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Zootastic of Lake Norman Inc

Troutman, North Carolina 28166 — 448 Pilch Road

License: 55-C-0272 Type: C Last Inspected: Feb 18, 2026 Address: 448 Pilch Road
64 Inspections
62 Total Violations
1 Critical
16 Repeat Violations

Animals on Record

FALLOW DEER: 2,405 DOMESTIC GOAT: 2,357 LLAMA: 936 BLACKBUCK: 858 BUDGERIGAR / BUDGIE / COMMON PARAKEET / SHELL: 809 CATTLE / COW / OX / WATUSI: 734 ALPACA: 626 BARBARY SHEEP: 602 RING-TAILED LEMUR: 586 SHEEP INCLUDING ALL DOMESTIC BREEDS: 572 RED KANGAROO: 512 AMERICAN BISON: 459 EMU: 401 GREATER RHEA / AMERICAN RHEA: 401 DOMESTIC PIGEON INCLUDING ALL DOMESTIC BREEDS: 390 ZEBU: 366 SIKA DEER: 357 NILGAI: 306 BURCHELL’S / GRANT’S / CHAPMAN’S / PLAINS ZEBRA: 304 SCIMITAR-HORNED ORYX: 296 AXIS DEER / SPOTTED DEER / CHITAL: 283 TIGER: 278 PERE DAVID'S DEER: 275 COMMON SQUIRREL MONKEY: 233 COMMON ELAND: 217 INDIAN PEAFOWL / COMMON PEAFOWL / PEAHEN /: 213 ASIATIC WATER BUFFALO: 194 DOMESTIC CHICKEN (INCLUDING ALL DOMESTIC BREEDS /: 191 DOMESTIC PIG / POTBELLY PIG / MICRO PIG: 172 YAK: 172 MOUNTAIN COATI: 161 PATAGONIAN CAVY / MARA: 159 BLACK-AND-WHITE RUFFED LEMUR: 152 BARBARY DOVE / RINGED TURTLE-DOVE / RINGNECK DOVE: 150 LION: 146 BLACK-TAILED PRAIRIE DOG: 142 DROMEDARY CAMEL: 137 GIRAFFE: 134 SERVAL: 131 LAR GIBBON: 131 FENNEC FOX: 128 BRINDLED WILDEBEEST: 128 RED RUFFED LEMUR: 122 COMMON WATERBUCK: 113 HOFFMANN'S TWO-TOED SLOTH: 108 SPOTTED HYENA: 106 AFRICAN CRESTED PORCUPINE: 98 DOMESTIC DUCK INCLUDING ALL DOMESTIC BREEDS: 95 CAPYBARA: 84 BROWN CAPUCHIN / TUFTED CAPUCHIN: 82 ELK / WAPITI: 81 BINTURONG: 74 ORIENTAL SMALL-CLAWED OTTER: 73 GRAY WOLF / GREY WOLF / TIMBER WOLF: 69 LEOPARD: 69 GEMSBOK: 67 NORTHERN/EURASIAN LYNX: 67 CARACAL: 66 COMMON OSTRICH: 66 BLACK SPIDER MONKEY: 63 LION X TIGER HYBRID / LIGER / TIGON: 62 PUMA / MOUNTAIN LION / COUGAR: 59 ELK: 59 DOMESTIC GUINEA PIG: 58 WHITE-NOSED COATI: 57 DOMESTIC GUINEAFOWL / HELMETED GUINEAFOWL /: 55 DE BRAZZA'S MONKEY: 54 PATAS MONKEY: 53 GIANT ANTEATER: 50 BROWN (WHITE-BELLIED) SPIDER MONKEY: 50 WHITE-TAILED DEER: 49 BLACK WILDEBEEST: 46 ADDAX: 45 SMALL SPOTTED GENET: 45 DOMESTIC PIG: 42 KINKAJOU: 38 COMMON MARMOSET: 38 SOUTH AMERICAN TAPIR: 38 WHITE-FRONTED LEMUR: 38 DOMESTIC FERRET: 37 BRAZILIAN THREE-BANDED ARMADILLO: 36 SYRIAN BROWN BEAR: 34 BLACK-HANDED SPIDER MONKEY: 34 ANKOLE-WATUSI CATTLE: 32 BENNETT'S WALLABY / RED-NECKED WALLABY: 30 EURASIAN EAGLE-OWL: 30 AMAZON PARROT HYBRID: 30 CHINCHILLA: 29 BACTRIAN CAMEL: 29 WHITE COCKATOO / UMBRELLA COCKATOO: 29 CAPE PORCUPINE: 28 AFRICAN PENGUIN / CAPE PENGUIN: 27 BLACK SWAN: 24 RINGTAIL LEMUR: 23 SITATUNGA: 22 