[Music]
everything comes into the world with his
mouth open eating is a primary function
of life when I was an undergrad work
the wife’s professor showed up one day
and he said what is the ultimate purpose
and the muscle and skeletal system of
any animal you can answer the question
in one sentence he said the elderman
purpose of the musculature and skeletal
system is for locomotion for food
gathering he moves about in his own
particular way to eat he says once you
get there if you don’t have the proper
mechanism to eat with your ultimate
purpose for existing is gone we look at
the sanctuaries of things that we
visited in there I mean they’re just
loaded with dental disease oral
pathology so the drive is that –
hopefully render you know – put their
mouth in working order so they can
survive a little bit longer without any
pain without any disease welcome to the
session let me be the first to welcome
you it’s such an honor to be here and to
share the stage with these speakers you
just heard from dr. Peter Emily he is
the founder of the Peter Emily
international veterinary dental
foundation kind of briefly explain why
oral health is such an important key
component to survival of the species and
also the epidemic of dental disease that
plagues sanctuaries across the country
so with that in mind let’s take a wild
look at dentistry so my name is Charles
Dyer you heard the credentials but
that’s not my story okay my story really
starts here
my hobby is herpetology which is the
study of reptiles and as you can see I
really love snakes and snakes tend to
love me and she’s given me a big hug and
dare is where my story begins okay my
journey started possibly through dental
school but in dental school I was
introduced to dr. mark Peckham
it’s a veterinarian and former AG and in
that moment of relationship I
volunteered at his clinic I pestered him
for four years in dental school
learning all things about reptiles and
it was really no surprise to get a phone
call from dr. Peckham about a tiger
wanted some dental advice at a tiger
what was surprising is that he asked me
to help okay this is Nero dr. Tristan
and dr. Peckham both oversee the
veterinary dental care the white tiger
exhibit at Downtown aquarium in Houston
and Nero had a tooth problem and that
tooth was covered in calculus and the
filling kept on breaking down and it
needed work so under the supervision of
dr. Peckham I was able to clean that
tooth and fill it has a nice filling all
nice and clean Nero is happy and healthy
today but I did not want this to be a
singular experience this is this is my
dream of you know wanting to be a
veterinarian when I was young and I did
what we all would do in that situation
is I went to the Internet
to find out how I could do more and what
I found is the Peter Emily international
veterinary dental foundation ok a
nonprofit organization that specializes
in advanced didn’t they don’t care for
animals in need so I saw this and I was
inspired and motivated to be a part of
the foundation and so I filled out an
application and found myself at the
exotic feline rescue center in Indiana
I’m a very cold snowy day a FRC is home
to over 200 rescued big cats they share
very similar very sad stories two adult
Tigers lived while not performing their
entire life in this transport cage found
abused and neglected and malnourished
they were surrendered to e FRC we know
as Dennis that a poor diet a poor
environment and poor health are all risk
factors for dental disease and
developing poor oral habits
and in big cats what you find is that
they don’t like being confined and they
will chew the bars of their enclosure
and it leads to these large notches on
their incisors which are prone to
fracture in dental decay complete
breakage in pathology and it hurts just
as bad as it looks all of this requires
advanced dental treatment like root
canals I’m sure some people in the
audience that have reconized
restorative therapy fillings of the like
in advanced periodontal surgery which
this is my first on a tiger it’s
happening to all species in captivity
too many for me to take pictures of and
it’s happening across the globe this is
a very conservative map of all the zoos
and sanctuaries in the United States if
we highlight Indiana alone where where
we were just last week treating tigers
of black pine sanctuary where we will be
next week back at the Arthur C FRC with
over 200 tigers if we extrapolate that
data across the United States we see
that the animals in captivity are
tremendous and their need for dental
care is staggering
there are only 3,000 tigers estimated
left in the wild
with over 10,000 in captivity only a
very small portion of those are in zoos
and sanctuaries finding an adequate home
the rest are fine found in traveling
circuses roadside attractions and
private ownership in environments that
can be best described as deplorable with
14 missions underneath my belt soon to
be 15 I can tell you with great assured
that we are the problem we have created
this epidemic and we need
be the solution I love this quote by
Jane Goodall it basically says that you
cannot be blind to the fact that you
have an impact on this world you just
need to decide on what type of impact
