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00:00Hi, I'm Forrest Galante, wildlife expert and conservationist.
00:30And I'm here to take you on a journey to a place you've probably never heard of, because
00:39until now, it has been kept a secret.
00:43It is unmatched by any other place on earth.
00:49For those lucky enough to make it, it is a refuge, a sanctuary, a place to live their
00:56lives in safety and peace.
01:03In a world that has forgotten the importance of nature, a new Eden has been born, a place
01:12for animals to thrive.
01:17Because this isn't a zoo.
01:22This is an ark.
01:25This is Vantara.
01:50This is the world's largest animal rescue center.
01:573500 acres and still growing.
02:01It has access to the best husbandry, vets, and handlers in the world.
02:09The policy here, if there's an animal in need, is never say no.
02:17Anywhere in the world, at any time, Vantara will be there.
02:28We can fix it and fix it.
02:40We can fix it and fix it.
02:45Jamie's a beautiful bird.
02:51He's going to be whole again.
02:52I wonder how he lost his bill.
02:53Any information on that?
02:54He was found this way.
02:56Venezuela.
02:57Venezuela.
02:58Oh, interesting.
02:59He probably wouldn't have made it in the wild with his bill like that.
03:01I don't think he would have made it in the wild, because the beak is the key factor in all
03:07sorts of things.
03:09He's still very awake.
03:16There's a tucan that was rehabilitated from South America with a broken beak.
03:21We are trying to rebuild the beak today.
03:24Are you good to go?
03:27He's getting there.
03:29There we go.
03:32We have a 3D printed version of his beak.
03:35Yep.
03:36Can you hold this like this?
03:38Mm-hmm.
03:39Perfect.
03:40I'm a sculptor, and I am a blacksmith, so I have all the equipment to do this.
03:47So, I think the interest of biodynamics, subconsciously in my mind, that's what makes the prosthesis very
03:53natural to me, and it's very close to my heart.
03:57See that?
03:58Oh, yeah, look at that.
04:00And 3D will be fixed right here.
04:07Now, I need the other side.
04:16Very gently.
04:17Just keep it in that way.
04:19Yes, perfect.
04:20You're doing very well.
04:22We made it out of a fiber cast, which is very light and doesn't get affected by fungus or any bacterial infection.
04:29And I made about 8 to 12 beaks.
04:32In case something fails, we have a plan B, C, and D, and then we go to Z.
04:37Poor little guy.
04:38It looks like a good two-kind.
04:40I'm going to smoothen it so that the food that they eat, we don't want that to get caught here.
04:54Mm-hmm.
04:55The most important thing in this particular beak design, in my opinion, is to prevent uneaten
05:01feed getting accumulated in the prosthesis.
05:04Because if that keeps accumulating, that forms a fermentation pot and leads to fungal infection
05:11and vascular infection, which is the closest to the mouth.
05:17The green on top, right?
05:18Mm-hmm.
05:19Those 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?
05:35Oh, immediately.
05:36Yeah?
05:37Immediately.
05:38He'll just start using it like a normal bill.
05:40There we go.
05:41There we go.
05:42Here, I can take him.
05:44It's been fun doing this.
05:46Because just imagine how sad a bird's life is without its bill.
05:49Without its bill, especially when it is bill-oriented living.
05:52Of course.
05:53Everything.
05:54Fighting to may, you know, reaching the fruit spot.
05:57Sure.
05:58Everything else.
05:59Yeah.
06:00Based on the beak.
06:01Yeah.
06:02It may not be real, because we can never replicate what Mother Nature does.
06:06She always hides something for us to discover.
06:10But we understand and replicate functionality.
06:14That's what is important.
06:16So that Chi functions are like a normal 2-con.
06:22Here we go.
06:23He's coming too.
06:24Oh, there he is.
06:25There he is.
06:26Hey, bud.
06:27You're okay.
06:28There we go.
06:29Look at you.
06:30You're back.
06:31You're back.
06:32Oh, you're a little sleepy though, huh?
06:35He's like coming out of the pub at 11.30 in the night.
06:40All right, buddy.
06:41There you go.
06:45There you go.
06:46Look at that.
