Welcome! - Updated 05/15/12
Welcome to The Peter Emily International Veterinary Dental Foundation (PEIVDF).
The mission of PEIVDF is to provide advanced veterinary dental services for the benefit of captive exotic animals located in facilities in the US and abroad through an increase in the provision of advanced veterinary dental services and veterinary dental education.
Denver's 9News recently joined PEIVDF at the Wild Animal Sanctuary. Read the story HERE. See the video HERE.
Also, see the segment on the foundation on Denver's Channel 7 website. Click HERE to view the video.
Click HERE to Donate to help us continue our work
PEIVDF began conducting Missions in October 2008, first as a private foundation, now as a public 501(c)(3) charity. In just over 3 years, our small charity has:
- Treated 94 animals at 11 sanctuaries during 20 rescue operations:
- lions, tigers, leopards, cougars, jaguars, bears, wolves, hippos, chimpanzees, baboons, and ferrets, to name a few species
- Performed 165 Root Canal Therapies, 99 Extractions, and 19 other procedures
This may seem like a lot of animals and a lot of procedures, but remember, there are more than 400 exotic animal sanctuaries and more than 200 zoos and aquariums in the US and Canada alone. That leaves a LOT of animals in need of dental work! Please help us continue our work by DONATING today!
Need to be convinced about how important dental care is to these animals? Click HERE to read this posting on the Wild Animal Sanctuary's site, reporting how much ColoColo's demeanor and energy level have improved since his root canal.
PEIVDF provides their expert services - and the supplies required in the provision of these service - directly to the animals. That way, PEIVDF's efforts directly benefit each animal on which we work. Facilities as a whole do not receive direct monetary benefit from the provision of PEIVDF services.
MISSIONs: 04/03/12 update! IN SCHEDULING
Upcoming Mission: July 2012
In-Sync Exotics - IN SCHEDULING
PEIVDF will be visiting a sanctuary new to us - In-Sync Exotics in Wylie TX. Currently, there are (3) three patients on the roster - two tigers and a lion. If you are interested in attending this mission, please send us an email to missions@peteremilyfoundation.org and mention In-Sync in your email. As soon as a firm date is set we'll post the dates, patients, and tuition costs here, as well as send out a newsletter.
Completed Mission: March 30-April 2, 2012
Exotic Feline Rescue Center - COMPLETED
PEIVDF recently returned to the Exotic Feline Rescue Center in Center Point IN for our third mission to this great facility. Visit our Exotic Feline Rescue Center page to view photos from this misison - to be posted soon.
Completed MIssion: March 4, 2012
Pueblo Zoo - COMPLETED
PEIVDF recently conducted a mission to a facility new to us - the Pueblo Zoo in Pueblo CO. Originally scheduled to treat 5 patients, PEIVDF instructors and staff worked tirelessly to treat 9 patients that day: Barney (Sun Bear), Suzy (Lar Gibbon), Rose (Pygmy Goat) and two more of her friends, Copper (Meerkat) and another of his friends, Thor (River Otter), and Brooke (mini horse) and two of her friends. Visit our Pueblo Zoo page to view photos from this mission - to be posted soon.
Are you AVDC or FAVD or a repeat mission attendee? Contact us about possible discounted or waived tuition rates, or click HERE for more information.
To apply to attend our upcoming missions, if you haven't already done so, please fill out your completed VDWoB Worker Questionnaire, and email it to missions@peteremilyfoundation.org. Please indicate which mission you are applying to attend. If we already have your VDWoB app, just send an email to the address above indicating which mission you are interested in attending.
For more information on these and other upcoming missions, please visit our Current Missions page.
Several other missions are in the process of being scheduled. To be among the first to know when locations and dates are set, keep checking our site and sign up for our eNewsletter. To sign up, enter your email address in the "Join our eNewsletter" field in our page header, select Missions, and submit. That's all there is to it.
OTHER INFORMATION
PEIVDF is now on Facebook! Click on the link in the header to be taken to our Facebook page. Here, we'll update you with breaking news, interesting day-to-day tidbits about the foundation (if any!), and anything else we think might be of interest. Visit the page often to keep up to date with PEIVDF.