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Zoological Society Of San Diego

Escondido, California 92027

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License: 93-C-0040 Type: C Last Inspected: Jun 23, 2026
31 Inspections
24 Total Violations
5 Critical
1 Repeat Violations
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Animals on Record

NAKED MOLE-RAT: 755 GREATER FLAMINGO: 540 BLACKBUCK: 434 LITTLE POCKET MOUSE: 258 LAUGHING DOVE: 236 SCIMITAR-HORNED ORYX: 212 KOALA: 209 SHEEP INCLUDING ALL DOMESTIC BREEDS: 203 NILE LECHWE: 201 METALLIC STARLING: 190 ADDAX: 186 GOULDIAN FINCH: 185 CHEETAH: 183 RED DEER: 160 AMERICAN FLAMINGO: 160 COMMON WATERBUCK: 157 ADDRA GAZELLE: 150 COMMON ELAND: 148 ARABIAN ORYX: 146 AFRICAN BUFFALO / CAPE BUFFALO: 144 NUBIAN IBEX: 139 WHITE-FRONTED BEE-EATER: 137 GIRAFFE: 135 SPEKE'S GAZELLE: 133 SILVERY LUTUNG / SILVERED LANGUR / LEAF MONKEY: 129 BARBARY SHEEP: 127 BLUE-FACED PARROTFINCH: 124 HAMADRYAS BABOON: 123 TAVETA GOLDEN-WEAVER: 121 SPRINGBOK: 120 DOMESTIC GOAT: 120 BRINDLED WILDEBEEST: 120 MAGPIE MANNIKIN: 120 RODRIGUES FLYING FOX: 119 AFRICAN ELEPHANT: 116 GEMSBOK: 115 IMPALA: 114 NILGAI: 112 BIGHORN SHEEP: 110 RED LECHWE / SOUTHERN LECHWE: 109 RED-FRONTED GAZELLE: 107 ROCK HYRAX: 106 THOMSON'S GAZELLE: 105 WHITE RHINOCEROS: 105 WESTERN GORILLA: 104 GERENUK: 103 LESSER FLAMINGO: 100 SOEMMERRINGS GAZELLE: 96 ROAN ANTELOPE: 95 BROWN CAPUCHIN / TUFTED CAPUCHIN: 95 WHITE-BREASTED WOODSWALLOW: 95 TAKIN: 94 URIAL SHEEP: 92 YELLOW-CROWNED BISHOP: 91 KOB: 90 RED-BILLED FIREFINCH: 89 RED RIVER HOG: 88 MARKHOR: 88 VISAYAN WARTY PIG: 88 DHOLE: 87 GREVY'S ZEBRA: 87 BANTENG: 86 ANGOLAN COLOBUS: 86 RING-TAILED LEMUR: 85 SLENDER-TAILED MEERKAT: 84 SITATUNGA: 78 SABLE ANTELOPE: 77 AFRICAN WILD ASS: 76 VILLAGE WEAVER: 75 SIKA DEER: 72 LESSER KUDU: 71 NYALA: 70 AFRICAN PENGUIN / CAPE PENGUIN: 70 TIGER: 67 FOSSA: 65 OKAPI: 65 GIANT ELAND: 65 RED-CHEEKED CORDONBLEU: 65 SERVAL: 64 SUGAR GLIDER: 64 SAMBAR: 63 VERVET: 63 GREAT CORMORANT: 63 INDIAN RHINOCEROS: 62 EAST AFRICAN ORYX (BEISA ORYX): 62 CHACOAN PECCARY: 60 DOMESTIC HORSE: 59 BONGO: 59 PYGMY CHIMPANZEE / BONOBO: 59 GREATER KUDU: 58 BONTEBOK / BLESBOK: 57 TUFTED DEER: 57 BARASINGHA / SWAMP DEER: 57 NICOBAR PIGEON: 57 TAMBOURINE DOVE: 57 RED-TAILED MONKEY: 56 WHITE-LIPPED DEER: 55 