that becomes for me that could be big or
it could be small it does not matter I
just want it to be positive because that
has a ripple effect one thing that you
can do is you can give us your time you
can join us on a mission I promise you
that if you make a physical connection
to the animals that we treat and the
problems that we face you will want to
make a change I would also urge you to
volunteer at your local SPCA animal
shelter or sanctuary if you have one
close these are my animal activists this
is my wife it was also part of the
Foundation and my children autumn in
Clinton I have a little one that can’t
do this right now but they volunteer at
TGR exotics in Spring Texas every chance
they get they learn about animal
husbandry they learn about the closed
hand the time the effort and the
sacrifice it takes to create a home for
a rescued animal I would also urge you
to put your phone down and explore your
world stand in the all of nature if
there are pessimists out there and I
hope there are none it may be the last
time you see it and I hope for the most
part that we have optimists in the
audience because if you touch something
or stand next to or be with something
greater than who or what you are that is
a life changing experience and it cannot
be taken away from you lastly we can
learn so much from the animals that we
hold captive in animals in general so
much more than they can learn
from us this is Shere Khan Baloo and Leo
affectionately called BLT there are
three cubs found chained in a basement
of a drug warehouse they were
confiscated by fishing game they were
then transported to Noah’s Ark sanctuary
in Locust Grove Georgia they were
quarantined because they were riddled
with parasites malnourished and abused
again very common story Baloo had a
harness so tight on his skin and had to
be surgically removed because skin and
hair had grown over it in quarantine
their conditions worsened so against
better judgment these are three
different species from three different
continents they’re not meant to be
together but against better judgment
Noah’s Ark decided to put them back
together hoping upon all hope that that
would do something this is BLT today
three different species from three
different continents born into suffering
in needing each other to survive in
finding some modicum of peace and
freedom something that was taken away if
that is not a metaphor for our current
society and how we move forward as a
species the only way to survive I don’t
know what is I really don’t because
maybe just maybe together we can change
this world thank you
[Music] [Applause]
everything comes into the world with his
mouth open eating is a primary function
of life when I was an undergrad work
the wife’s professor showed up one day
and he said what is the ultimate purpose
and the muscle and skeletal system of
any animal you can answer the question
in one sentence he said the elderman
purpose of the musculature and skeletal
system is for locomotion for food
gathering he moves about in his own
particular way to eat he says once you
get there if you don’t have the proper
mechanism to eat with your ultimate
purpose for existing is gone we look at
the sanctuaries of things that we
visited in there I mean they’re just
loaded with dental disease oral
pathology so the drive is that –
hopefully render you know – put their
mouth in working order so they can
survive a little bit longer without any
pain without any disease welcome to the
session let me be the first to welcome
you it’s such an honor to be here and to
share the stage with these speakers you
just heard from dr. Peter Emily he is
the founder of the Peter Emily
international veterinary dental
foundation kind of briefly explain why
oral health is such an important key
component to survival of the species and
also the epidemic of dental disease that
plagues sanctuaries across the country
so with that in mind let’s take a wild
look at dentistry so my name is Charles
Dyer you heard the credentials but
that’s not my story okay my story really
starts here
my hobby is herpetology which is the
study of reptiles and as you can see I
really love snakes and snakes tend to
love me and she’s given me a big hug and
dare is where my story begins okay my
journey started possibly through dental
school but in dental school I was
introduced to dr. mark Peckham
it’s a veterinarian and former AG and in
that moment of relationship I
volunteered at his clinic I pestered him
for four years in dental school
learning all things about reptiles and
it was really no surprise to get a phone
call from dr. Peckham about a tiger
wanted some dental advice at a tiger
what was surprising is that he asked me
to help okay this is Nero dr. Tristan
and dr. Peckham both oversee the
veterinary dental care the white tiger
exhibit at Downtown aquarium in Houston
and Nero had a tooth problem and that
tooth was covered in calculus and the
filling kept on breaking down and it
needed work so under the supervision of
dr. Peckham I was able to clean that
tooth and fill it has a nice filling all
nice and clean Nero is happy and healthy
today but I did not want this to be a
singular experience this is this is my
dream of you know wanting to be a
veterinarian when I was young and I did
