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St. Louis Zoo

SAINT LOUIS, Missouri 63110 — 1 Government Drive

License: 43-C-0032 Type: C Last Inspected: Jan 29, 2026 Address: 1 Government Drive
29 Inspections
4 Total Violations
1 Critical
0 Repeat Violations

Animals on Record

DOMESTIC GUINEA PIG: 177 SPEKE'S GAZELLE: 153 DOMESTIC GOAT: 140 BLACK-TAILED PRAIRIE DOG: 132 ADDAX: 114 ASIAN ELEPHANT: 99 CHIMPANZEE: 93 GREVY'S ZEBRA: 83 CALIFORNIA SEA LION: 83 CHEETAH: 74 EASTERN BLACK-AND-WHITE COLOBUS / GUEREZA: 73 DWARF MONGOOSE: 72 AFRICAN WILD ASS: 71 LESSER KUDU: 70 BABIRUSA: 66 BANTENG: 59 RED KANGAROO: 59 HUMBOLDT PENGUIN: 59 RED WOLF: 51 AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN: 51 TAKIN: 50 GENTOO PENGUIN: 48 SOUTHERN ROCKHOPPER PENGUIN: 48 URIAL SHEEP: 46 COQUEREL'S SIFAKA: 46 AMERICAN FLAMINGO: 46 RING-TAILED LEMUR: 45 FOUR-TOED HEDGEHOG (MOST COMMON PET HEDGEHOG): 45 WESTERN GORILLA: 43 SOEMMERRINGS GAZELLE: 42 GIRAFFE: 41 GUAM KINGFISHER: 40 MONGOOSE LEMUR: 38 NAKED MOLE-RAT: 38 FENNEC FOX: 38 BAR-HEADED GOOSE: 38 BLACK-AND-WHITE RUFFED LEMUR: 37 DOMESTIC RABBIT / EUROPEAN RABBIT: 37 KING PENGUIN: 36 SUMATRAN ORANGUTAN: 34 TUFTED PUFFIN: 34 ADDRA GAZELLE: 33 AFRICAN HUNTING DOG / AFRICAN WILD DOG: 33 CHINCHILLA (DOMESTICATED): 33 SNOWY EGRET: 33 WHITE-FACED SAKI: 31 FOUR-TOED HEDGEHOG: 30 BLACK-HANDED SPIDER MONKEY: 30 HIPPOPOTAMUS: 30 ROSEATE SPOONBILL: 30 FRANCOIS'S LANGUR: 29 NYALA: 29 TAWNY FROGMOUTH: 28 HORNED PUFFIN: 28 HARBOR SEAL: 27 SHORT-BEAKED ECHIDNA: 26 BLACK RHINOCEROS: 25 TIGER: 24 SWAN GOOSE: 24 LEOPARD: 22 CATTLE EGRET: 22 BACTRIAN CAMEL: 21 CHINCHILLA: 20 SPOTTED HYENA: 20 CHINESE GORAL: 20 JAMBU FRUIT-DOVE: 20 BALI MYNA: 20 BLACK-NAPED FRUIT-DOVE: 19 BAT-EARED FOX: 18 LION: 18 RED RIVER HOG: 18 ALLEN'S SWAMP MONKEY: 18 RED PANDA: 17 BLACK LEMUR: 17 EUROPEAN RABBIT: 17 EDWARDS'S PHEASANT / VIETNAM PHEASANT: 17 NORTHERN CARMINE BEE-EATER: 17 GOELDI'S MONKEY: 16 ETHIOPIAN DWARF MONGOOSE: 16 COTTON-TOP TAMARIN: 16 VIRGINIA OPOSSUM: 15 NORTH AMERICAN RIVER OTTER: 15 TAMMAR WALLABY: 15 SHEEP INCLUDING ALL DOMESTIC BREEDS: 15 JAGUAR: 15 PUMA / MOUNTAIN LION / COUGAR: 15 WHITE IBIS: 15 COMMON GALLINULE: 15 OKAPI: 14 SNOW LEOPARD: 14 CAPYBARA: 13 BORNEAN ORANGUTAN: 13 SLENDER-TAILED MEERKAT: 13 GRIZZLY BEAR: 13 MARBLED TEAL: 13 MATSCHIE'S TREE KANGAROO: 12 MALAYAN SUN BEAR: 12 GIANT ANTEATER: 12 ALPACA: 12 CRESTED PARTRIDGE: 12 NORTHERN PINTAIL: 12 RUDDY DUCK: 12 LUZON BLEEDING-HEART: 12 PINK-HEADED FRUIT-DOVE: 12 POLAR BEAR: 11 HOFFMANN'S TWO-TOED SLOTH: 11 SUPERB STARLING: 11 BEARDED BARBET: 11 NORTHERN RED-BILLED HORNBILL: 11 SCIMITAR-HORNED ORYX: 11 PREHENSILE-TAILED PORCUPINE: 10 YELLOW ARMADILLO: 10 DAMARA / DAMARALAND MOLE-RAT / DAMARALAND BLESMOL: 10 DOMESTIC PIG / POTBELLY PIG / MICRO PIG: 10 RHINOCEROS HORNBILL: 10 DUSKY LEAF MONKEY: 9 SPECTACLED BEAR: 9 PALAWAN PEACOCK-PHEASANT: 9 WOOD DUCK / CAROLINA