SAMBAR DEER: 55 CATTLE / COW / OX / WATUSI: 52 PRONGHORN: 51 FRANCOIS'S LANGUR: 51 DOG ADULT: 50 SAND GAZELLE: 49 BROW-ANTLERED DEER / ELD'S DEER: 49 CUBAN GRASSQUIT: 49 DWARF MONGOOSE: 48 COLLARED LORY: 47 LESSER MADAGASCAR HEDGEHOG TENREC: 46 RED RUFFED LEMUR: 46 BLACK-TAILED PRAIRIE DOG: 45 LION: 45 RAGGIANA BIRD-OF-PARADISE: 44 ALLEN'S SWAMP MONKEY: 43 VIOLET-BACKED STARLING: 43 CHESTNUT-BREASTED MUNIA: 43 BABIRUSA: 41 CAPYBARA: 41 SHORT-BEAKED ECHIDNA: 40 SOUTHERN THREE-BANDED ARMADILLO: 40 VIETNAMESE WARTY PIG: 40 INDIAN MUNTJAC: 39 ADAMAWA TURTLE-DOVE: 39 KLIPSPRINGER: 38 WESTERN GREY KANGAROO: 38 BLUE-CROWNED LORIKEET: 38 SOUTHERN TAMANDUA: 37 LINNAEUS'S TWO-TOED SLOTH: 37 LEOPARD: 37 BLUE-CROWNED HANGING-PARROT: 37 GELADA BABOON: 36 PRZEWALSKI'S WILD HORSE: 36 GREEN IMPERIAL-PIGEON: 36 KIRK'S DIKDIK / KIRKS DIK-DIK: 35 YELLOW-FOOTED ROCK WALLABY: 35 MERRIAM'S KANGAROO RAT: 35 BENNETT'S WALLABY / RED-NECKED WALLABY: 34 COMMON WAXBILL: 34 OPAL-RUMPED TANAGER: 34 BLUE-NAPED MOUSEBIRD: 34 COMMON SQUIRREL MONKEY: 33 PURPLE HONEYCREEPER: 33 CAPE PORCUPINE: 32 SIBERIAN MUSK DEER: 32 BLUE-CROWNED LAUGHINGTHRUSH: 32 FINCH-BILLED MYNA / GROSBEAK STARLING: 32 WARTHOG: 31 STEENBOK: 31 GRANT'S GAZELLE: 31 ASIAN EMERALD DOVE / GREY-CAPPED EMERALD DOVE: 31 RAMERON PIGEON / OLIVE PIGEON: 31 EASTERN BLACK-AND-WHITE COLOBUS / GUEREZA: 30 POLAR BEAR: 30 COLLARED FINCHBILL: 30 PAPUAN LORIKEET: 29 WATTLED JACANA: 29 GUANACO: 28 FENNEC FOX: 27 GAYAL/GAUR: 27 KINKAJOU: 26 BLACK-WINGED MYNA: 26 VIOLACEOUS EUPHONIA: 26 RED-FLANKED DUIKER: 25 BHARAL: 25 RED-BILLED LEIOTHRIX: 25 BINTURONG: 24 BLACK MANGABEY: 24 BAIRD'S TAPIR: 24 NORTH SULAWESI BABIRUSA: 24 BLACK DUIKER: 23 BAT-EARED FOX: 23 PERE DAVID'S DEER: 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 MILKY STORK: 23 DONKEY / BURRO / ASS: 22 PARMA WALLABY: 22 HOUSE MOUSE / LAB MOUSE (COMMON RESEARCH VARIETY): 22 AFRICAN SILVERBILL: 22 CHESTNUT-BACKED THRUSH: 22 SWALLOW TANAGER: 22 NILGIRI TAHR: 22 AMERICAN BEAVER: 21 AARDVARK: 20 RED PANDA: 20 SUMATRAN ORANGUTAN: 20 MANY-COLORED FRUIT-DOVE: 20 POMPADOUR COTINGA: 20 BLUE-NECKED TANAGER: 20 BLACK-FOOTED CAT: 19 BLACK-CAPPED SQUIRREL MONKEY: 19 CHINESE HWAMEI: 19 GOLDEN-BREASTED STARLING: 19 YELLOW-BACKED DUIKER: 18 OCELOT: 18 CARACAL: 18 DROMEDARY CAMEL: 18 AYE-AYE: 18 HIPPOPOTAMUS: 