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00:00Hi, I'm Forrest Galante.
00:30Wildlife expert and conservationist.
00:36And I'm here to take you on a journey to a place you've probably never heard of.
00:44Because until now, it has been kept a secret.
00:48It is unmatched by any other place on earth.
00:54For those lucky enough to make it, it is a refuge, a sanctuary, a place to live their
01:01lives in safety and peace.
01:08In a world that has forgotten the importance of nature, a new Eden has been born.
01:17A place for animals to thrive.
01:22Because this isn't a zoo.
01:27This is an ark.
01:29This is Bantara.
01:55This is the world's largest animal rescue center.
02:023500 acres and still growing.
02:06It has access to the best husbandry, vets, and handlers in the world.
02:13The policy here, if there's an animal in need, is never say no.
02:22Anywhere in the world, at any time, Ventara will be there.
02:32We can fix it and fix it.
02:45Jamie is a beautiful bird.
02:51He's going to be whole again.
02:58I wonder how he lost his bill.
02:59Any information on that?
03:00He was found this way.
03:01Venezuela.
03:02In Venezuela.
03:03Oh, interesting.
03:04He probably wouldn't have made it in the wild with his bill like that.
03:06I don't think he would have made it in the wild because the beak is the key factor in
03:11all sorts of things.
03:14He's still very awake.
03:20There's a toucan that was rehabilitated from South America with a broken beak.
03:25We are trying to rebuild the beak today.
03:29You're good to go?
03:32He's getting there.
03:35There we go.
03:36We have a 3D printed version of his beak.
03:39Yep.
03:40Can you hold this like this?
03:42Perfect.
03:45I'm a sculptor and I am a blacksmith.
03:48So I have all the equipment to do this.
03:51So I think the interest of biodynamics subconsciously in my mind, that's what makes the process is very natural to me.
03:58And it's very close to my heart.
04:01See that?
04:02Yeah, look at that.
04:04And 3D will be fixed right here.
04:10Right here.
04:18Now I need the other side.
04:20Very gently.
04:21Just keep it in that way.
04:22Yes, perfect.
04:23You're doing very well.
04:25We married out of a fiber cast, which is very light and doesn't get affected by fungus or any bacterial infection.
04:34And I married about 8 to 12 weeks.
04:37In case something fails, we have a plan B, C, and D, and then we go to Z.
04:41Poor little guy.
04:42He looks like a good toucan.
04:44I'm going to smoothen it so that the food that they eat, we don't want that to get caught here.
04:59The most important thing in this particular big design, in my opinion, is to prevent uneaten feed getting accumulated in the prosthesis.
05:09Because if that keeps accumulating, that forms a fermentation pot and leads to fungal infection and bacterial infection, which is the closest to the mouth.
05:26The green on top, right?
05:27Mm-hmm.
05:28Those are acrylic, so that it stays that way for a long time.
05:32Will he get used to that bill straight away, do you think?
05:38Oh, immediately.
05:39Yeah?
05:40He'll just start using it like a normal bill.
05:41He'll start using it like a normal bill.
05:43There we go.
05:44There we go.
05:45Here, I can take him.
05:48It's been fun doing this.
05:50Just imagine how sad a bird's life is without its bill.
05:53Without its bill, especially when it is bill-oriented living.
05:56Of course.
05:57Everything.
05:58Everything.
05:59You know, reaching the fruit spot.
06:01Sure.
06:02Everything else.
06:03Yeah.
06:04Based on the beak.
06:05Yeah.
06:06It may not be real, because we can never replicate what Mother Nature does.
06:10She always hides something for us to discover.
06:14But we understand and replicate functionality.
06:19That's what is important.
06:21So that Chi functions are like a normal 2-con.
06:24There we go.
06:25He's coming too.
06:28Oh, there he is.
06:29There he is.
06:30Hey, bud.
06:31You're okay.
06:32There we go.
06:33Look at you.
06:34You're back.
06:35You're back.
06:36Oh, you're a little sleepy though, huh?
06:38He's like coming out of the pub at 11.30 in the night.
06:43All right, buddy.
06:45There you go.
06:47There you go.
06:50Look at that.
06:51I wonder if he's like, I feel different.
06:52My face is heavier.
06:53Yeah.
06:54I'm sure he's going to go back and say, oh, look what I got.