06:47I wonder if he's like, I feel different.
06:48My face is heavier.
06:49Yeah.
06:50I'm sure he's going to go back and show, oh, look what I got.
06:53Ventara is so large that it needs several hospitals, all equipped with the most up-to-date technology.
07:06And some of the world's top wildlife vets.
07:10But it's not all about cutting edge here.
07:13Proper animal care still requires getting your hands dirty.
07:17That's something biologist Ayushman Singh has offered to show me as he does a fecal sample collection in a tiger enclosure.
07:26All right.
07:27Let's go in for us.
07:28Okay.
07:29I hope there's no tigers in here.
07:31No.
07:33So this is Pancham's enclosure and we need to be pretty quiet here.
07:37Pancham's reputation precedes him.
07:40A tiger once labeled a man-eater, feared and exiled.
07:44But here at Ventara, even the most dangerous animals are given dignity and the best care in the world.
07:52Today, thankfully, he's not in his enclosure.
07:56So we're going in for a fecal sample to test for any gastrointestinal issues he may have.
08:02Because no matter their past, every animal here is monitored closely.
08:08It's not just about treating illness.
08:11It's about staying one step ahead of it.
08:14What we're going to do is we're going to look for the poop.
08:17Okay.
08:18We're going to find out how the consistency is.
08:20Okay.
08:21We're going to, like, take a small sample.
08:23I can smell poop.
08:24Give it in for testing.
08:25Okay.
08:26And then we're going to just pick it up, clean the enclosure, and then get out.
08:31Let the animals out in.
08:32Gotcha.
08:33Is this a daily occurrence?
08:34A weekly occurrence?
08:35It's a weekly thing.
08:36Weekly.
08:37We check for parasite loads.
08:38We check for anything wrong.
08:39I see.
08:40We check for cortisol levels.
08:41Okay.
08:43So there must be more than one guy at the lab whose entire job is to look at poop all day.
08:48Yeah.
08:50There's no shortage of poop right there.
08:52Yeah.
08:53So what we're going to do is we're going to just find a small twig.
08:56Okay.
08:57I got a stick right here.
08:58I'm going to break a small chunk.
09:00That can be done.
09:01This high.
09:02Mm-hmm.
09:03And just kind of roll it in.
09:05Mm-hmm.
09:06Mm-hmm.
09:07Mm-hmm.
09:08There you go.
09:09Yeah.
09:10Okay.
09:11Now this goes to the labs.
09:12Okay.
09:13This gets tested.
09:14Now the doctors, the veterinarians can schedule like if they want to do a parasitic load or
09:18any other particular test that they want to do.
09:21And for the rest of it, we're going to scoop it up.
09:23We're going to put it inside and line this area.
09:28There you go.
09:29Okay.
09:30Clean up.
09:31This is not what I signed up for when I came to Ventara.
09:33Come on.
09:34We need to be quick.
09:35We need to finish the whole paddock.
09:36If you think I don't mind picking up a little animal poop, you are wrong.
09:40Picking up a poop and analyzing it is a very, very non-invasive way for us to know that
09:46the animal is doing well.
09:47It's very normal.
09:49I mean, getting dirty ourselves, having a little bit of poop on our clothes, having a
09:53little bit of soil on our clothes is completely normal.
09:55That's what it is to be next to an animal.
09:58Okay.
09:59A bit of lime.
10:00Yeah.
10:01Spread it evenly.
10:02Mm-hmm.
10:03Just like that?
10:04Yeah.
10:05Okay.
10:07Stinky buggers.
10:19As the tiger's stool sample goes off to the lab for testing to see if he has any health
10:24issues that would need medical attention, I was just alerted that a hyena needs an emergency
10:30surgery.
10:36Good.
10:37Nice shot.
10:38Should we start the timer?
10:51Yeah.
10:52Yeah, yeah, yeah.
10:53It's very important to monitor because if he goes too quickly, you know that the health
11:06is not particularly good.
11:07It's very good.
11:08And then you anticipate problems before you have one under anesthesia.
11:10Right.
11:11He's getting pretty sleepy.
11:12This hyena was rescued from different continents and we saw this growth on the testicle.
