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Meet one cat you cannot name yet.
Recognition is the first form of visibility. Choose a species, follow its story, and understand the landscape behind it.
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40 Wild Cats. One Mission.
There is a place for you in this story.
A gift matters. So does learning a name, sharing a discovery, making an introduction, or bringing one more person into the wild-cat world.
Find your way inAndean mountain cat · Wild image · High Andes · Jim Sanderson
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Participation begins before the transaction
Start with what you have.
Five minutes. A conversation. A useful connection. A gift. Different actions do different jobs, and the mission needs more than one kind of participant.
Share
Pass along the part that surprised you.
Facts travel further when they arrive as a story. Share the discovery—not only the warning—and give someone else a reason to care.
Choose a storyConnect
Put Zoo-EV in the right conversation.
An introduction to an educator, researcher, field organization, zoo, photographer, foundation, or future ambassador can create a path money alone cannot.
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Help build the work behind the attention.
General gifts support Zoo-EV’s education, research, partnership development, and organizational capacity unless a campaign states a more specific purpose.
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Participate with a gift
Choose the route
that fits you.
Both options leave the Zoo-EV site and complete securely on PayPal. The difference is the path your gift takes.
PayPal’s terms and fees can change. Review the details shown by PayPal before completing your gift.
Direct donation information ↗PayPal Giving Fund information ↗What a general gift supports now
Build the foundation.
Then make the promise.
01The educational platformSpecies profiles, stories, scientific review, and the public tools that make overlooked cats visible.
02Conservation developmentIdentifying credible field needs, evaluating potential partners, and shaping responsible campaign structures.
03Organizational capacityThe practical systems required to communicate, raise funds, account for them, and report what happens next.
A general donation supports Zoo-EV where it is needed most. It is not represented as a pass-through gift to a particular field project unless a named campaign explicitly says so.
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Campaign-specific giving
When the purpose is specific, the link should be specific too.
Future campaigns and ambassador efforts can use their own PayPal donation buttons. The correct campaign link will appear on that campaign’s Zoo-EV page, so the donor sees the purpose before leaving for PayPal.
If you want a gift associated with a particular effort and no campaign page is active, contact Zoo-EV before donating rather than relying on a note in the payment.
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Good questions before a gift
Clear enough to choose with confidence.
Which PayPal option should I use?
Use the direct donation page for the shortest route. Use PayPal Giving Fund if avoiding transaction fees matters more than staying on the simplest path.
Does Zoo-EV receive my entire gift?
Processing fees apply to the direct PayPal route. PayPal says it covers transaction fees for Giving Fund donations made through its website or app, although currency-conversion fees may apply.
Is my gift tied to field conservation?
A general gift supports Zoo-EV’s overall mission and current development. Only a campaign that names a specific purpose should be understood as funding that purpose.
How will Zoo-EV report what happened?
As programs launch, Zoo-EV will explain the intended use of support and bring progress, evidence, setbacks, and next steps back into public view.
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