De Wildt Cheetah and Wildlife Centre

The centre is situated on what was originally Van Dyk's parent's chicken farm, which they acquired in 1950.

Meanwhile, the Zoo had already established a successful captive breeding programme, but further expansion was limited due to the lack of land available in its urban setting.

Ann and her eldest brother, Godfrey, thus offered to the Zoo management the use of their facilities for captive breeding programmes.

Ann van Dyk received a gold medal from the South African Nature Foundation in 1988.

[2] Subsequent to its cheetah breeding programme, the centre also established successful breeding programmes for several other rare and endangered species, including: The centre first achieved international recognition for bringing the cheetah back from the brink of extinction - it was largely due to the centre that the cheetah was removed from the endangered species list of the South African Red Data Book for Terrestrial Mammals in 1986.