18 PUMA / MOUNTAIN LION / COUGAR: 18 SPECTACLED BEAR: 18 BRUSH-TAILED RAT-KANGAROO: 18 MANDRILL: 18 ZEBRA WAXBILL: 18 BALI MYNA: 18 GREEN WOODHOOPOE: 18 SOUTH AMERICAN COATI: 17 WOLF'S GUENON: 17 DE BRAZZA'S MONKEY: 17 CRESTED OROPENDOLA: 17 STONE PARTRIDGE: 17 RATEL / HONEY BADGER: 16 ASIAN PARTICOLORED BAT: 16 BUFF-CHEEKED GIBBON: 16 GOLDEN LION TAMARIN: 16 TASMANIAN DEVIL: 16 GAMBIAN POUCHED RAT / NORTHERN GIANT POUCHED RAT: 16 DIAMOND DOVE: 16 CRESTED COUA: 16 NORTHERN RED BISHOP: 16 AFRICAN PYGMY-GOOSE: 16 LONG-TAILED PARAKEET: 16 RED-AND-YELLOW BARBET: 16 PINK-NECKED GREEN-PIGEON: 16 TARIM RED DEER / BACTRIAN DEER: 16 MOUNTAIN COATI: 15 PYGMY HIPPOPOTAMUS: 15 REINDEER: 15 SIAMANG: 15 MALAYAN TAPIR: 15 SNOW LEOPARD: 15 EAST AFRICAN ORYX: 15 GOLDEN-CRESTED MYNA: 15 BLACK-SPOTTED BARBET: 15 NORTHERN CARMINE BEE-EATER: 15 LESSER SPOT-NOSED GUENON: 14 MATSCHIE'S TREE KANGAROO: 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 GREEN-BACKED TROGON: 14 ANDEAN COCK-OF-THE-ROCK: 14 MINDANAO LORIKEET: 14 BRUCE'S GREEN-PIGEON: 14 RED KANGAROO: 13 PYGMY MARMOSET: 13 SOUTHERN PUDU: 13 SOUTHERN BALD IBIS: 13 PURPLE-TAILED IMPERIAL-PIGEON: 13 GREATER LOPHORINA: 13 KAGU: 13 MASKED LAPWING: 13 SPOTTED HYENA: 12 MANED WOLF: 12 PREHENSILE-TAILED PORCUPINE: 12 PYGMY SLOW LORIS: 12 JAGUAR: 12 WHITE-FACED SAKI: 12 BROWN BEAR: 12 DOMESTIC GUINEA PIG: 12 WHITE-HEADED BUFFALO-WEAVER: 12 MADAGASCAR IBIS: 12 PHEASANT PIGEON: 12 SPOTTED TANAGER: 12 TURQUOISE TANAGER: 12 PIN-TAILED WHYDAH: 12 THICK-BILLED PARROT: 12 FOUR-TOED HEDGEHOG: 11 GIANT PANDA: 11 SMALL-TOOTHED HYRAX: 11 WOLF/DOG HYBRID: 11 WOMPOO FRUIT-DOVE: 11 PYGMY FALCON: 11 HAMERKOP: 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 SLENDER-HORNED GAZELLE / AFRICAN SAND GAZELLE /: 10 CUT-THROAT: 10 BLUE-AND-YELLOW MACAW / BLUE-AND-GOLD MACAW: 10 SPANGLED COTINGA: 10 HOODED MERGANSER: 10 WONGA PIGEON: 10 AFRICAN SPOONBILL: 10 BLACK-NAPED FRUIT-DOVE: 10 BEAUTIFUL FRUIT-DOVE: 10 SOCORRO DOVE: 10 WHITE-FRONTED MARMOSET: 9 ROYAL ANTELOPE: 9 BORNEAN ORANGUTAN: 9 FISHING CAT: 9 COQUEREL'S SIFAKA: 9 MALAGASY POND-HERON / MADAGASCAR POND HERON: 9 ORANGE-CHEEKED WAXBILL: 9 CHILOE WIGEON: 9 PALM COCKATOO: 9 KNOB-BILLED DUCK / AFRICAN COMB DUCK: 9 PUNA TEAL: 9 ANDEAN CONDOR: 9 BACTRIAN CAMEL: 8 BURCHELL’S / GRANT’S / CHAPMAN’S / PLAINS