GREATER KUDU: 22 BROWN LEMUR: 22 IMPALA: 21 ARABIAN ORYX: 21 MUSCOVY DUCK: 21 PREVOST'S SQUIRREL / TRI-COLORED SQUIRREL: 20 ARMENIAN MOUFLON: 20 RHESUS MACAQUE: 20 NEW GUINEA SINGING DOG: 19 WEEPER CAPUCHIN: 19 BRAZILIAN AGOUTI: 18 RED-HANDED TAMARIN: 18 SLOTH BEAR: 18 BLACK HOWLER: 18 EASTERN BLACK-AND-WHITE COLOBUS / GUEREZA: 18 DOG ADULT: 17 HAZEL DORMOUSE: 17 NYALA: 17 RACCOON: 16 BANTENG: 16 GRAY CROWNED-CRANE / AFRICAN CROWNED-CRANE /: 16 SIAMANG: 15 THOMSON'S GAZELLE: 15 LAUGHING KOOKABURRA: 15 SOUTHERN CASSOWARY / DOUBLE-WATTLED CASSOWARY: 15 MACAW HYBRID: 15 HEDGEHOG: 14 LESSER KUDU: 14 BLUE-AND-YELLOW MACAW / BLUE-AND-GOLD MACAW: 14 HYACINTH MACAW: 14 EGYPTIAN GOOSE: 14 VERVET: 13 BOLIVIAN HAIRY ARMADILLO: 13 MUTE SWAN: 13 THREE-STRIPED NIGHT MONKEY / OWL MONKEY: 12 BLUE CRANE / STANLEY CRANE: 12 WATTLED CRANE: 12 EUROPEAN RABBIT: 10 OLIVE BABOON: 10 CHEETAH: 10 JAPANESE MACAQUE / SNOW MACAQUE: 10 TURQUOISE-FRONTED PARROT / TURQUOISE-FRONTED: 10 GRAYLAG GOOSE: 10 ADDRA GAZELLE: 9 DOMESTIC DROMEDARY CAMEL: 8 SOUTHERN TAMANDUA: 8 GIANT ELAND: 8 DOMESTIC YAK: 7 GUANACO: 7 SULPHUR-CRESTED COCKATOO / GREATER SULPHUR-: 7 SALMON-CRESTED COCKATOO / MOLUCCAN COCKATOO: 7 MOLUCCAN CUCKOO: 7 SPECTACLED OWL: 7 SOUTH AMERICAN COATI: 6 DOMESTIC RABBIT / EUROPEAN RABBIT: 6 BLACK-BACKED JACKAL: 6 SUN PARAKEET: 6 LADY AMHERST'S PHEASANT: 6 SARUS CRANE: 6 BLACK CROWNED-CRANE: 6 PIG-TAILED MACAQUE: 4 PREHENSILE-TAILED PORCUPINE: 4 TAYRA: 4 GAYAL/GAUR: 4 SUGAR GLIDER: 4 WHITE STORK: 4 LINNAEUS'S TWO-TOED SLOTH: 4 ARCTIC FOX: 3 LOWLAND PACA: 3 WEST CAUCASIAN TUR / WEST CAUCASIAN IBEX: 3 NORTH AMERICAN PORCUPINE: 2 DOG PUPPY: 2 JAGUAR: 2 WARTHOG: 2 EASTERN SPOTTED SKUNK: 2 RED LECHWE / SOUTHERN LECHWE: 2 BLACK SAKI: 2 AARDWOLF: 2 RED RIVER HOG: 2 ABDIM'S STORK: 2 RED-AND-GREEN MACAW / GREEN-WINGED MACAW: 2 LITTLE CORELLA / BARE-EYED COCKATOO: 2 DOMESTIC GOOSE: 2 NINE-BANDED ARMADILLO: 1 VIRGINIA OPOSSUM: 1 GRAY FOX / GREY FOX: 1 NEOTROPICAL OTTER: 1 LIGER: 1 BOBCAT: 1 NORTHERN TAMANDUA: 1 WHITE-HEADED / WHITE-THROATED CAPUCHIN: 1 ZEBRA-DONKEY HYBRID / ZEDONK / ZEBRINNY: 1 RED FOX (INCLUDES SILVER FOX & CROSS FOX): 1 : 1 GREVY'S ZEBRA: 1 BROWN BEAR: 1 GREEN-CHEEKED PARAKEET / GREEN-CHEEKED CONURE: 1 GOLDEN PHEASANT: 1

What's in This Report

64
USDA Inspections on Record
Latest: Feb 18, 2026
62
Violations Documented
1 Critical · 3 Direct · 58 Non-Critical

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Complete inspection timeline with dates
Every violation code and description
Inspector narratives — what they saw
Severity ratings for each violation
Repeat offense flags
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