11:28So we are just taking that as an opportunity to do a full examination on the animal.
11:34It's already going down.
11:35It's already going down.
11:36Yeah.
11:37So we're at three and a half minutes.
11:38Yeah.
11:39Yeah.
11:40Yeah, he's pretty out.
11:41Okay.
11:42Yep.
11:43Let's get in.
11:44Just touch it on the ear.
11:46Yeah, he's still blinking.
11:49He's still awake.
11:50He's breathing nicely, but he's definitely going down.
11:53Yeah.
11:54Can we just wait a bit?
11:55Yeah.
11:56A couple more minutes?
11:57Okay.
11:58Beautiful animal, eh?
11:59They are, you know?
12:00Do you know the situation he came from in South Africa?
12:03They were in a...
12:04So was a park that was closing.
12:06So they were actually...
12:08Didn't have any food or anything.
12:10So the animals were pretty bad in terms of...
12:12A little nourish?
12:13Yeah.
12:14Very bad.
12:15So all this COVID situation actually create a lot of trauma.
12:18So all these quarantines actually were constructed out of a lot of cries from different governments
12:27to actually rescue all these animals that end up in very difficult situations from the COVID.
12:33Wow.
12:34We are still rescuing some of those animals from those environments.
12:39And the COVID hit not just the human population, but also a lot of the animal population.
12:47Especially the ones that were under human care.
12:52Check him again.
12:55Yeah.
12:56Okay.
12:57Let's move him in.
12:58To the stretcher.
12:59Okay.
13:00First you want to...
13:01Yep.
13:02Get him.
13:03Hey, buddy.
13:04Come on.
13:06Okay.
13:10Oh, wow.
13:11That testicle looks bad.
13:12Yeah, yeah.
13:13Let's see how he's breathing.
13:15Sorry, guys.
13:18It looks good.
13:19Okay.
13:20Let's move him.
13:28He's breathing okay, huh?
13:29Yeah.
13:32The major problems with a lot of animals from facilities are bad nutrition, poor enclosures,
13:39which we see, and then we obviously work with these animals in a way that we break that cycle.
13:46So this is probably where the rupture upset is going to happen.
13:55Uh-huh.
13:56So we're going to do a, you know, castration and see how it goes.
13:59Yep.
14:00Don't press too much.
14:01Okay.
14:02Okay.
14:03A lot of these rescue animals have multiple problems.
14:05So we decided to do a quick CT scan, get as much information as we possibly can.
14:11So with this information in hands, we could manage this anesthesia and surgery much better.
14:17Tell me what you're seeing, if you're seeing anything abnormal.
14:19Yeah.
14:20For the moment, you know, we're going to see the lungs now.
14:22They seem pretty clear.
14:23Mm-hmm.
14:24Okay, guys.
14:25We need to be a bit quicker.
14:26He's coming.
14:29Quickly.
14:30Okay.
14:31Guys, move.
14:32It's always a life-threatening situation when you are putting the animal in an unconscious
14:37position.
14:38Go, go, go.
14:39If that animal stops breathing, you have a couple of minutes to save the life of that animal.
14:45Click on the back.
14:46Krishna.
14:51No abnormalities, huh?
14:53He has got severe hepatomegaly and severe spleenomegaly.
14:58So the liver is a bit enlarged and the spleen is enlarged as well.
15:03So how urgent is it to actually...
15:04I mean, we need a timeframe that should be as short as possible.
15:11How many hyena testicle removals have you done in your career?
15:15Probably this is the third one.
15:20We deal here with multiple species, from birds to fishes.
15:24But obviously in an emergency situation, you need to act immediately.
15:28So you need to know the species that you are responsible for as best as you possibly can.
15:34There it goes.
15:35There it goes.
15:40Now the animal is being closed back up and hopefully on a short road to recovery.
15:46It's much better now than it was when it was rescued.
15:51Obviously it came with some medical problems that we obviously try to address it now.
15:56And we're going to see how it goes.
15:58But I think, I think the future is bright.
16:02The reverence for animal life and health is critical here.
16:22And that extends beyond science, to a holistic approach.
16:28The happier the animal, the healthier it is.
16:32Dr. Akshay is an acupuncture specialist.
