Welcome! - Updated 08/30/17 NEW MISSION SCHEDULED!
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.
PEIVDF began conducting Missions in October 2008, first as a private foundation, now as a public 501(c)(3) charity. In nearly 9 years, our small charity has:
- Treated 376 animals at 20 sanctuaries during 66 missions:
- lions, tigers, leopards, cougars, jaguars, bears, wolves, hippos, chimpanzees, baboons, and ferrets, to name a few species
- Performed 539 Root Canal Therapies, 302 Extractions, and 221 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.
UPDATES: 08/02/17 NEWS AND GENERAL INFORMATION
Attending the Veterinary Dental Forum on September 14-17, 2017 in Nashville TN? Several of our doctors will be lecturing and conducting labs. The schedule will be posted HERE as soon as it is developed.
Visit our Upcoming Events page to find out about our Live and Silent Auction on Saturday, September 16, 2017 from 6p-8p at the Omni Nashville Hotel. Room: Cumberland 3-4.
Click HERE to Donate to help us continue our work
Missions: 08/30/17 New MISSIONS SCHEDULED!
Please visit our Current Missions page for more information on how to apply for the following missions:
Upcoming Missions: SCHEDULED
Big Cat Rescue Tampa FL, October 7-8, 2017 - CLOSED
PEIVDF will be heading to Tampa FL to a facility new to PEIVDF for a 2-day mission on October 7-8, 2017. The patient list includes 8 Tigers and a cougar.
To learn more about Big Cat Rescue please visit their website: www.bigcatrescue.org
Upcoming Missions: SCHEDULED
Exotic Feline Rescue Center Center Point IN, October 28-29, 2017 - OPEN
PEIVDF will be returning to Exotic Feline Rescue Center in Center Point IN for a 2-day mission on October 28-29, 2017. The patient list includes the usual roster of tigers, leopards, servals. PEIVDF is calling for 4 students for this mission. Please visit our Current Missions page for more information and information on how to apply to attend.
To learn more about Exotic Feline Rescue Center please visit their website: www.exoticfelinerescuecenter.org
Upcoming Missions: SCHEDULED
InSync Exotics Wylie TX, November 18-19, 2017 - OPEN
PEIVDF will be returning to InSync Exotics Wildlife Rescue & Educational Center in Wylie TX for a 2-day mission on November 18-19, 2017. The patient list includes lions, tigers and more. PEIVDF is calling for 2 students for this mission. Please visit our Current Missions pages for more information and information on how to apply to attend.
To learn more about InSync Exotics please visit their website: www.insyncexotics.org
Upcoming Missions: IN SCHEDULING
PEIVDF is working on scheduling missions to facilities new to PEIVDF, but are still in the developmental phase. We are also planning on returning to Exotic Feline Rescue Center (IN) and Wildcat Sanctuary (MN) in the Spring. Watch this space and sign up for our newsletter to be the first to know!
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.
Are you AVDC or FAVD and interested in attending our missions? 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.