07:03Ventara is so large that it needs several hospitals.
07:06All equipped with the most up-to-date technology.
07:10And some of the world's top wildlife vets.
07:13But it's not all about cutting edge here.
07:18Proper animal care still requires getting your hands dirty.
07:22That's something biologist Ayushman Singh has offered to show me as he does a fecal sample collection in a tiger enclosure.
07:30All right, let's go in for us.
07:32Okay.
07:33I hope there's no tigers in here.
07:35No.
07:37So this is Pancham's enclosure and we need to be pretty quiet here.
07:41Pancham's reputation precedes him.
07:44A tiger once labeled a man-eater, feared and exiled.
07:48But here at Ventara, even the most dangerous animals are given dignity and the best care in the world.
07:56Today, thankfully, he's not in his enclosure.
08:00So we're going in for a fecal sample to test for any gastrointestinal issues he may have.
08:05Because no matter their past, every animal here is monitored closely.
08:12It's not just about treating illness.
08:15It's about staying one step ahead of it.
08:18What we're going to do is we're going to look for the poop.
08:21Okay.
08:22We're going to find out how the consistency is.
08:24Okay.
08:25We're going to, like, take a small sample.
08:27I can smell poop.
08:28To give it in for testing.
08:29Okay.
08:30And then we're going to just pick it up, clean the enclosure, and then get out.
08:34Let the animals out in.
08:36Gotcha.
08:37Is this a daily occurrence?
08:38A weekly occurrence?
08:39It's a weekly thing.
08:40Weekly.
08:41We check for parasite loads.
08:42We check for anything wrong.
08:43I see.
08:44Sometimes we check for cortisol levels.
08:45Okay.
08:47So there must be more than one guy at the lab whose entire job is to look at poop all day.
08:52Yeah.
08:54There's no shortage of poop right there.
08:56Yeah.
08:57So what we're going to do is we're going to just find a small twig.
09:00Okay.
09:01I got a stick right here.
09:02I'm going to break a small chunk.
09:04That can be done.
09:05This high.
09:06Mm-hmm.
09:07And just kind of roll it in.
09:09Mm-hmm.
09:10Mm-hmm.
09:11Mm-hmm.
09:12There you go.
09:13There you go.
09:14Haha.
09:15Now this goes to the labs.
09:17Okay.
09:18This gets tested.
09:19Now the doctors, the veterinarians, can schedule, like, if they want to do a parasitic load or
09:23any other particular test that they want to do.
09:25And for the rest of it, we're going to scoop it up.
09:27We're going to put it inside and line this area.
09:32There you go.
09:33Okay.
09:34Clean up.
09:35This is not what I signed up for when I came to Ventara.
09:37Come on, come on.
09:38You need to be quick.
09:39No, I don't mind.
09:40If you think I don't mind picking up a little animal poop, you are wrong.
09:44Picking up a poop and analyzing it is the, you know, like a very, very non-invasive way
09:49for us to know that the animal is doing well.
09:51It's very normal.
09:53I mean, getting dirty ourselves, having a little bit of poop on our clothes, having a little
09:57bit of soil on our clothes, it's completely normal.
09:59That's what it is to be next to an animal.
10:02Okay.
10:03A bit of lime.
10:04Yeah.
10:05Just spread it evenly.
10:06Mm-hmm.
10:07Just like that?
10:08Yeah.
10:09Okay.
10:10There we go.
10:11Stinky buggers.
10:12As the tiger's stool sample goes off to the lab for testing to see if he has any health
10:28issues that would need medical attention, I was just alerted that a hyena needs an emergency
10:35surgery.
10:37Good.
10:38Nice shot.
10:39Should we start the timer?
10:52Yeah, yeah, yeah.
10:53It's very important to monitor because if he goes too quickly, you know that the health
11:09is not particularly good.
11:10And then you anticipate problems before you have one under anesthesia.
11:11Right.
11:12Yeah, he's getting pretty sleepy.
11:25This a hyena was rescued from different continents and we saw this growth on the testicle.
11:32So, we are just taking that as an opportunity to do a full examination on the animal.
11:38It's already going down.
11:40Yeah, so we're at three and a half minutes.
11:43Yeah.
11:44Yeah, he's pretty out.
11:45Okay.
11:46Yep.