16:35Something he now applies to one of Ventara's elderly elephants.
16:39She's Laddu, like 75 years old elephant.
16:45And she came with this hind leg arthritis.
16:49Initially she was walking very slow.
16:52And covering a certain distance in certain time.
16:56And so much painful get on her walk due to arthritis.
17:00Laddu was a tourist elephant.
17:03And in tourist elephant, like six, seven people sit on her top.
17:08So maybe because of that she got this arthritis.
17:12So we have started her acupuncture treatment.
17:23Acupuncture is a very traditional, more than 5,000 year old practice.
17:28Usually our acupuncture machines comes with some shorter cables.
17:33But for elephants, we have customised these long cables.
17:41Now we have started this electric stimulation.
17:45We are increasing slowly, slowly the intensity.
17:52Which will stimulate her acupuncture points.
17:56To reduce the arthritic pain for these elephants.
18:03We are giving combination of high-end, new, modern medicine.
18:08Along with this traditional medicine.
18:10Just for the betterment of our animals.
18:14Now her walking get improved.
18:17And her walking speed also improved.
18:19And she's happy now here.
18:21Putting animals down is simply not an option at Ventara.
18:37This means that any injury or illness, however serious, must be treated.
18:43But seeing these beautiful animals in pain can take its toll on their caretakers.
18:52Okay, so Forrest, I want to show you something.
18:57Which actually involves a lot of pain.
19:01A lot of suffering.
19:03And a really dark side of what wildlife trade is doing to this world.
19:08Okay.
19:10So, oh, there she is.
19:12Oh, it's a baby jaguar.
19:15Hello.
19:27Her name is Gracia.
19:29Hi, Gracie.
19:31Oh, hi, sweetie.
19:34Oh, my God.
19:35She's not able to move the hind limbs.
19:39That's why she's so calm.
19:43So her back legs are paralyzed?
19:45Not paralyzed. It's known as hip dysplasia.
19:49So a lot of inbred animals has this problem.
19:53Pit joints are all infused.
19:55And with the growing age, it's becoming still.
19:58That must be incredibly painful.
20:00It's very bad, but she's a really sweetheart.
20:05So her parents are brother and sister or something like that?
20:11Definitely.
20:13These are all the inbred things you see.
20:17Oh, look.
20:19She has the bull face and a short tail of tapered body.
20:22You can see, look at the bridge of the nose.
20:24Like, it's so fat, you know?
20:25It's very fat.
20:26So tough for them to inhale and exhale as well.
20:28Yeah, yeah.
20:30Definitely you know the animals who are typically inbred.
20:32Yeah.
20:33The percentage of animals we rescue out of that, 10 to 15% are inbred animals.
20:38So when she arrived, we felt sad.
20:41But there was a sense of relaxation also that now she's in Vantara.
20:45At least we'll leave no stone unturned to make her survive on her own.
20:49And it actually pains my heart to see animals in this condition.
20:53How old is she?
20:54She's three and a half months.
20:56Oh my God, she's just a baby.
21:00They say a jaguar should have played a lot, but with this condition for her, it's very tough.
21:05But yes, we are doing whatever best we can to improve her conditions.
21:11And she has this whole big enclosure to herself?
21:13So we want Gracia to actually explore a lot.
21:17So this whole area is designed for her.
21:20You see we have not given any heighted enrichments.
21:22There's nothing to climb, yeah.
21:23Everything is bushy, everything is on ground.
21:25So at least she could move, she could play with.
21:27And she loves grasses a lot.
21:29I see that.
21:30Yeah, a lot of grasses have been planted for her.
21:33Oh, oh God.
21:34You see she's not able to bear the load on the joints as well.
21:39Oh, that's, that's really hard to look at.
21:42Is there anything that could be done for her?
21:45We are trying whatever best we can do for her.
21:47Oh God, look at that.
21:48That's terrible.
21:50All the latest technologies.
21:51We have just done her CT scan.
21:54We are trying to give her more calcium supplementation.
21:58We're giving her enrichments every day where she's on constant medication also.
22:05She could not survive without human touch.
22:07No, of course.
22:08She needs this.
