06/01/2026
Have you been getting our monthly equine newsletters? In the latest edition, we started introducing all of our dedicated equine vets...have you met Laura?!
Laura is originally from Surrey and moved to Devon after graduating from the Royal Veterinary College. During her degree she spent an extra year studying animal behaviour and welfare at Bristol University, which sparked her interest for equine behaviour and how this can allow us to better understand our horses’ health and welfare. Before joining South Moor, Laura spent time with various charities overseas helping working horses and donkeys. Seeing so many very poorly animals in these situations began her interest in internal medicine, which she has continued to develop while working with the South Moor team.
After a few years of hard work, Laura passed the exam for a post-graduate certificate in equine medicine, which is a huge achievement. Laura has two of her own horses – one of which, 3-year old Ash, some of you may have spotted being very brave for his first strangles vaccination in our last newsletter! Aside from bringing on her youngster, Laura enjoys eventing her older and somewhat more sensible horse, Bear, and walking on the moors with her two dogs Monty and Tinker, who you will often find snoozing in the back of her truck! Outside of the horse world, Laura and her other half Phil love to travel, especially to mountainous places where they can hike and camp (and where non-horsey Phil can escape from horse duties for a short while!).