11:47He's still blinking.
11:48He's still awake.
11:49He's breathing nicely, but he's definitely going down.
11:50Yeah.
11:51Seems all right.
11:52So, we just wait a bit.
11:53A couple more minutes.
11:54Okay.
11:55Beautiful animal, eh?
11:56They are, you know.
11:57Do you know the situation he came from in South Africa?
11:58They were in a...
11:59So, it was a park that was closing.
12:00So, they were actually...
12:01Didn't have any food or anything.
12:02So, the animals were pretty bad in terms of...
12:03Molnaric?
12:04Yeah.
12:05Very bad.
12:06So, all this COVID situation actually create a lot of trauma.
12:09So, all these quarantines actually were constructed out of...
12:13A lot of cries from different governments to actually rescue all these animals that end up in very difficult situations from the COVID.
12:38We are still rescuing some of those animals from those environments.
12:44And the COVID hit not just the human population, but also a lot of the animal population.
12:51Especially the ones that were under human care.
12:55Check him again.
12:58Yeah.
12:59Okay.
13:00Let's move him in.
13:02To the stretcher.
13:03Okay.
13:04First, you want to...
13:05Yep.
13:06Let's move him.
13:07Hey, buddy.
13:08Come on.
13:09Okay.
13:14Oh, wow.
13:15That testicle looks bad.
13:16Yeah.
13:17Yeah.
13:18Let's see how he's breathing.
13:19Sorry, guys.
13:22It looks good.
13:23Okay.
13:24Let's move him.
13:32He's breathing okay, huh?
13:33Yeah.
13:34The major problems with a lot of animals from facilities are bad nutrition, poor enclosures, which we see and then we obviously work with these animals in a way that we break that cycle.
13:49Okay.
13:54So, this is probably where the rupture upset is going to happen.
13:59Uh-huh.
14:00So, we're going to do a, you know, castration and see how it goes.
14:03Yep.
14:04Yeah, don't press too much.
14:05Okay.
14:06A lot of these rescue animals have multiple problems.
14:09So, we decided to do a quick CT scan, get as much information as we possibly can.
14:14So, with this information in hands, we could manage this anesthesia and surgery much better.
14:21Tell me what you're seeing.
14:22If you're seeing anything abnormal.
14:23For the moment, you know, we're going to see the lungs now.
14:26They seem pretty clear.
14:27Mm-hmm.
14:28Okay, guys.
14:29We need to be a bit quicker.
14:34Quickly.
14:35Guys, move.
14:36It's always a life-threatening situation when you are putting the animal in an unconscious position.
14:42Go, go, go.
14:43If that animal stops breathing, you have a couple of minutes to save the life of that animal.
14:49Click on the back.
14:50Krishna.
14:51No abnormalities, huh?
14:56He has got severe hepatomegaly and severe spleenomegaly.
15:02So, the liver is a bit enlarged and the spleen is enlarged as well.
15:07So, how urgent is it to actually...
15:09I mean, we need a time frame that should be as short as possible.
15:14How many hyena testicle removals have you done in your career?
15:19Probably this is the third one.
15:24We deal here with multiple species, from birds to fishes.
15:28But obviously, in an emergency situation, you need to act immediately.
15:32So, you need to know the species that you are responsible for as best as you possibly can.
15:38There it goes.
15:44Now, the animal is being closed back up and hopefully on a short road to recovery.
15:49It's much better now than it was when it was rescue.
15:54Obviously, it came with some medical problems that we obviously try to address it now.
16:00And we're going to see how it goes.
16:02But I think, I think the future is bright.
16:06The reverence for animal life and health is critical here.
16:26And that extends beyond science, to a holistic approach.
16:31The happier the animal, the healthier it is.
16:36Dr. Akshay is an acupuncture specialist.
16:39Something he now applies to one of Ventara's elderly elephants.
16:44She's Laddu, like 75 years old elephant.
16:49And she came with this hind leg arthritis.
16:53Initially, she was walking very slow.
16:56And covering a certain distance in certain time.
17:00And so much painful get on her walk due to arthritis.
17:04Laddu was a tourist elephant.
17:07And in tourist elephant, like six, seven people sits on her top.
17:12So maybe because of that, she got this arthritis.
17:16So we have started her acupuncture treatment.
