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PGLADUE United States Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service 2016082569555232 Insp_id Inspection Report Rhode Island Zoological Society Customer ID: 2245 1000 Elmwood Avenue Certificate: 15-C-0004 Providence, RI 02907 Site: 001 RHODE ISLAND ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY Type: ROUTINE INSPECTION Date: 29-JUL-2019 There were no non-compliant items identified during the inspection. NOTE - Exit briefing held 7/29/19 on-site with facility representative. Report delivered by email 7/29/19. *END OF REPORT* Prepared By: Date: GLADUE PAULA, V M D USDA, APHIS, Animal Care 29-JUL-2019 Title: VETERINARY MEDICAL OFFICER 1054 Received By: TIM FRENCH - DEPUTY DIRECTOR Date: Title: REPORT DELIVERED BY EMAIL 7/29/19 29-JUL-2019 Page 1 of 1 United States Department of Agriculture Customer: 2245 Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Inspection Date: 29-JUL-19 Species Inspected Cust No Cert No Site Site Name Inspection 2245 15-C-0004 001 RHODE ISLAND ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY 29-JUL-19 Count Scientific Name Common Name 000004 Acinonyx jubatus CHEETAH 000002 Ailurus fulgens RED PANDA 000003 Alouatta caraya BLACK HOWLER 000003 Ammotragus lervia BARBARY SHEEP 000005 Antilocapra americana PRONGHORN 000005 Arctictis binturong BINTURONG 000002 Artibeus jamaicensis JAMAICAN FRUIT-EATING BAT / JAMAICAN FRUIT BAT 000004 Atelerix albiventris FOUR-TOED HEDGEHOG (MOST COMMON PET HEDGEHOG) 000003 Bison bison AMERICAN BISON 000002 Bos taurus CATTLE / COW / OX / WATUSI 000003 Budorcas taxicolor TAKIN 000003 Callicebus donacophilus REED TITI 000001 Camelus dromedarius DROMEDARY CAMEL 000001 Canis rufus RED WOLF 000011 Capra hircus DOMESTIC GOAT 000003 Choloepus didactylus LINNAEUS'S TWO-TOED SLOTH 000004 Coendou prehensilis PREHENSILE-TAILED PORCUPINE 000002 Connochaetes taurinus BRINDLED WILDEBEEST 000006 Dasyprocta leporina BRAZILIAN AGOUTI 000002 Dasypus novemcinctus NINE-BANDED ARMADILLO 000002 Dendrolagus matschiei MATSCHIE'S TREE KANGAROO 000003 Didelphis virginiana VIRGINIA OPOSSUM 000002 Echinops telfairi LESSER MADAGASCAR HEDGEHOG TENREC 000003 Equus quagga BURCHELL’S / GRANT’S / CHAPMAN’S / PLAINS ZEBRA 000002 Erethizon dorsatum NORTH AMERICAN PORCUPINE 000001 Euphractus sexcinctus YELLOW ARMADILLO 000004 Giraffa camelopardalis GIRAFFE 000003 Lama pacos ALPACA 000002 Leontopithecus rosalia GOLDEN LION TAMARIN 000004 Lontra canadensis NORTH AMERICAN RIVER OTTER 000003 Loxodonta africana AFRICAN ELEPHANT 000001 Mephitis mephitis STRIPED SKUNK 000002 Muntiacus reevesi REEVE'S MUNTJAC 000003 Mustela putorius EUROPEAN POLECAT 000002 Myrmecophaga tridactyla GIANT ANTEATER 000002 Nomascus leucogenys WHITE-CHEEKED GIBBON 000003 Notamacropus rufogriseus BENNETT'S WALLABY / RED-NECKED WALLABY 000006 Oryctolagus cuniculus DOMESTIC RABBIT / EUROPEAN RABBIT 000005 Ovis aries aries SHEEP INCLUDING ALL DOMESTIC BREEDS 000001 Phoca vitulina HARBOR SEAL Page 1 of 2 United States Department of Agriculture Customer: 2245 Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Inspection Date: 29-JUL-19 Species Inspected Cust No Cert No Site Site Name Inspection 2245 15-C-0004 001 RHODE ISLAND ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY 29-JUL-19 Count Scientific Name Common Name 000004 Pithecia pithecia WHITE-FACED SAKI 000002 Potamochoerus porcus RED RIVER HOG 000001 Potos flavus KINKAJOU 000002 Pteronura brasiliensis GIANT OTTER 000002 Saguinus bicolor BARE-FACED TAMARIN 000001 Saguinus oedipus COTTON-TOP TAMARIN 000003 Sus scrofa domestica DOMESTIC PIG / POTBELLY PIG / MICRO PIG 000039 Sylvilagus transitionalis NEW ENGLAND COTTONTAIL RABBIT 000001 Tamandua tetradactyla SOUTHERN TAMANDUA 000002 Uncia uncia SNOW LEOPARD 000002 Ursus thibetanus ASIATIC BLACK BEAR 000182 Total Page 2 of 2.

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