADIAN LYNX: 8 ST. VINCENT PARROT: 8 SCARLET MACAW: 8 TRUMPETER HORNBILL: 8 GREEN HONEYCREEPER: 8 SPLENDID SUNBIRD: 8 PURPLE GRENADIER: 8 LAUGHING KOOKABURRA: 8 SUPERB STARLING: 8 KAGU: 8 EGYPTIAN PLOVER / CROCODILE-BIRD: 8 JAVAN SCIMITAR-BABBLER / CHESTNUT-BACKED SCIMITAR: 8 HAMERKOP: 8 NORTHERN SHOVELER: 8 BLACK-HEADED TANAGER: 8 BLACK RHINOCEROS: 7 BURCHELL’S / GRANT’S / CHAPMAN’S / PLAINS ZEBRA: 7 LLAMA: 7 LION-TAILED MACAQUE *MALE: 7 GROUND CUSCUS: 7 ARCTIC FOX: 7 CALIFORNIA SEA LION: 7 BURROWING OWL: 7 NORTHERN CARDINAL: 7 BEAUTIFUL SUNBIRD: 7 BANANAQUIT: 7 BLUE COUA: 7 GOLDEN-BREASTED BUNTING: 7 PURPLE STARLING: 7 WHITE-CRESTED LAUGHINGTHRUSH: 7 BLACK-NAPED ORIOLE: 7 PALM COCKATOO: 7 DOUBLE-BARRED FINCH: 7 GRAY WOLF / GREY WOLF / TIMBER WOLF: 6 RINGTAIL LEMUR: 6 GOLDEN-HEADED TAMARIN: 6 VIRGINIA OPOSSUM: 6 RED-BREASTED GOOSE: 6 HYACINTH MACAW: 6 BUFFLEHEAD: 6 SOUTHERN GROUND-HORNBILL: 6 YELLOW-MANTLED WIDOWBIRD: 6 FAWN-BREASTED BOWERBIRD: 6 WHITE-BELLIED GO-AWAY-BIRD: 6 INCA TERN: 6 ASIAN GLOSSY STARLING / PHILIPPINE GLOSSY STARLING: 6 GREATER BLUE-EARED STARLING: 6 MALEO: 6 ROSY-BILLED POCHARD: 6 CRESTED PIGEON: 6 KNOB-BILLED DUCK / AFRICAN COMB DUCK: 6 COLLARED KINGFISHER: 6 RUFOUS-COLLARED SPARROW: 6 ANDEAN CONDOR: 6 HOG DEER: 5 EDMI / CUVIER'S GAZELLE: 5 MANDRILL *MALE: 5 CHINCHILLA (DOMESTICATED): 5 SAND CAT: 5 NORTH ISLAND BROWN KIWI: 5 MINDANAO BLEEDING-HEART: 5 CRESTED QUAIL-DOVE: 5 PLUM-HEADED FINCH: 5 TOCO TOUCAN: 5 CHINCHILLA: 4 BROWN-HEADED SPIDER MONKEY: 4 BLUE MONKEY: 4 CROWNED LEMUR: 4 BLACK LEMUR: 4 EUROPEAN RABBIT: 4 DUCK-BILLED PLATYPUS: 4 CHANNEL ISLANDS FOX: 4 GREAT ARGUS: 4 AFRICAN OPENBILL: 4 EMPEROR GOOSE: 4 RED-AND-GREEN MACAW / GREEN-WINGED MACAW: 4 RING-NECKED DUCK: 4 EURASIAN EAGLE-OWL: 4 RED-TAILED HAWK: 4 BLUE-BELLIED ROLLER: 4 BLUE-FACED HONEYEATER: 4 MAGPIE SHRIKE / SOUTHERN GREY SHRIKE: 4 ORIOLE WARBLER: 4 GREAT BLUE TURACO: 4 WHITE-CROWNED ROBIN-CHAT: 4 STELLER'S SEA-EAGLE: 4 BLACK BULBUL: 4 RED-AND-BLUE LORY: 4 SUNBITTERN: 4 VICTORIA CROWNED-PIGEON: 4 HARPY EAGLE: 4 SCREAMING PIHA: 4 HIMALAYAN MONAL: 4 HARLEQUIN DUCK: 4 SPOTTED LAUGHINGTHRUSH: 4 MADAGASCAR IBIS: 4 DINGO: 4 EURASIAN WIGEON: 4 AMAZONIAN MOTMOT: 4 COTTON PYGMY-GOOSE / INDIAN PYGMY GOOSE: 4 RUDDY DUCK: 4 WHITE-EARED BULBUL: 4 SULAWESI HORNBILL: 4 WHITE-HEADED DUCK: 4 GRAY PEACOCK-PHEASANT: 4 CAPUCHINBIRD: 4 CHESTNUT-BREASTED MALKOHA: 4 PALAWAN PEACOCK-PHEASANT: 4 COMMON BULBUL: 4 AFRICAN SPOONBILL: 4 CONGO AFRICAN GREY PARROT / GRAY PARROT: 4 MOUNTAIN PEACOCK-PHEASANT / ROTHSCHILD'S: 4 KEEL-BILLED TOUCAN: 4 HARTLAUB'S DUCK: 4 IRIS LORIKEET: 4 GRAY-WINGED TRUMPETER: 4 VON DER DECKEN'S HORNBILL: 4 SOCORRO DOVE: 