17:27Acupuncture is a very traditional, more than 5,000 year old practice.
17:31Usually, our acupuncture machine comes with some shorter cables.
17:37But for elephants, we have customized these long cables.
17:45Now we have started this electric stimulation.
17:49We are increasing slowly, slowly the intensity.
17:52Which will stimulate her acupuncture points.
17:59To reduce the arthritic pain for these elephants.
18:07We are giving combination of high-end, new, modern medicine.
18:11Along with this traditional medicine.
18:13Just for the betterment of our animals.
18:17Now, her walking get improved.
18:20And her walking speed also improved.
18:23And she is, like, happy now, here.
18:37Putting animals down is simply not an option at Ventara.
18:44This means that any injury or illness, however serious, must be treated.
18:51But seeing these beautiful animals in pain can take its toll on their caretakers.
18:58Okay, so forest, I want to show you something.
19:00Which actually involves a lot of pain, a lot of suffering.
19:05And a really dark side of what wildlife trade is doing to this world.
19:11Okay.
19:12Okay.
19:13So, oh, there she is.
19:16Oh, it's a baby jaguar.
19:19Hello.
19:20Hello.
19:31Her name is Gracia.
19:33Hi, Gracie.
19:35Oh, hi, sweetie.
19:38Oh, my God.
19:39She's not able to move the hind limbs.
19:43That's why she's so calm.
19:47So her back legs are paralyzed?
19:49Not paralyzed.
19:50It's known as hypdysplasia.
19:54So a lot of inbred animals has this problem.
19:57Head joints are all infused.
19:59And with the growing age, it's becoming still.
20:02That must be incredibly painful.
20:03It's very bad, but she's a really sweetheart.
20:11So her parents are brother and sister or something like that?
20:15Definitely.
20:16Yeah.
20:18These are all the inbred things you see.
20:20Oh, look.
20:22She has the bull face and a short tail-tabered body.
20:26You can see, look at the bridge of the nose.
20:27Like, it's so fat, you know?
20:28It's very fat.
20:29So tough for them to inhale and exhale as well.
20:31Yeah, yeah.
20:32So definitely you know the animals were typically inbred.
20:35Yeah.
20:36So the percentage of animals we rescue out of that,
20:4010 to 15% are inbred animals.
20:42So when she arrived, we felt sad,
20:45but there was a sense of relaxation also
20:47that now she's in Vantara.
20:49At least we'll leave no stone unturned
20:51to make her survivor on her own.
20:53And it actually pains my heart to see animals in this condition.
20:57How old is she?
20:58She's three and a half months.
21:00Oh, my God.
21:01She's just a baby.
21:04They say the jaguar should have played a lot,
21:06but with this condition for her, it's very tough.
21:09But yes, we are doing whatever best we can
21:11to improve her conditions.
21:15And she has this whole big enclosure to herself?
21:17So we want Gracia to actually explore a lot.
21:21So this whole area is designed for her.
21:24You see, we have not given any heighted enrichments.
21:26There's nothing to climb.
21:27Everything is bushy.
21:28Everything is on ground.
21:29So at least she could move, she could play with.
21:31And she loves grasses a lot.
21:32I see that.
21:34Yeah, a lot of glasses have been planted for her.
21:37Oh, oh, God.
21:38You see, she's not able to bear the load on the joints as well.
21:43Oh, that's really hard to look at.
21:46Is there anything that could be done for her?
21:48We are trying whatever best we can do for her.
21:51Oh, God, look at that.
21:52That's terrible.
21:53All the latest technologies.
21:55We have just done her CT scan.
21:58We are trying to give her more calcium supplementation.
22:02We're giving her enrichments every day
22:04where she's on constant medication also.
22:09She could not survive without human touch.
22:11No, of course.
22:12She needs this.
22:13And without this, she wouldn't get any parental care or anything.
22:15That is the only option we are left with.
22:20So, Numan, let me ask you something.
22:22What does the future of her life look like?
22:26I don't know, but our major focus is to let her survive.
22:31And we want to see her back on the four legs,
22:35how a cat should walk.
22:40It's a hard question,
22:41especially when you're seeing such a beautiful little animal,
22:43but is it worth keeping her alive?
22:47Is her quality of life worth it?
22:49I would ask you this simple question.
22:54If she was your child, what would be your take?