DUCK: 9 CANVASBACK: 9 GOLDEN WHITE-EYE: 9 YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON: 9 SPUR-WINGED LAPWING: 9 CHACOAN PECCARY: 9 ZEBU: 8 GOLDEN LION TAMARIN: 8 WHITE-FRONTED MARMOSET: 8 NILE LECHWE: 8 MOURNING DOVE: 8 TRUMPETER SWAN: 8 SUNBITTERN: 8 BEAUTIFUL FRUIT-DOVE: 8 LAUGHING KOOKABURRA: 8 GOLDEN-BREASTED STARLING: 8 CHILEAN FLAMINGO: 8 COMMON WATERBUCK: 8 DOMESTIC BACTRIAN CAMEL: 7 GREAT EGRET: 7 SPOTTED THICK-KNEE / CAPE THICK-KNEE: 7 RED-BILLED BLUE-MAGPIE: 7 NICOBAR PIGEON: 7 COMMON ELAND: 7 CATTLE / COW / OX / WATUSI: 6 DAMARALAND MOLE-RAT: 6 GERENUK: 6 BUSH DOG: 6 SOUTHERN THREE-BANDED ARMADILLO: 6 TASMANIAN DEVIL: 6 ELEGANT CRESTED-TINAMOU: 6 GRAY-WINGED TRUMPETER: 6 EASTERN CRESTED GUINEAFOWL: 6 BUFFLEHEAD: 6 WHITE-THROATED GROUND DOVE: 6 SADDLE-BILLED STORK: 6 VICTORIA CROWNED-PIGEON: 6 SPECTACLED OWL: 6 PHEASANT PIGEON: 6 BUFF-CRESTED BUSTARD: 6 WHITE-NAPED CRANE: 6 HARRIS'S HAWK: 6 GREAT HORNED OWL: 6 GREEN HONEYCREEPER: 6 RINGED TEAL: 6 SERVAL: 5 CONGO PEACOCK / PEAHEN / PEAFOWL: 5 SARUS CRANE: 5 NORTHERN SHOVELER: 5 RED-LEGGED SERIEMA: 5 AFRICAN SACRED IBIS: 5 BARRED OWL: 5 DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT: 5 WHITE-HEADED BUFFALO-WEAVER: 5 TEMMINCK'S TRAGOPAN: 5 TOCO TOUCAN: 5 SABLE ANTELOPE: 5 WHITE RHINOCEROS: 5 LION-TAILED MACAQUE *MALE: 4 GREY SHORT-TAILED OPOSSUM: 4 HIMALAYAN GORAL / HIMALAYAN BROWN GORAL: 4 KINKAJOU: 4 HELMETED CURASSOW / NORTHERN HELMETED: 4 CABOT'S TRAGOPAN: 4 CACKLING GOOSE: 4 GRAY CROWNED-CRANE / AFRICAN CROWNED-CRANE /: 4 REEVES'S PHEASANT: 4 GRAY WOLF / GREY WOLF / TIMBER WOLF: 3 LINNAEUS'S TWO-TOED SLOTH: 3 HORNED GUAN: 3 CINEREOUS VULTURE: 3 HOODED MERGANSER: 3 BATELEUR: 3 WHITE-EARED BULBUL: 3 BARBARY DOVE / RINGED TURTLE-DOVE / RINGNECK DOVE: 3 GREEN HERON: 3 ORIENTAL MAGPIE-ROBIN: 3 BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON: 3 BURROWING OWL: 3 BALD EAGLE: 3 AMERICAN CROW: 3 CHINESE HWAMEI: 3 NORTHERN CARDINAL: 3 PRZEWALSKI'S WILD HORSE: 3 IMPALA: 3 INDIAN MUNTJAC: 2 DOG ADULT: 2 VIETNAMESE WARTY PIG: 2 WILD BOAR: 2 LONG-TAILED GORAL: 2 VISAYAN WARTY PIG: 2 EGYPTIAN GOOSE: 2 BLUE-WINGED TEAL: 2 EASTERN SCREECH-OWL: 2 EURASIAN EAGLE-OWL: 2 HELMETED CURASSOW / NORTHERN HELMETED CURASSOW: 2 GRAY CROWNED-CRANE / AFRICAN CROWNED-CRANE / GOLDEN CROWNED-CRANE: 2 WHITE-NOSED COATI: 2 GADWALL: 2 GROUNDHOG / WOODCHUCK: 1 DEGU: 1 RED-FLANKED DUIKER: 1 BONGO: 1 SOUTHERN LONG-NOSED ARMADILLO: 1 : 1 COMMON OSTRICH: 1 WHITE-WINGED DUCK: 1 KING VULTURE: 1 BARN OWL / WESTERN BARN OWL / AMERICAN BARN OWL /: 1 RED-AND-YELLOW BARBET: 1 BOBCAT: 1 BLACK VULTURE / MEXICAN VULTURE: 1 GREATER KUDU: 1 DAMARA / DAMARALAND MOLE-RAT / DAMARALAND: 0 ROAN ANTELOPE: 0

What's in This Report

29
USDA Inspections on Record
Latest: Jan 29, 2026
4
Violations Documented
1 Critical · 3 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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