Frank Buck Zoo

About Frank Buck Zoo

Frank Buck Zoo is a City of Gainesville wildlife attraction offering families and visitors an affordable opportunity to see animals from around the world, participate in scheduled animal encounters and learn about wildlife and conservation. Current experiences include giraffe feeding and reservation-based flamingo and capybara encounters, while the zoo's animal collection includes species such as giraffes, capybaras, ring-tailed lemurs, red ruffed lemurs, Asian small-clawed otters, Patagonian cavies and other mammals, birds and reptiles. The zoo also features the world's only Frank Buck exhibit honoring Gainesville native and internationally known animal collector, author and adventurer Frank Buck.