22:09And, and without this she wouldn't get any parental care or anything.
22:12That is the only option we are left with.
22:16So, Numan, let me ask you something.
22:18What does the future of her life look like?
22:22I don't know, but our major focus is to let her survive.
22:28And we want to see her back on the four legs, how a cat should walk.
22:35It's a hard question, especially when you're seeing such a beautiful little animal.
22:39But is it worth keeping her alive?
22:43Is her quality of life worth it?
22:48I would ask you this simple question.
22:50If she was your child, what would be your take?
22:54You could never put down your child, could you?
22:56This is our child.
22:57Yeah.
23:02I hope she lives and has a nice life, whatever that life is.
23:04All fingers crossed.
23:05Yeah.
23:06We are all working hard to make her life far, far better than this condition.
23:12She loves you so much.
23:13Look at that.
23:14She really loves you.
23:18When you see her playing, you'll see her watching at the top.
23:21Definitely she wants to climb, but she cannot.
23:24With those, Ice has dreams of climbing that paddock one day, climbing that branch one day.
23:31That gives you a motivation.
23:33She is such a beautiful animal.
23:36Hi, sweetie.
23:37Yeah, she's so good.
23:38And she's such a baby, looking wanting to play like a baby.
23:41And she's outside, for sure.
23:43Yeah.
23:44She deserves all the love.
23:45She deserves all the affection.
23:47She deserves everything of living being true.
23:52Her pain leads to an ethical conversation that Naman and I had.
23:56Given that it's in such immense amounts of pain, should it be euthanized?
23:59Should it be put down instead of enabled to live longer?
24:03And Naman said something that really resonated with me as a parent, which was,
24:07imagine if this was your child, what would you do?
24:10You'd do everything you could to make its life better and keep it alive.
24:14And that's what they're doing here.
24:15And it's, um, an amazing thing to see, but it doesn't take away how sad of a situation
24:24it is for Gracia.
24:26But it is beautiful.
24:30She is beautiful.
24:44There's an enormous emphasis on the nutritional needs of the animals here at Ventara,
24:49as a way of preventing illness and also as a way of aiding recovery.
24:55Here at Ventara, everything is done on a large scale.
24:59So I've come to the nutrition center to meet Dr. Wilfred, the man in charge of feeding over a thousand species,
25:08and an astonishing 40,000 individual animals.
25:12How do you like cooking for animals instead of cooking for people?
25:16This is something which I enjoy.
25:18They can't complain.
25:19So you have the joy of being the carnivore kitchen, huh?
25:23Yes.
25:25This is one of how many kitchens at Ventara?
25:27We have around seven kitchens.
25:35You're chopping up liver there, I see.
25:37You've asked me to quarter this goat.
25:40Who are these for?
25:41This is going for the Siberian tigers.
25:44They take three days a week, and today will be their feast day.
25:51We are looking after around 3,000 to 4,000 primates.
25:56The anteaters are about 100.
25:59The hyenas.
26:02The wildebeest.
26:04The herbivores and everything.
26:07How many pounds of meat are you processing here per day?
26:10We have around nine tons.
26:13Did you say nine tons?
26:14Yes.
26:15Of meat?
26:16Every day.
26:18It's a 24 hours operation.
26:21300 staff.
26:26Do you want these kidneys here?
26:28Yes, we can pull that out.
26:30These goats come live to us.
26:32Oh, wow.
26:33We feed them for 15 days.
26:34So the livestock's actually shipped here live.
26:37Yes.
26:38And then fed the diet that you agree with.
26:40Then it goes back to the butcher.
26:41Then butchered.
26:42Yeah, we have a process.
26:43Nowhere else in the world is doing feeding like that.
26:45I've worked all over the world in human kitchens.
26:48I've worked in restaurants.
26:49I've worked in pie struttles.
26:51This is actually the biggest and the best kitchen made.
26:54When I entered this place, I said, wow.
26:56This is the dream for any chef.
27:06We were actually advertising for a butcher chef.
27:08I think we'll go for forest.
27:09Oh, yeah?
27:10You need me?
27:12You said the meat number, but how many tons of food are you processing per day?
27:15It is 25 tons every day.