22:58You could never put down your child, could you?
23:00This is our child.
23:01Yeah.
23:02I hope she lives and has a nice life, whatever that life is.
23:08All fingers crossed.
23:09Yeah.
23:10We are all working hard to make her life far, far better than this condition.
23:17She loves you so much. Look at that. She really loves you.
23:21When you see her playing, you'll see her watching at the top.
23:25Definitely she wants to climb, but she cannot.
23:28With those eyes,
23:29has dreams of climbing that paddock one day,
23:31climbing that branch one day.
23:35That gives you a motivation.
23:37She is such a beautiful animal.
23:40Hi, sweetie.
23:41Yeah, she's so good.
23:42And she's such a baby.
23:44Looking, wanting to play like a baby.
23:46And she's outside, for sure.
23:47Yeah.
23:49She deserves all the love.
23:50She deserves all the affection.
23:52She deserves everything of living being true.
23:56Her pain leads to an ethical conversation that Naman and I had.
24:00Given that it's in such immense amounts of pain,
24:02should it be euthanized?
24:04Should it be put down instead of enabled to live longer?
24:07And Naman said something that really resonated with me as a parent,
24:10which was,
24:11imagine if this was your child.
24:13What would you do?
24:14You'd do everything you could to make its life better and keep it alive.
24:18And that's what they're doing here.
24:20And it's an amazing thing to see,
24:23but it doesn't take away how sad of a situation it is for Gracia.
24:29But it is beautiful.
24:34She is beautiful.
24:48There's an enormous emphasis on the nutritional needs of the animals here at Ventara,
24:53as a way of preventing illness and also as a way of aiding recovery.
24:57Here at Ventara, everything is done on a large scale.
25:04So I've come to the nutrition center to meet Dr. Wilfred,
25:08the man in charge of feeding over a thousand species
25:12and an astonishing 40,000 individual animals.
25:16How do you like cooking for animals instead of cooking for people?
25:18This is something which I enjoy.
25:21They can't complain.
25:24So you have the joy of being the carnivore kitchen, huh?
25:27Yes.
25:29This is one of how many kitchens at Ventara?
25:31We have around seven kitchens.
25:33You're chopping up liver there, I see.
25:34Yeah.
25:35You've asked me to quarter this goat.
25:36Who are these for?
25:37This is going for the Siberian tigers.
25:38They take three days a week and today will be their feast day.
25:39We are looking after around three to four thousand primates.
25:47The anteaters are about a hundred.
25:48The hainas, the wildebeest, the herbivores and everything.
25:58That's how many pounds of meat are you processing here per day?
26:01We have around nine tons.
26:02Did you say nine tons?
26:03Yes.
26:04Of meat?
26:05Every day.
26:06It's a 24 hours operation.
26:07300 staff.
26:09Do you want these kidneys here?
26:11Yes.
26:12Yes.
26:13Yes.
26:14Yes.
26:15Yes.
26:16Yes.
26:17Yes.
26:18Yes.
26:19Yes.
26:20Yes.
26:21Yes.
26:22Yes.
26:23Yes.
26:24Yes.
26:25Yes.
26:26Yes.
26:27Yes.
26:28Yes.
26:29Yes.
26:30Yes.
26:31Yes.
26:32Yes.
26:33We can pull that out.
26:34These goats come live to us.
26:35Oh, wow.
26:36We feed them for 15 days.
26:38So the livestock's actually shipped here live.
26:40Yes.
26:41And then monitored and then fed the diet that you agree with.
26:44Then it goes back to the butcher.
26:45Then butchered.
26:46Yeah.
26:47We have a process.
26:48Nowhere else in the world is doing feeding like that.
26:49I've worked all over the world in human kitchens.
26:52I've worked in restaurants.
26:53I've worked in rice turtles.
26:55This is actually the biggest and the best kitchen made.
26:58When I entered this place, I said, wow.
27:00This is the dream for any chef.
27:10We were actually advertising for a butcher chef.
27:12I think we'll go for forest.
27:13Oh, yeah?
27:14You need me?
27:15You said the meat number, but how many tons of food are you processing per day?
27:19It is 25 tons every day.
27:22That goes to browsers, leaves, alfalfa, the grasses, the pellets, the seeds, the fruits, veggies.
27:36This is the best piece of watermelon I've ever had in my life.