4 BLACK CRAKE: 4 AFRICAN CLAWLESS OTTER: 3 SOUTHERN HAIRY-NOSED WOMBAT: 3 DOMESTIC PIG / POTBELLY PIG / MICRO PIG: 3 DOMESTIC FERRET: 3 BANDED PALM CIVET: 3 YELLOW-RUMPED CACIQUE: 3 COMMON RAVEN: 3 DOLLARBIRD: 3 SNOWY-CROWNED ROBIN-CHAT: 3 PLUSH-CRESTED JAY: 3 SIAMESE FIREBACK: 3 CHILOE WIGEON: 3 SCALY-SIDED MERGANSER: 3 NAMAQUA DOVE: 3 BLUE-HEADED MACAW / COULON'S MACAW: 3 BEARDED BARBET: 3 RED SHOVELER: 3 CROWNED EAGLE: 3 BARBARY DOVE / RINGED TURTLE-DOVE / RINGNECK DOVE: 3 COMMON SHELDUCK: 3 PARADISE TANAGER: 3 VILLAGE INDIGOBIRD: 3 GUAM KINGFISHER: 3 DOMESTIC DROMEDARY CAMEL: 2 LOWLAND PACA: 2 LONG-TAILED GORAL: 2 RINGTAIL: 2 GOODFELLOW'S TREE KANGAROO: 2 BROWN (WHITE-BELLIED) SPIDER MONKEY: 2 SLENDER-HORNED GAZELLE / AFRICAN SAND GAZELLE /: 2 WHITE-EARED CATBIRD: 2 AUSTRALIAN KING-PARROT: 2 AMAZILIA HUMMINGBIRD: 2 YELLOW-NAPED PARROT / YELLOW-NAPED AMAZON: 2 BLACK-STRIPED SPARROW: 2 CANVASBACK: 2 GREAT HORNED OWL: 2 GREAT GREEN MACAW / BUFFON'S MACAW: 2 REDHEAD: 2 VERREAUX'S EAGLE-OWL: 2 WHITE COCKATOO / UMBRELLA COCKATOO: 2 ORANGE-BELLIED LEAFBIRD: 2 SULPHUR-CRESTED COCKATOO / GREATER SULPHUR-: 2 ANNA'S HUMMINGBIRD: 2 RED-TAILED BLACK-COCKATOO: 2 ECLECTUS PARROT: 2 EUROPEAN GOLDFINCH: 2 ASHY-HEADED GOOSE: 2 GOLDEN-FRONTED LEAFBIRD: 2 ABDIM'S STORK: 2 BLACK-FACED DACNIS: 2 CALIFORNIA CONDOR: 2 PIED IMPERIAL-PIGEON: 2 SOUTHERN RED BISHOP: 2 BLACK-COLLARED STARLING: 2 PAPUAN MOUNTAIN-PIGEON: 2 WHITE-RUMPED SHAMA: 2 MARBLED TEAL: 2 GADWALL: 2 EDWARDS'S PHEASANT / VIETNAM PHEASANT: 2 GOLDEN-COLLARED MANAKIN: 2 FALCATED DUCK: 2 MADAGASCAR PARTRIDGE: 2 TONGAN MEGAPODE: 2 WHITE-THROATED BEE-EATER: 2 BLACK-BREASTED WOOD-QUAIL / WHITE-THROATED WOOD-: 2 AFRICAN GOLDEN ORIOLE: 2 HARRIS'S HAWK: 2 BLACK-BILLED MAGPIE: 2 LONG-TAILED FINCH: 2 ORANGE-BELLIED FRUIT-DOVE: 2 GOLDEN-HEADED QUETZAL: 2 ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK: 2 HOODED PITTA: 2 BAGLAFECHT WEAVER: 2 TEMMINCK'S TRAGOPAN: 2 RED-FACED PYTILIA / YELLOW-WINGED PYTILIA: 2 FISCHER'S TURACO: 2 CRESTED PARTRIDGE: 2 WHITE-CRESTED TURACO: 2 WHITE-HEADED LAPWING / WHITE-HEADED PLOVER: 2 BLACK-CHINNED FRUIT-DOVE: 2 WRINKLED HORNBILL: 2 EMERALD-SPOTTED WOOD-DOVE: 2 GRIZZLY BEAR: 2 AXIS DEER / SPOTTED DEER / CHITAL: 1 TREE PANGOLIN: 1 INDIAN GIANT FLYING SQUIRREL: 1 DOMESTIC RABBIT / EUROPEAN RABBIT: 1 ARMENIAN MOUFLON: 1 GRAY IMPERIAL-PIGEON: 1 BAIKAL TEAL: 1 PHILIPPINE COLLARED-DOVE: 1 EXCLAMATORY PARADISE-WHYDAH: 1 BLYTH'S TRAGOPAN: 1 BLUE DUIKER: 1 MAGPIE GOOSE: 0

What's in This Report

28
USDA Inspections on Record
Latest: Sep 26, 2025
24
Violations Documented
5 Critical · 19 Non-Critical

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