Wendy Vere has been interested in acupuncture as a healing therapy since school days and while at Cambridge. In 1986 she attended a training course in Veterinary Acupuncture (VA) at the University of Guangzhou PRC, and is a founder member of the Association of British Veterinary Acupuncturists which runs training in VA for UK vets. Wendy Vere is a practising veterinary acupuncturist and a lecturer and trainer in VA techniques. Acupuncture, laser therapy, and other therapies such as massage and nutritional support, are clinically valid methods of treatment and are particuarly helpful where animals are not respnding to orthodox therapies, or where undesirable side effects are produced by drug therapy. Veterinary Acupuncture and associated therapies concentrate on restoring the balance of the whole of the animal's body, and recognises that the body has an astonishing capacity for healing without recourse to pharmaceuticals.