27:46Our job is to give food in a five-star way to any animal.
27:50That is why you've seen this kitchen.
27:52It's a massive kitchen only to maintain nutrition.
27:55It's not about giving just feed and grass or something.
27:58It has to be given the right amount as prescribed by the doctor, the nutritionist.
28:03This is a proof that this is actually the most important part for Vantara.
28:13There are so many rescues here at Vantara that have such unique needs.
28:17What's the strangest thing that you have to prep every day?
28:20The most delicate and the most time and effort taken is for the anteaters.
28:26We have tried and tested three, four types of soups.
28:29What goes into anteater soup?
28:31We got the Vantara leaf eaters already mixed.
28:35We got the eggs, the bananas, apples, and the avocado and the strawberry and everything.
28:40Oh, and some nice mealworms.
28:41Yeah, mealworms, superworms.
28:43Perfectly balanced diet.
28:45You want to see the crickets that we add.
28:48Whoa, a lot of live crickets.
28:49I didn't realize they were just out.
28:51We require around three boxes.
28:53They will soak in hot water to sterilize a little bit.
28:56How often do you have a cricket escape here?
28:58We have many, but we do the cleanings every day.
29:00Ah.
29:01So.
29:02And what's in these biscuits?
29:04These are dog food.
29:05Dog food.
29:06Oh.
29:07You're not going to like it.
29:12Oh, boy.
29:15Okay.
29:18Oh, there we go.
29:19Can I put the eggs in?
29:20Yeah.
29:29Heel bananas.
29:30Oh, yeah.
29:31You can add some strawberries.
29:33Some avocados.
29:34Our process is about rescue and release.
29:35So whatever is required to keep these animals happy, we have to provide it.
29:48That's it.
29:49It takes around three hours for us to get the coarse paste.
29:52So you just have to keep mixing it?
29:54Yes.
29:55Is everything in there human grade?
29:57Yes.
29:58Well, I'm going to do the testing.
29:59But the thing is, I need to use an expert.
30:02I have someone who is a, he's an absolute expert of all things cuisine.
30:06He loves Iron Chef.
30:07Oh, there we go.
30:08Yummy.
30:09And?
30:10Do you require salt?
30:11There you go.
30:12It's human grade.
30:14As much as I loved poking through Pancham the tiger's poop, I actually am quite interested
30:33in finding out the results of his test.
30:35So I've come to the specialist lab here to meet with parasitologist Dr. Reshmi Ravindran.
30:42Thank you for bringing me this super awesome liquidy fecal sample.
30:46Anytime, Dr. Reshmi.
30:47Let's have a look.
30:48I'll show you.
30:49So you're taking a sample now.
30:51Taking sample.
30:52So what are you looking for?
30:55I'm looking for the parasite ova or the parasite larva.
30:59Okay.
31:00And if it is there now, it will be clearly visible.
31:02Okay.
31:03Oh, this is really awesome.
31:07The whole sample I checked and we could not find any ova.
31:10So Pancham is actually devoid of any parasite.
31:14So we don't have to worry about it.
31:16Excellent.
31:17Though Pancham has a clean bill of health, Dr. Ravindran has offered to show me what an unhealthy
31:23sample looks like.
31:26Holy smokes.
31:27Yeah.
31:28That's a lot of parasites.
31:30That's disgusting.
31:31Yeah.
31:32For me, it's beautiful.
31:33Beautiful?
31:34Yeah, of course.
31:36Because my job is to identify what it is, diagnosis.
31:39So it is very good for me to identify what it is inside.
31:43Only a parasitologist thinks that's beautiful.
31:45I'll say that.
31:46So those are obviously worms.
31:48It is the larvae of the hookworms.
31:51And it will attach to the stomach wall and it can suck up the blood.
31:55It can cause anemia.
31:56And if left untreated, it may cause the life.
32:00But you guys check regularly.
32:01Yeah.
32:02But you guys check regularly.
32:03Yeah, of course.
32:04Routine examination is compulsory or mandatory thing.
32:05And we are doing that.
32:06That's why we are finding it early.
32:07We can simply deworm them.
32:08Nothing comes.
32:09Oh, it's that easy?
32:10Yeah.
32:11You can use the dewormer powder.
32:12and simply sprinkle on the meat.
