FAZE is the latest evolution of FITZ zoo programs, redefining the modern zoo experience. Embracing the principles of contemporary exhibit design, FAZE offers an interactive, fully immersive, guided tour that brings you closer to the animal world than ever before. As a visitor, you’ll find yourself surrounded, inspired, and captivated by the animals in their natural habitats. Here, you are not just an observer—you are a guest in their home.
The Florida International Teaching Zoo promotes public education through conservation and reproduction of endangered and rare animals. We are a 501-C-3 (SC-10577) not for profit organization.
Why should you visit our zoo? First and foremost, you are helping to support our mission with your admission. Secondly, we offer a truly unique and intimate experience with our animals that is lacking in larger institutions. You may have visited a large zoo, dealt with crowds, sun, sore feet, and an empty wallet, yet not learned anything on your visit. Over half of zoo visitors don't read educational material.
Larger zoos now offer keeper talks to connect with the visitors at certain exhibits, introduce the animals to you, explain about their status in the wild, talk about their unique adaptations, and let you know what it like to work with them. You learn about the real situations facing wildlife, and how zoos like ours have contributed to their future. The Florida International Teaching Zoo is not designed as a rescue. We don't take pet tigers. We keep animals that teach our guests and team, as well as animals that contribute to their survival as a species.