27:18That goes to browsers, leaves, alfalfa, the grasses, the pellets, the seeds, the fruits, veggies.
27:33This is the best piece of watermelon I've ever had in my life.
27:40Our job is to give food in a five-star way to any animal.
27:45That is why you see in this kitchen.
27:47It's a massive kitchen only to maintain nutrition.
27:50It's not about giving just feed and grass or something.
27:53It has to be given the right amount as prescribed by the doctor, the nutritionist.
27:58This is a proof that this is actually the most important part for Vantara.
28:03There are so many rescues here at Vantara that have such unique needs.
28:13What's the strangest thing that you have to prep every day?
28:16The most delicate and the most time and effort taken is for the anteaters.
28:22We have tried and tested three, four types of soups.
28:25What goes into anteater soup?
28:27We got the Vantara leaf eaters already mixed.
28:30We got the eggs, the bananas, apples, and the avocado and the strawberry and everything.
28:36Oh, and some nice mealworms.
28:37Yeah, mealworms, superworms.
28:39Perfectly balanced diet.
28:41You want to see the crickets that we add.
28:43Whoa, a lot of live crickets.
28:45I didn't realize they were just out.
28:47We require around three boxes.
28:49They will soak in hot water to sterilize a little bit.
28:52How often do you have a cricket escape here?
28:54We have many, but we do the cleanings every day.
28:56Ah.
28:57And what's in these biscuits?
29:00These are dog food.
29:01Dog food.
29:02Oh.
29:03You're not going to like it.
29:05Oh boy.
29:10Okay.
29:12Oh, there we go.
29:15Can I put the eggs in?
29:16Yeah.
29:17The old banana.
29:18Oh yeah.
29:19You can add some strawberries.
29:34Some avocados.
29:36Our process is about rescue and release.
29:39So whatever is required to keep these animals happy, we have to provide it.
29:44That's it.
29:45It takes around three hours first to get the coarse paste.
29:49So you just have to keep mixing it?
29:50Yes.
29:51Is everything in there human grade?
29:53Yes.
29:54Well, I'm going to do the testing.
29:55But the thing is, I need to use an expert.
29:58I have someone who is a, he's an absolute expert of all things cuisine.
30:02He loves Iron Chef.
30:03Oh, there we go.
30:04Yummy.
30:05And?
30:06Do you require salt?
30:07There you go.
30:08It's human grade.
30:10As much as I loved poking through Pancham the tiger's poop, I actually am quite interested
30:29in finding out the results of his test.
30:31So I've come to the specialist lab here to meet with parasitologist, Dr. Reshmi Ravindran.
30:37Thank you for bringing me this super awesome liquidy fecal sample.
30:42Anytime, Dr. Reshmi.
30:43Let's have a look.
30:44I'll show you.
30:45So you're taking a sample now.
30:47I'm taking a sample.
30:49So what are you looking for?
30:51I'm looking for the parasite ova or the parasite larva.
30:55Okay.
30:56And if it is there, it will be clearly visible.
30:58Okay.
30:59Oh, this is really awesome.
31:02The whole sample I checked and we could not find any ova.
31:06So Pancham is actually devoid of any parasite.
31:10So we don't have to worry about it.
31:12Excellent.
31:13Though Pancham has a clean bill of health, Dr. Ravindran has offered to show me what
31:18an unhealthy sample looks like.
31:20Holy smokes.
31:23Yeah.
31:24That's a lot of parasites.
31:26That's disgusting.
31:27Yeah.
31:28For me, it's beautiful.
31:29Beautiful?
31:30Of course.
31:31Because my job is to identify what it is, diagnosis.
31:35So it is very good for me to identify what it is inside.
31:39Only a parasitologist thinks that's beautiful.
31:41I'll say that.
31:42So those are obviously worms.
31:43It is the larvae of the hookworms.
31:46And it will attach to the stomach wall and it can suck up the blood.
31:51It can cause anemia.
31:52And if left untreated, it may cause the life.
31:56This parasitic infection, it is more susceptible to young animals than pregnant animals.
32:01And of course, these immunocompromised animals.
32:04Vantara is rescuing such kind of animals mostly.