32:13They will eat it early.
32:14So it will be having some issues all the time.
32:15It will get the animal again and again because of the life cycle and the climate oriented.
32:19Ah.
32:20So it will come again.
32:21So we have to check.
32:22If it is positive, we have to treat.
32:23But you guys check regularly.
32:25Yeah, of course.
32:26Routine examination is a compulsory or mandatory thing.
32:30And we are doing that.
32:31That's why we are finding it early.
32:33We can simply deworm them.
32:34Nothing comes.
32:35Oh, it's that easy?
32:36Yeah.
32:37You can use the dewormer powder and simply sprinkle on the meat.
32:41They will eat it and this next day it will, that release out the larva, that worm itself.
32:48The worm will be this.
32:50Oh, I see.
32:51This is the parasite worm.
32:52So this is what's in its stomach and that's just the larva?
32:55Yeah.
32:56Oh my goodness.
32:58You like this?
32:59Yeah.
33:00They are very beautiful because as the name itself, the hook, they will be having a hook
33:05like the mouth part.
33:06It will attach to the wall of the stomach and the intestine.
33:10Oh, interesting.
33:11Yeah.
33:12Thank you, doctor.
33:13I don't know if I want to shake your hand.
33:14Oh, one second.
33:15One second.
33:16Of course I have to.
33:17Thank you, Dr. Rashmi.
33:19In addition to frequent fecal checks, tigers, like Pancham, get medication to prevent worms.
33:25So I'm heading back to give him his monthly dose.
33:33Oh, grumpy kitty.
33:35Have you ever tasted this?
33:37Have you?
33:38Yeah.
33:39Yeah.
33:40It feels a little sandy, but if you let it dissolve into the meat, the crunchiness goes
33:45away.
33:46All right.
33:47Flip it over.
33:48Flip it over.
33:49Yeah.
33:50Yes sir.
33:51Inside the boxes.
33:52Scoop up everything.
33:53And we are ready.
33:54He's a beautiful guy, isn't he?
33:55Beautiful.
33:56When he's grumbling like this, you really see the dental issues that he came here with
34:03that turned him into the man-eater.
34:04It's crazy.
34:05You can see how worn down they are.
34:06You can see where they're missing.
34:07Yeah.
34:08Look at that.
34:09Yeah.
34:10It's quite remarkable.
34:11All right.
34:12There.
34:13He's going to wait until everything is quiet.
34:14Yeah.
34:15Crazy.
34:16And then he's going to come.
34:17Yeah.
34:18Crazy, yeah.
34:19And then he's going to come.
34:20Look at that.
34:21Yeah.
34:22And then he's going to come.
34:23Oh, man.
34:24You can see the dental issues that he came here with that turned him into the man-eater.
34:26It's crazy.
34:27You can see how worn down they are.
34:28You can see where they're missing.
34:29Look at that.
34:30Yeah.
34:31It's quite remarkable.
34:34All right.
34:35There.
34:36He's going to wait till everything is quiet.
34:37Yeah.
34:38It's crazy, Pat.
34:39As we've seen, diet is critically important to every animal.
34:56And the consequences of eating the wrong food can cause serious and chronic health problems.
35:02Wallabies, kept as pets and status symbols, are often fed diets of pellets.
35:07Not good if you're an animal designed to eat leaves.
35:11This often results in a condition called lumpy jaw.
35:18Lumpy jaw is not contagious.
35:20So wallabies can live freely in groups while they receive treatment.
35:25The only tricky part is giving the shot.
35:28Oh, she's big.
35:30Hi.
35:31Hello.
35:32Come on now.
35:35You're okay.
35:42Hello.
35:45Gotcha.
35:46Okay.
35:47There we go.
35:48Hello.
35:49Come on.
35:50Okay.
35:51Come on, you.
35:52All right.
35:53Got him.
35:54Here he is, Dr. Gaurav.
35:55Managed to do it for you.
35:57So let's take a look here.
36:00Lumpy jaw syndrome.
36:01It's when your jaw gets all lumpy, leading to giant abscesses around the jaw.
36:07Without those being drained and treated, that can become septic.
36:10It can be fatal.
36:11Your jaw can rot off.
36:12So we're looking at one of the animals that has recently been treated and is currently in
36:16isolation to see if it's recovering well and responding to the treatment.