what we all would do in that situation
is I went to the Internet
to find out how I could do more and what
I found is the Peter Emily international
veterinary dental foundation ok a
nonprofit organization that specializes
in advanced didn’t they don’t care for
animals in need so I saw this and I was
inspired and motivated to be a part of
the foundation and so I filled out an
application and found myself at the
exotic feline rescue center in Indiana
I’m a very cold snowy day a FRC is home
to over 200 rescued big cats they share
very similar very sad stories two adult
Tigers lived while not performing their
entire life in this transport cage found
abused and neglected and malnourished
they were surrendered to e FRC we know
as Dennis that a poor diet a poor
environment and poor health are all risk
factors for dental disease and
developing poor oral habits
and in big cats what you find is that
they don’t like being confined and they
will chew the bars of their enclosure
and it leads to these large notches on
their incisors which are prone to
fracture in dental decay complete
breakage in pathology and it hurts just
as bad as it looks all of this requires
advanced dental treatment like root
canals I’m sure some people in the
audience that have reconized
restorative therapy fillings of the like
in advanced periodontal surgery which
this is my first on a tiger it’s
happening to all species in captivity
too many for me to take pictures of and
it’s happening across the globe this is
a very conservative map of all the zoos
and sanctuaries in the United States if
we highlight Indiana alone where where
we were just last week treating tigers
of black pine sanctuary where we will be
next week back at the Arthur C FRC with
over 200 tigers if we extrapolate that
data across the United States we see
that the animals in captivity are
tremendous and their need for dental
care is staggering
there are only 3,000 tigers estimated
left in the wild
with over 10,000 in captivity only a
very small portion of those are in zoos
and sanctuaries finding an adequate home
the rest are fine found in traveling
circuses roadside attractions and
private ownership in environments that
can be best described as deplorable with
14 missions underneath my belt soon to
be 15 I can tell you with great assured
that we are the problem we have created
this epidemic and we need
be the solution I love this quote by
Jane Goodall it basically says that you
cannot be blind to the fact that you
have an impact on this world you just
need to decide on what type of impact
that becomes for me that could be big or
it could be small it does not matter I
just want it to be positive because that
has a ripple effect one thing that you
can do is you can give us your time you
can join us on a mission I promise you
that if you make a physical connection
to the animals that we treat and the
problems that we face you will want to
make a change I would also urge you to
volunteer at your local SPCA animal
shelter or sanctuary if you have one
close these are my animal activists this
is my wife it was also part of the
Foundation and my children autumn in
Clinton I have a little one that can’t
do this right now but they volunteer at
TGR exotics in Spring Texas every chance
they get they learn about animal
husbandry they learn about the closed
hand the time the effort and the
sacrifice it takes to create a home for
a rescued animal I would also urge you
to put your phone down and explore your
world stand in the all of nature if
there are pessimists out there and I
hope there are none it may be the last
time you see it and I hope for the most
part that we have optimists in the
audience because if you touch something
or stand next to or be with something
greater than who or what you are that is
a life changing experience and it cannot
be taken away from you lastly we can
learn so much from the animals that we
hold captive in animals in general so
much more than they can learn
from us this is Shere Khan Baloo and Leo
affectionately called BLT there are
three cubs found chained in a basement
of a drug warehouse they were
confiscated by fishing game they were
then transported to Noah’s Ark sanctuary
in Locust Grove Georgia they were
quarantined because they were riddled
with parasites malnourished and abused
again very common story Baloo had a
harness so tight on his skin and had to
be surgically removed because skin and
hair had grown over it in quarantine
their conditions worsened so against
better judgment these are three
different species from three different
continents they’re not meant to be
together but against better judgment
Noah’s Ark decided to put them back
together hoping upon all hope that that
would do something this is BLT today
three different species from three
different continents born into suffering
in needing each other to survive in
finding some modicum of peace and
freedom something that was taken away if
that is not a metaphor for our current
society and how we move forward as a
species the only way to survive I don’t
know what is I really don’t because
maybe just maybe together we can change
this world thank you
[Music] [Applause]
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