ZEBRA: 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 MARBLED TEAL: 8 SUPERB STARLING: 8 WHITE-HEADED DUCK: 8 EGYPTIAN PLOVER / CROCODILE-BIRD: 8 JAVAN SCIMITAR-BABBLER / CHESTNUT-BACKED SCIMITAR: 8 NORTHERN SHOVELER: 8 TOCO TOUCAN: 8 BLACK-HEADED TANAGER: 8 EGYPTIAN VULTURE: 8 GREAT WHITE PELICAN / EASTERN WHITE PELICAN: 8 BLACK RHINOCEROS: 7 GRAY WOLF / GREY WOLF / TIMBER WOLF: 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 GRAY-WINGED TRUMPETER: 7 BAIKAL TEAL: 7 BARBARY DOVE / RINGED TURTLE-DOVE / RINGNECK DOVE: 7 DOUBLE-BARRED FINCH: 7 GUAM KINGFISHER: 7 LONG-TAILED POCKET MOUSE: 7 PINK-BACKED PELICAN: 7 RADJAH SHELDUCK: 7 FRECKLED DUCK: 7 RINGTAIL LEMUR: 6 GOLDEN-HEADED TAMARIN: 6 VIRGINIA OPOSSUM: 6 SAND CAT: 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 SCALY-SIDED MERGANSER: 6 ROSY-BILLED POCHARD: 6 COTTON PYGMY-GOOSE / INDIAN PYGMY GOOSE: 6 CRESTED PIGEON: 6 COLLARED KINGFISHER: 6 RUFOUS-COLLARED SPARROW: 6 WRINKLED HORNBILL: 6 DALMATIAN PELICAN: 6 RED SISKIN: 6 MALAGASY SACRED IBIS: 6 HOG DEER: 5 EDMI / CUVIER'S GAZELLE: 5 MANDRILL *MALE: 5 CHINCHILLA (DOMESTICATED): 5 DUCK-BILLED PLATYPUS: 5 NORTH ISLAND BROWN KIWI: 5 MINDANAO BLEEDING-HEART: 5 CRESTED QUAIL-DOVE: 5 PLUM-HEADED FINCH: 5 HARRIS'S HAWK: 5 CONGO AFRICAN GREY PARROT / GRAY PARROT: 5 BEARDED BARBET: 5 SECRETARYBIRD: 5 RED-CRESTED TURACO: 5 CHINCHILLA: 4 BROWN-HEADED SPIDER MONKEY: 4 BLUE MONKEY: 4 CROWNED LEMUR: 4 BLACK LEMUR: 4 EUROPEAN RABBIT: 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 DINGO: 4 EDWARDS'S PHEASANT / VIETNAM PHEASANT: 4 EURASIAN WIGEON: 4 FALCATED DUCK: 4 AMAZONIAN MOTMOT: 4 RUDDY DUCK: 4 WHITE-EARED BULBUL: 4 SULAWESI HORNBILL: 4 GRAY PEACOCK-PHEASANT: 4 CAPUCHINBIRD: 4 CHESTNUT-BREASTED MALKOHA: 4 PALAWAN PEACOCK-PHEASANT: 4 COMMON BULBUL: 4 MOUNTAIN PEACOCK-PHEASANT / ROTHSCHILD'S: 4 KEEL-BILLED TOUCAN: 4 HARTLAUB'S DUCK: 4 IRIS LORIKEET: 4 VON DER DECKEN'S HORNBILL: 4 CRESTED PARTRIDGE: 4 BLACK CRAKE: 4 CATTLE / COW / OX: 4 YELLOW-BILLED STORK: 4 HOODED VULTURE: 4 RIDGWAY'S RAIL: 4 EASTERN YELLOW-BILLED HORNBILL: 4 LAPPET-FACED VULTURE: 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 NAMAQUA DOVE: 3 BLUE-HEADED MACAW / COULON'S MACAW: 3 RED SHOVELER: 3 CROWNED EAGLE: 3 COMMON SHELDUCK: 3 PARADISE TANAGER: 3 VILLAGE INDIGOBIRD: 3 ORINOCO GOOSE: 