36:20Okay.
36:21All right.
36:22So walk me through, Dr. Gaurav.
36:23What are you seeing here?
36:25Oh, she is responding very well.
36:27It was a bilateral swelling here.
36:29Yeah.
36:30And this wound here, it's opening.
36:32There was a lot of pus draining out of here.
36:35So that was a full abscess under her jaw.
36:37Yeah.
36:38It was full abscess.
36:39Oh, shame.
36:40She is responding very well.
36:41And her jaw moment is also good.
36:43There is no swelling at all.
36:45Oh, very good.
36:46Okay.
36:47These individuals are kept as vanity pets.
36:49Their natural foraging behavior, their sensual dynamics, everything was ignored.
36:54So that's why these individuals are containing a lot of the health problems.
36:59So here we are providing them a naturalistic environment.
37:03If you see in the enclosure, a lot of the vegetation, a lot of the plantation and a space to roam there.
37:09They can eat bark, leaves, and they can display their natural behavior.
37:14So right now I'll give some follow-up treatment, antibiotic and one anti-inflammatory.
37:19This is a broad-spectrum antibiotic.
37:21Okay.
37:22And yes, of course, there are so many bacteria, those are responsible for such a condition.
37:29And we'll keep her for a few days.
37:32And after once she will recover, we will be back to the group.
37:35Well, we'll put her back into isolation here.
37:37And we'll just pop her down right there.
37:40And just like that, our beautiful little albino wallaby is on its road to recovery.
37:45One of very many animals here that all need medical attention.
37:59Here at Ventara, time doesn't just heal, it reveals.
38:10So we're checking in on a few of the animals whose stories began earlier to see how far they've come.
38:16This little survivor came to us with a shattered beak, unable to eat and unlikely to make it.
38:23But thanks to Dr. Ramanathan, he's got a brand new beak and a brand new lease on life.
38:31Today, he's thriving, eating, preening, and proving that even the most delicate work can have the biggest impact.
38:41When we last saw this hyena, he was in rough shape.
38:48Rushed into emergency surgery for a life-saving castration.
38:54He's now moving well, back in his enclosure, and even has a new companion recently arrived from a shuttered zoo in the Middle East.
39:05A second chance and someone to share it with.
39:12And finally, there's Gracia, a six-week-old jaguar cub.
39:18She can barely walk, and every step looks painful.
39:24But here at Ventara, no pain goes unexplored.
39:28So today, one of the country's leading specialists is reviewing her CAT scan to try and find the answers that might change her life.
39:37So if I go around the hip region, femoral structure or the hip joint is a ball and socket joint.
39:43Right.
39:44Okay, then it sits into this socket and then the motion and the range of motion happens.
39:47Sure.
39:48But in this case, I don't see any...
39:51There's no socket.
39:52Nothing, nothing.
39:53Ugh.
39:54So this could be a sign of degeneration of the bones.
39:59Horrifically painful.
40:00Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
40:01So the big question, Dr. Rukash, is what does the future look like for this animal?
40:06So she has got a good hope.
40:09Since she is in her growing stage of life with proper nutrition and proper supplementation, yes, there's a hope.
40:16With minor surgical corrections, wherein a surgeon would trim the sharp edges of the femur so there will be less of pain.
40:27So you take out any sharp bone spurs so that there's no poking into the nerves.
40:32Correct, correct.
40:33But that's not going to fix her gait.
40:35But she'll be in a better situation after this.
40:39What about prosthetic hips?
40:41Yeah.
40:42That's never been done before, hip replacement on a Jaguar.
40:44No, never, never.
40:45So do you think that that procedure may be on the horizon then?
40:50Yes.
40:51We are doing things here for the very first time.
40:54And that is very exciting for a doctor, you know, trying to test the limits of medicine and having the equipment to do so.
41:02It's almost a privilege.
41:04See, here, every animal is getting species-specific medical support, species-specific nutrition, species-specific care, of course, compassion.
41:13Why I do it is because it is a job full of passion and every day is an adventure.
41:19Every day new things happen here.
41:21Is this your job?
41:22Is this your job?
41:23For sure not.
41:24This is my passion.
41:26This is my life.
41:27This is my life.
41:28This is my life.
41:30This is my life.
41:32Helpful halo54 in.
41:33Each time lingering...
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