United States Department of Agriculture WJANECKE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service INS-0000868087
Inspection Report
Blank Park Zoo Customer ID: 25388
7401 SW 9th St. Certificate: 42-C-0168
Des Moines, IA 50315
Site: 001
Blank Park Zoo
Type: ROUTINE INSPECTION
Date: 26-APR-2023
2.40(b)(2) Critical
Attending veterinarian and adequate veterinary care (dealers and exhibitors).
On August 30, 2022 an 8 year old Japanese snow monkey was euthanized due to a poor prognosis from a large
gangrenous wound on it’s back. The wound resulted from an extended procedure it had undergone on August 17. During
this procedure, the monkey was under anesthesia on its back for approximately 3 hours. It had an electric heating pad
under it’s back during that procedure. The amount of heat is usually monitored by veterinary staff during a procedure, but
in the investigation into this case, the zoo attending veterinarian and leadership staff concluded that proper monitoring
was not done, resulting in the severe burn to the monkey’s back.
Each exhibitor shall establish and maintain programs of adequate veterinary care that include appropriate methods to
prevent and treat diseases. Established procedures for monitoring patients under anesthesia need to be followed at all
times. All veterinary staff were retrained on use and monitoring of the heating pad.
This inspection and exit interview were conducted with a facility representative.
Prepared By: WILLIAM JANECKE Date:
USDA, APHIS, Animal Care 28-APR-2023
Title: VETERINARY MEDICAL
OFFICER
Received by Title: Facility Representative Date:
28-APR-2023
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United States Department of Agriculture Customer: 25388
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Inspection Date: 26-Apr-2023
Species Inspected
Cust No Cert No Site Site Name Inspection
25388 42-C-0168 001 Blank Park Zoo 26-APR-2023
Count Scientific Name Common Name
000001 Cavia porcellus DOMESTIC GUINEA PIG
000010 Macaca fuscata JAPANESE MACAQUE / SNOW MACAQUE
000002 Hylobates lar LAR GIBBON
000002 Zalophus californianus CALIFORNIA SEA LION
000003 Phoca vitulina HARBOR SEAL
000020 Capra hircus DOMESTIC GOAT
000001 Sus scrofa domestica DOMESTIC PIG / POTBELLY PIG / MICRO PIG
000001 Oryctolagus cuniculus DOMESTIC RABBIT / EUROPEAN RABBIT
000001 Vulpes vulpes RED FOX (INCLUDES SILVER FOX & CROSS FOX)
000004 Panthera leo LION
000002 Panthera tigris TIGER
000002 Coendou prehensilis PREHENSILE-TAILED PORCUPINE
000007 Addax nasomaculatus ADDAX
000003 Tragelaphus angasii NYALA
000004 Camelus bactrianus BACTRIAN CAMEL
000001 Lama glama LLAMA
000001 Euphractus sexcinctus YELLOW ARMADILLO
000011 Rousettus aegyptiacus EGYPTIAN FRUIT BAT
000004 Giraffa camelopardalis GIRAFFE
000002 Didelphis virginiana VIRGINIA OPOSSUM
000003 Lontra canadensis NORTH AMERICAN RIVER OTTER
000002 Ailurus fulgens RED PANDA
000003 Diceros bicornis BLACK RHINOCEROS
000001 Mephitis mephitis STRIPED SKUNK
000003 Echinops telfairi LESSER MADAGASCAR HEDGEHOG TENREC
000014 Notamacropus rufogriseus BENNETT'S WALLABY / RED-NECKED WALLABY
000001 Chinchilla lanigera CHINCHILLA (DOMESTICATED)
000002 Mustela putorius furo DOMESTIC FERRET
000002 Lemur catta RING-TAILED LEMUR
000001 Erethizon dorsatum NORTH AMERICAN PORCUPINE
000003 Equus zebra MOUNTAIN ZEBRA / HARTMANN'S ZEBRA
000002 Cephalophus silvicultor YELLOW-BACKED DUIKER
000001 Okapia johnstoni OKAPI
000002 Potamochoerus porcus RED RIVER HOG
000001 Equus asinus asinus DONKEY / BURRO / ASS
NORWAY RAT / LAB RAT (COMMON RESEARCH/PET
000001 Rattus norvegicus
VARIETY)
000001 Tolypeutes matacus SOUTHERN THREE-BANDED ARMADILLO
000002 Saguinus oedipus COTTON-TOP TAMARIN
000008 Lama pacos ALPACA
000135 Total
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United States Department of Agriculture Customer: 25388
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Inspection Date: 26-Apr-2023
Species Inspected
Cust No Cert No Site Site Name Inspection
25388 42-C-0168 001 Blank Park Zoo 26-APR-2023
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