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AWA IR C-LA Secure.Pdf United States Department of Agriculture Customer: 4771 Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Inspection Date: 13-JAN-16 Animal Inspected at Last Inspection Cust No Cert No Site Site Name Inspection 4771 72-C-0001 001 ALEXANDRIA ZOOLOGICAL 13-JAN-16 PARK Count Species 000000 Lion-tailed macaque *Male 000002 South American tapir 000002 Spectacled bear 000001 Brazilian agouti 000001 Patagonian cavy 000004 Red-necked wallaby 000003 Clouded leopard 000002 Jaguar 000001 Cotton-top tamarin 000007 Common squirrel monkey 000001 Black tufted-ear marmoset 000014 Reeve's muntjac 000002 Anoa 000001 European polecat 000001 Kinkajou 000002 Maned wolf 000000 Fishing cat 000004 Black-handed spider monkey 000001 Lar gibbon 000002 Cape Porcupine 000000 Red-flanked duiker 000003 Raccoon 000002 Lion 000000 Eastern black and white colobus 000001 American beaver 000004 Yellow-backed duiker 000001 Serval 000002 Puma/mountain lion/cougar 000006 Angolan colobus 000005 Golden lion tamarin 000002 North American black bear 000002 Ocelot 000006 Tiger 000001 Red-handed tamarin 000003 White-tailed deer 000002 Red River Hog 000002 Capybara 000001 Grey short-tailed opossum 000001 Grey short-tailed opossum 000002 Bobcat Count Species 000002 Tayra 000002 North American river otter 000001 Kirks dik-dik 000002 Red wolf 000002 Blue duiker 000001 Linnes two-toed sloth 000002 Red fox 000002 Chinchilla 000001 Brown-nosed coati 000001 Four-toed hedgehog 000001 Central American red brocket 000114 Total United States Department of Agriculture Customer: 4771 Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Inspection Date: 21-JAN-15 Animal Inspected at Last Inspection Cust No Cert No Site Site Name Inspection 4771 72-C-0001 001 ALEXANDRIA ZOOLOGICAL 21-JAN-15 PARK Count Species 000000 Lion-tailed macaque *Male 000002 South American tapir 000002 Spectacled bear 000001 Brazilian agouti 000001 Patagonian cavy 000004 Red-necked wallaby 000002 Clouded leopard 000002 Jaguar 000001 Cotton-top tamarin 000007 Common squirrel monkey 000001 Black tufted-ear marmoset 000014 Reeve's muntjac 000002 Anoa 000001 European polecat 000001 Kinkajou 000001 Maned wolf 000000 Fishing cat 000004 Black-handed spider monkey 000001 Lar gibbon 000002 Cape Porcupine 000000 Red-flanked duiker 000003 Raccoon 000001 Lion 000000 Eastern black and white colobus 000001 American beaver 000003 Yellow-backed duiker 000001 Serval 000002 Puma/mountain lion/cougar 000006 Angolan colobus 000005 Golden lion tamarin 000002 North American black bear 000002 Ocelot 000004 Tiger 000001 Red-handed tamarin 000003 White-tailed deer 000002 Red River Hog 000002 Capybara 000001 Grey short-tailed opossum 000001 Grey short-tailed opossum 000002 Bobcat Count Species 000002 Tayra 000002 North American river otter 000001 Kirks dik-dik 000002 Red wolf 000002 Blue duiker 000001 Linnes two-toed sloth 000002 Red fox 000002 Chinchilla 000001 Brown-nosed coati 000001 Four-toed hedgehog 000001 Central American red brocket 000108 Total United States Department of Agriculture Customer: 4771 Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Inspection Date: 22-SEP-15 Animal Inspected at Last Inspection Cust No Cert No Site Site Name Inspection 4771 72-C-0001 001 ALEXANDRIA ZOOLOGICAL 22-SEP-15 PARK Count Species 000000 Lion-tailed macaque *Male 000002 South American tapir 000002 Spectacled bear 000001 Brazilian agouti 000001 Patagonian cavy 000004 Red-necked wallaby 000003 Clouded leopard 000002 Jaguar 000001 Cotton-top tamarin 000007 Common squirrel monkey 000001 Black tufted-ear marmoset 000014 Reeve's muntjac 000002 Anoa 000001 European polecat 000001 Kinkajou 000002 Maned wolf 000000 Fishing cat 000004 Black-handed spider monkey 000001 Lar gibbon 000002 Cape Porcupine 000000 Red-flanked duiker 000003 Raccoon 000002 Lion 000000 Eastern black and white colobus 000001 American beaver 000004 Yellow-backed duiker 000001 Serval 000002 Puma/mountain lion/cougar 000006 Angolan colobus 000005 Golden lion tamarin 000002 North American black bear 000002 Ocelot 000006 Tiger 000001 Red-handed tamarin 000003 White-tailed deer 000002 Red River Hog 000002 Capybara 000001 Grey short-tailed opossum 000001 Grey short-tailed opossum 000002 Bobcat Count Species 000002 Tayra 000002 North American river otter 000001 Kirks dik-dik 000002 Red wolf 000002 Blue duiker 000001 Linnes two-toed sloth 000002 Red fox 000002 Chinchilla 000001 Brown-nosed coati 000001 Four-toed hedgehog 000001 Central American red brocket 000114 Total United States Department of Agriculture Customer: 4770 Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Inspection Date: 18-AUG-15 Animal Inspected at Last Inspection Cust No Cert No Site Site Name Inspection 4770 72-C-0027 001 LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY 18-AUG-15 Count Species 000001 Tiger 000001 Total STOMLINSON United States Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service 