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USDA collects license fees from them, non-profit or not.

. ..well, there is no comeback to that!
 

Jesus saves

Bee, you asked.
If USDA collects for each animal displayed by a zoo, it adds up.
Line item? I'm not talking about a line item. You are taking this way too seriously....you're going to hurt yourself.

No, I did not ask that, Joan. I know what I asked. 

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I am waiting for the second coming, vk4,  lol

For the record, the USDA license fees for exhibitors aren't paid per animal; there's a fee schedule based on total number of animals: for example, an exhibitor who has between 1 and, say, 20 various regulated exotics would pay an annual license fee of, say, $50.00, while one who has 101 to 300 assorted exotics would pay a license fee of $250. [Don't actually know what the specific fees are or what the maximum # of animals per license fee is--just pulling figures out of the air to illustrate the point]. 

Actually, to make it even easier, here's a link to the actual regulation which lists the various license types and the fees for those licenses.  It's really not the expensive for the licenses; dealer/broker licenses top out at $760.00/year, while exhibitor licenses are capped @ $310.00/year.

 

bee how will you know when it happens, trumpets?

You are correct, Hexe...I did simplify saying each animal, should have said each facility. I have friends who have to keep a license current and it depends each year on how many animals they have.

vk4... Trumpets are cool! But I am really not as literally minded as some, and as some would think. Could be different for everyone, but we think it is all the same! 

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Thanks Hexe for your facts. Always trustworthy in my book. 

Nothing like visiting a Zoo you can drive thru, and not even leave the car.