32:07So it will be having some issues all the time.
32:10It will get the animal again and again because of the life cycle and the climate oriented.
32:14So it will come again.
32:15So we have to check.
32:16If it is positive, we have to treat.
32:19But you guys check regularly.
32:21Yeah, of course.
32:22Routine examination is a compulsory or mandatory thing.
32:25And we are doing that.
32:26That's why we are finding it early.
32:28We can simply deworm them.
32:30Nothing harm.
32:31Oh, it's that easy?
32:32Yeah.
32:33You can use the dewormer powder and simply sprinkle on the meat.
32:37They will eat it and this next day it will, that release out the larva, that worm itself.
32:44The worm will be this.
32:46Oh, I see.
32:47This is the parasite worm.
32:48So this is what's in its stomach and that's just the larva.
32:51Yeah.
32:52Oh my goodness.
32:54You like this?
32:55Yeah.
32:56They are very beautiful because as the name itself, the hook, they will be having a hook
33:01like in the mouth part.
33:02It will attach to the wall of the stomach and the intestine.
33:06Oh, interesting.
33:07Yeah.
33:08Thank you, doctor.
33:09I don't know if I want to shake your hand.
33:10Oh, one second.
33:11One second.
33:12Of course I have to.
33:13Thank you, Dr. Rashmi.
33:15In addition to frequent fecal checks, tigers, like Pancham, get medication to prevent worms.
33:21So I'm heading back to give him his monthly dose.
33:29Oh, grumpy kitty.
33:31Have you ever tasted this?
33:33Have you?
33:34It feels a little sandy, but if you let it dissolve into the meat, the crunchiness goes
33:41away.
33:42All right.
33:43Flip it over.
33:45And we are ready.
33:46He's a beautiful guy, isn't he?
33:53Beautiful.
33:54When he's grumbling like this, you really see the dental issues that he came here with
33:58that turned him into the man-eater.
33:59It's crazy.
34:00You can see how worn down they are.
34:01You can see where they're missing.
34:02Look at that.
34:03Yeah.
34:04Yeah.
34:05Look at that.
34:06Yeah.
34:07It's quite remarkable.
34:08All right.
34:09There.
34:10There.
34:11He's going to wait till everything is quiet.
34:12Yeah.
34:13It's crazy.
34:14And then he's going to come.
34:15He is a magnificent cat.
34:16He is a magnificent cat.
34:17As we've seen, he is a magnificent cat.
34:24As we've seen, diet is critically important to every animal.
34:51And the consequences of eating the wrong food can cause serious and chronic health problems.
34:57Wallabies, kept as pets and status symbols, are often fed diets of pellets.
35:02Not good if you're an animal designed to eat leaves.
35:06This often results in a condition called lumpy jaw.
35:13Lumpy jaw is not contagious.
35:15So wallabies can live freely in groups while they receive treatment.
35:20The only tricky part is giving the shot.
35:23Oh, she's big.
35:26Hi.
35:27Hello.
35:29Come on now.
35:33You're okay.
35:34Yep.
35:39Hello.
35:40Gotcha.
35:41Okay.
35:42There we go.
35:43Hello.
35:44Come on.
35:45Okay.
35:46Come on, you.
35:47All right.
35:48Here he is.
35:49Dr. Gaurav.
35:50Wow.
35:51Managed to do it for you.
35:52So let's take a look here.
35:55Yes.
35:56Lumpy jaw syndrome.
35:57It's when your jaw gets all lumpy, leading to giant abscesses around the jaw.
36:02Without those being drained and treated, that can become septic.
36:05It can be fatal.
36:06Your jaw can rot off.
36:07So we're looking at one of the animals that has recently been treated and is currently
36:11in isolation to see if it's recovering well and responding to the treatment.
36:16All right.
36:17So walk me through, Dr. Gaurav.
36:18What are you seeing here?
36:19Oh, she is responding very well.
36:22Yeah.
36:23And this wound here, it's opening.
36:27There was a lot of pus draining out of here.
36:30So that was a full abscess under her jaw.
36:31Yeah.
36:32It was full abscess.
36:33Oh, shame.
36:34And she's responding very well.
