The Angel Fund
Working to Save Cheetahs Since 1980

Photos:
Top: Cathryn Hilker and Angel, the cheetah who started it all.
Bottom: Cathyn Hilker and cheetah cubs, including Chance and Bravo, who now live at the Zoo.

The Angel Fund is deeply committed to the survival of both captive and wild cheetahs. We believe that living with individual cheetahs imparts the passion which allows us to gain the knowledge of how to save their kind.

The vision and immeasurable importance of these individual animals is that they link us to All that is possible....to All that is Wild.

Cathryn Hilker and a cheetah named Angel were partners for 12 years; working to educate about cheetahs, where they live, what they need, and what we need to do to keep them with us for all time. In her lifetime, Angel connected with over 1,000,000 people.

In 1992, The Angel Fund was established in Angel’s memory to continue the work which she so bravely began by letting her very presence, day in and day out, speak for every living cheetah. Angel helped give cheetahs, everywhere, a presence, a voice, a real chance.

We are helping cheetahs in the wild and at the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden, every day. Here’s how:

Our ambassador cheetahs teach through school programs and programs on the Zoo grounds.

At the Zoo, people even get to see the fastest animal on earth RUN, giving visitors a chance to observe what cheetahs do best of all.

We work directly with cheetah conservation programs all over Africa, including programs in Botswana, Kenya, Namibia and South Africa.

You, too, can help the cheetah by making a donation to The Angel Fund.