2016082567937162 Insp_id Inspection Report Louisiana State University Customer ID: 4770 156 Thomas Boyd Hall Certificate: 72-C-0027 Baton Rouge, LA 70803 Site: 001 LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY Type: ROUTINE INSPECTION Date: 20-SEP-2016 No non-compliant items identified during this inspection. This inspection and exit interview were conducted with the facility director. SIMONE TOMLINSON, D V M Prepared By: Date: SIMONE TOMLINSON USDA, APHIS, Animal Care 23-SEP-2016 Title: VETERINARY MEDICAL OFFICER 6087 Received By: (b)(6), (b)(7)(c) Date: Title: VIA EMAIL 23-SEP-2016 Page 1 of 1 United States Department of Agriculture Customer: 4770 Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Inspection Date: 20-SEP-16 Animal Inspected at Last Inspection Cust No Cert No Site Site Name Inspection 4770 72-C-0027 001 LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY 20-SEP-16 Count Species 000001 Tiger 000001 Total United States Department of Agriculture Customer: 4770 Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Inspection Date: 26-AUG-14 Animal Inspected at Last Inspection Cust No Cert No Site Site Name Inspection 4770 72-C-0027 001 LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY 26-AUG-14 Count Species 000001 Tiger 000001 Total United States Department of Agriculture Customer: 15004 Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Inspection Date: 14-AUG-15 Animal Inspected at Last Inspection Cust No Cert No Site Site Name Inspection 15004 72-C-0139 001 BAYOU PIERRE ALLIGATOR 14-AUG-15 FARM INC. Count Species 000005 Raccoon 000057 Goat 000011 Fallow deer 000073 Total United States Department of Agriculture Customer: 15004 Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Inspection Date: 14-JUN-16 Animal Inspected at Last Inspection Cust No Cert No Site Site Name Inspection 15004 72-C-0139 001 BAYOU PIERRE ALLIGATOR 14-JUN-16 FARM INC. Count Species 000002 Raccoon 000040 Goat 000005 Fallow deer 000047 Total United States Department of Agriculture Customer: 15004 Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Inspection Date: 15-JAN-15 Animal Inspected at Last Inspection Cust No Cert No Site Site Name Inspection 15004 72-C-0139 001 BAYOU PIERRE ALLIGATOR 15-JAN-15 FARM INC. Count Species 000000 None 000000 Total United States Department of Agriculture Customer: 4767 Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Inspection Date: 07-JUN-16 Animal Inspected at Last Inspection Cust No Cert No Site Site Name Inspection 4767 72-C-0141 001 AUDUBON ZOOLOGICAL 07-JUN-16 GARDEN Count Species 000003 Brindled wildebeest 000004 Guanaco 000001 South American tapir 000001 Brazilian agouti 000003 Giant anteater 000002 Jaguar 000002 Wolf's guenon 000002 Mandrill *Male 000002 European polecat 000006 Babirusa 000002 Virginia opossum 000002 Asiatic elephant 000002 Maned wolf 000003 Black howler 000006 Black-handed spider monkey 000009 Sheep or mouflon 000003 Thomsons gazelle 000010 Raccoon 000002 African clawless otter 000002 White-faced saki 000004 California sealion 000002 Pig 000004 Eastern black and white colobus 000002 Talapoin 000002 Malayan sun bear 000002 Nutria 000002 African hunting dog 000002 Leopard 000003 Puma/mountain lion/cougar 000002 Sea otter 000006 Domesticated Guinea pig 000004 Gorilla 000003 Golden lion tamarin 000002 North American black bear 000002 Indian crested porcupine 000001 Tiger 000003 Orangutan 000011 Goat 000002 Siamang 000002 Drill *Male Count Species 000002 Red River Hog 000003 Common eland 000003 Capybara 000001 Nine-banded armadillo 000002 Bobcat 000002 Ruffed lemur 000002 Common zebra 000004 White rhinoceros 000002 Hoffmanns two-toed sloth 000007 North American river otter 000004 Giraffe 000004 Red fox 000002 Grey/gray fox 000003 Chinchilla 000003 European rabbit 000004 Four-toed hedgehog 000176 Total United States Department of Agriculture Customer: 4767 Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Inspection Date: 08-APR-15 Animal Inspected at Last Inspection Cust No Cert No Site Site Name Inspection 4767 72-C-0141 001 AUDUBON ZOOLOGICAL 08-APR-15 GARDEN Count Species 000003 Brindled wildebeest 000004 Guanaco 000002 South American tapir 000001 Brazilian agouti 000003 Giant anteater 000002 Jaguar 000002 European polecat 000006 Babirusa 000002 Virginia opossum 000002 Asiatic elephant 000002 Maned wolf 000001 Arctic fox 000003 Black howler 000006 Black-handed spider monkey 000009 Sheep or mouflon 000003 Thomsons gazelle 000010 Raccoon 000002 African clawless otter 000002 White-faced saki 000004 California sealion 000002 Pig 000003 Eastern black and white colobus 000002 Talapoin 000002 Malayan sun bear 000008 Nutria 000002 African hunting dog 000002 Leopard 000003 Puma/mountain lion/cougar 000002 Sea otter 000006 Domesticated Guinea pig 000004 Gorilla 000003 Golden lion tamarin 000002 North American black bear 000002 Indian
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