36:36And her jaw moment is also good.
36:38There is no swelling at all.
36:40Oh, very good.
36:41Okay.
36:42These individuals are kept as vanity pets.
36:44Their natural foraging behavior, their sexual dynamics, everything was ignored.
36:50So that's why these individuals are containing a lot of the health problems.
36:55So here we are providing them a naturalistic environment.
36:58If you'll see in the enclosure, a lot of the vegetation, a lot of the plantation and space
37:03to roam there, they can eat bark, leaves, and they can display their natural behavior.
37:09So right now, I'll give some follow-up treatment.
37:12Antibiotic N1 anti-inflammatory.
37:14This is a broad-spectrum antibiotic.
37:16Okay.
37:17And yes, of course, there are so many bacterias.
37:20Those are responsible for such a condition.
37:24And we'll keep her for a few days.
37:27And after once she will be covered, we will be back to the group.
37:30Well, we'll put her back into isolation here.
37:32And we'll just pop her down right there.
37:35And just like that, our beautiful little albino wallaby.
37:38It's on its road to recovery.
37:40One of very many animals here that all need medical attention.
37:57Here at Ventara, time doesn't just heal.
38:01It reveals.
38:02So we're checking in on a few of the animals whose stories began earlier to see how far
38:10they've come.
38:11This little survivor came to us with a shattered beak, unable to eat and unlikely to make it.
38:18But thanks to Dr. Ramanathan, he's got a brand new beak and a brand new lease on life.
38:27Today, he's thriving.
38:29Eating, preening, and proving that even the most delicate work can have the biggest impact.
38:36When we last saw this hyena, he was in rough shape.
38:46Rushed into emergency surgery for a life-saving castration.
38:51He's now moving well, back in his enclosure, and even has a new companion recently arrived
38:58from a shuttered zoo in the Middle East.
39:01A second chance and someone to share it with.
39:06And finally, there's Gracia, a six-week-old jaguar cub.
39:13She can barely walk, and every step looks painful.
39:19But here at Ventara, no pain goes unexplored.
39:23So today, one of the country's leading specialists is reviewing her CAT scan to try and find the answers
39:30that might change her life.
39:32So if I go around the hip region, a femoral structure or the hip joint is a ball and socket joint.
39:38Right.
39:39Okay, then it sits into this socket and then the motion and the range of motion happens.
39:42Sure.
39:43But in this case, I don't see any...
39:46There's no socket.
39:47Nothing, nothing.
39:48Ugh.
39:49So this could be a sign of degeneration of the bones.
39:54Horrifically painful.
39:55Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
39:56So the big question, Dr. Rukash, is what does the future look like for this animal?
40:01So she has got a good hope.
40:04Since she is in her growing stage of life, with proper nutrition and proper supplementation,
40:10yes, there's a hope.
40:14With minor surgical corrections, wherein a surgeon would trim the sharp edges of the femur,
40:20so there will be less of pain.
40:22So you take out any sharp bone spurs so that there's no poking into the nerves.
40:28Correct, correct.
40:29But that's not going to fix her gait.
40:30But she'll be in a better situation.
40:34What about prosthetic hips?
40:36Yeah.
40:37That's never been done before, hip replacement on a Jaguar.
40:39No, no, no, never, never.
40:41So do you think that that procedure may be on the horizon then?
40:45Yes.
40:46We are doing things here for the very first time, and that is very exciting.
40:51And for a doctor, you know, trying to test the limits of medicine and having the equipment to do so,
40:57it's almost a privilege.
40:59See, here, every animal is getting species-specific medical support,
41:04species-specific nutrition, species-specific care, of course, compassion.
41:09Why I do it is because it is a job to love passion, and every day is an adventure.
41:14Every day new things happen here.
41:17Is this your job?
41:18For sure not.
41:20This is my passion.
41:22This is my life.
41:29This is my life.
41:31This is my life.
41:32This is the job.
41:35This is my life.
41:36What?
41:37This is my life.
41:39This is my life.
41:41This is my life.
41:43Let me see.
41:46This is my life.
41:47I spend time đây.
41:49I spend time waiting for thisarsh crecness.
41:54There are many many interesting works.
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