3 SPUR-WINGED LAPWING: 3 AFRICAN SACRED IBIS: 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 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 GADWALL: 2 GOLDEN-COLLARED MANAKIN: 2 MADAGASCAR PARTRIDGE: 2 TONGAN MEGAPODE: 2 WHITE-THROATED BEE-EATER: 2 BLACK-BREASTED WOOD-QUAIL / WHITE-THROATED WOOD-: 2 AFRICAN GOLDEN ORIOLE: 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 WHITE-CRESTED TURACO: 2 WHITE-HEADED LAPWING / WHITE-HEADED PLOVER: 2 BLACK-CHINNED FRUIT-DOVE: 2 EMERALD-SPOTTED WOOD-DOVE: 2 GRIZZLY BEAR: 2 AFRICAN CRESTED PORCUPINE: 2 SOUTHERN GIANT POUCHED RAT / EAST AFRICAN: 2 BLUE-CAPPED MOTMOT: 2 ROSS'S TURACO: 2 KNOBBED HORNBILL: 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 PHILIPPINE COLLARED-DOVE: 1 EXCLAMATORY PARADISE-WHYDAH: 1 BLYTH'S TRAGOPAN: 1 BLUE DUIKER: 1 YELLOW-CHEEKED GIBBON / BUFF-CHEEKED GIBBON: 1 BUFF-CRESTED BUSTARD: 1 OCELLATED TURKEY: 1 TAWNY FROGMOUTH: 1 SILVER-BEAKED TANAGER: 1 BLUE-BROWED TANAGER: 1 MAGPIE GOOSE: 0 WHITE-NOSED COATI: 0 DULZURA KANGAROO RAT: 0 PINK PIGEON: 0 DOMESTIC GUINEAFOWL / HELMETED GUINEAFOWL /: 0 BLUE-BILLED TEAL / HOTTENTOT TEAL: 0

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Latest: Jun 23, 2026
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5 Critical · 19 Non-Critical

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

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Is Zoological Society Of San Diego a USDA-licensed breeder?

Zoological Society Of San Diego holds USDA license number 93-C-0040 (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 San Diego have any USDA violations on record?

Yes. USDA inspectors have documented 24 violations at this facility (5 critical, 19 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 San Diego last inspected by the USDA?

The most recent inspection on record for Zoological Society Of San Diego was on Jun 23, 2026, and the facility has 31 inspections documented in total. The USDA typically inspects licensed breeders every one to three years.

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Zoological Society Of San Diego is located in Escondido, California. You can browse other USDA-licensed breeders in California to compare inspection records before you decide.

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