Built around SoMZP 2024 — in force 2027

Compliance scoring

A real-time compliance dashboard for AAL and Zoo licensed collections. Scores you against every area inspectors care about, with one-tap drill-downs to the underlying records.

What it scores

The engine pulls live data from the platform and scores 12 areas against the Standards of Modern Zoo Practice 2024 (coming into force 2027) and the APHA inspection sheet. Zoo and AAL licences get the breakdown; private collections get the platform without the compliance scorer.

Animal records & movement

Every animal individually identifiable per Section 9, with complete acquisition and disposal history per Section 10.

  • Identifier coverage per animal (ring / chip / tag)
  • Sex, DOB and species captured for every record
  • Movement audit trail for the full lifecycle of the tenancy

Health & weighing

Health-record activity per Section 3, body condition tracking per the daily-weigh flag.

  • Health records logged in the last 12 months
  • Quarterly zoo-vet visit register (Section 3.5)
  • Weighing coverage for species flagged for daily weights

Environment & feeding

Enclosure cleaning frequency and recent feeding activity (Sections 1 & 2).

  • Cleaning records per enclosure within the last 14 days
  • Feeding records logged via the prep board

Public safety

Escape drill cadence (Section 7) and Cat 1A / Cat 1 hazardous-species tracking per SoMZP Appendix B.

  • Escape drills logged with required-attendees evidence
  • Risk assessments reviewed within their review-date window
  • Hazardous-species register with breeding-context escalation

Staff training & competency

Per-keeper training matrix and completion rate (covers APHA staff-training requirement).

  • Courses defined and assigned to roles
  • Training completions in the last 12 months

Welfare & conservation

Tether-flying compliance (Section 4 — opportunity to express normal behaviour), IUCN status coverage, and active research / conservation project tracking.

  • Tether animals flown ≥4× per Mon-Sun week (regulatory floor)
  • IUCN status match against species records
  • Active conservation / research project register

How it helps

Compliance becomes a real-time signal instead of an annual scramble.

Per-area weights so critical sections can't be masked

Each area carries a relative weight (e.g. records 12, health 13, public safety 8). A 95% on cleaning won't paper over a 45% on welfare plans — the headline number reflects what an inspector actually cares about.

Drill-downs to the underlying records

Every red or amber check links straight to the animals / risk assessments / enclosures that are causing the drop. No hunting through spreadsheets to work out what's actually missing.

Inspector-grade PDF exports

Cleaning history, stock list, weighing register, training compliance — every report exports as a paginated PDF with the standard provenance footer ("Generated by Animal Database UK · datetime · Page X of Y").

Honest, not flattering

If welfare plans are at 45% the headline says "Action needed", not "Pass". The product surfaces gaps before the inspector does — that's the whole point.

What's on the not-yet-scored list

We don't fake a green tick. These areas of SoMZP aren't yet automatically scored — they're on the roadmap and called out in the compliance modal itself as "not yet covered" rather than passed silently.

Diet sheets per species

Currently we score recent feeding activity, not nutritional adequacy. A formal diet-sheet module is on the roadmap.

Enclosure dimensions vs species minimums

We track cleaning cadence; we don't yet validate enclosure size against species-specific minimums.

Vaccination cadence per species

Any health-record activity counts today; species-specific vaccination schedules are queued for the next iteration of the health module.

Formal welfare plans (§8)

Per-species welfare plan documents are separate from the medical / training records we already capture. A dedicated welfare-plan module is on the roadmap.

Want to see this in your collection?

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