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New Jersey Puppy Mill Violations

426 documented USDA violations across 75 facilities

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USDA inspectors have documented 426 animal-welfare violations at licensed facilities in New Jersey, including 20 critical citations. Of the facilities inspected in this state, 75 have at least one violation on record. The facilities below are ranked by total documented violations — the operations most worth scrutinizing before you buy.

A violation does not automatically mean a breeder is unsafe today — some have corrected problems after being cited — but a high or repeated count, especially critical citations involving veterinary care or housing, is a serious warning sign. Click any facility to read its full inspection history.

# Facility City Inspections Violations Critical Grade
1 Delta Air Lines Inc Ewr Newark 530 33 5 F
2 American Airlines Inc. Newark 518 31 4 F
3 Cohanzick Zoo Bridgeton 22 28 0 F
4 County Of Essex Turtle Back Zoo West Orange 23 26 1 F
5 Township Of Mt Laurel Mt Laurel 7 26 0 F
6 Howling Woods Farm Jackson 33 21 3 F
7 Alaska Airlines Newark 307 20 1 F
8 Collins Days Mays Landing 14 16 0 F
9 001 - Middlesex County Parks Department Piscataway 41 15 0 F
10 N J Exotic Pets Llc Lodi 20 15 0 F
11 Space Wild Animal Farm Inc Sussex 25 15 0 F
12 Wild Side Enterprises Llc Hazlet 17 13 0 F
13 Major League Exotic Pets Jackson 15 11 0 F
14 Stephen Serwatka Woodbine 16 11 0 F
15 Newmans Fish Foods Inc Hackensack 13 9 0 F
16 Sherry Cella Jackson 14 8 0 D
17 Johnsons Corner Farm L L C Medford 14 7 2 F
18 Paul Prince Mullica Hill 1 6 0 B
19 Aquatics & More Dumont 18 5 0 D
20 Bertram Fuhr Jamesburg 5 5 0 C+
21 British Airways Newark 132 5 0 B+
22 County Of Bergen Wyckoff 32 5 0 D
23 Denis Ignatov- Radokhov & Victor Radokhov Columbia 6 4 0 C
24 Newmans Fish Foods Inc Hackensack 6 4 0 B+
25 Seaquest Woodbridge Llc Woodbridge 12 4 0 B
26 Storybook Land Inc Egg Harbor Township 18 4 0 B+
27 Rbhs New Jersey Medical School Newark 8 3 2 F
28 Garden State Discovery Museum Ctr For Learning Mount Laurel 6 3 0 A+
29 Kristag Inc Jackson 6 3 0 B+
30 Onur Mumcu Fort Lee 2 3 0 A
31 Prelabs L L C Oxford 6 3 0 A+
32 Scandinavian Airlines Ewr Newark 45 3 0 B+
33 Swiss International Air Lines Ltd.- Ewr- Newark Liberty International Airport Newark 60 3 0 A+
34 Wallaby Tales, Llc. Eyes Of The Wild Stockton 8 3 0 B+
35 Animal Actors International Inc Glen Gardner 15 2 0 A+
36 Popcorn Park Zoo Forked River 17 2 0 A
37 Barnyard Friends Llc Dorothy 12 2 0 A+
38 Bartons West End Farms Inc Great Meadows 17 2 0 A
39 E&R Building Camden 9 2 0 A
40 Edelweiss Farm Milford 6 2 0 A+
41 Joe Ricciuti Brick 8 2 0 B
42 Joseph D Angeli Ridgefield Park 6 2 0 A+
43 Monster Pets Of Audubon Audubon 5 2 0 A+
44 Princeton University Princeton 14 2 0 A+
45 Qualtech Laboratories, Inc. Ocean 7 2 0 A+
46 Seaport Aquarium Wildwood 3 2 0 A+
47 Vladimir Kulakov Edison 1 2 0 A+
48 Wallaby Tales, Llc. Eyes Of The Wild Stockton 5 2 0 A
49 Lakota Wolf Preserve Columbia 13 1 1 B
50 Smith And Aidekman Halls Newark 41 1 1 B

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