Matt Brash

Matthew Brash (born 1963) is a British veterinarian and television presenter. Brash began his career at the Flamingo Land zoo around 1991. He has been a TV presenter or star in the TV programmes Zoo Vet, Zoo Vet At Large, Vets to the Rescue, and Vets in the Country on BBC and ITV1. He wrote the book Zoo Vet about the situations he encountered as a veterinarian.

Personal life Brash was born in 1963 in Bonn in Germany. He has three siblings and is the youngest. His parents were diplomats and moved with their family around the world. He studied at the Royal Veterinary College between 1982 and 1987, In 1998, he joined the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and HM Customs and Excise officials in an operation against a parrot smuggler. and, after the BBC noticed him, he appeared with the veterinarian Trude Mostue as co-star of the TV programme Vets to the Rescue. when the American owl trainers noticed that the owls were unwell during practices in Newcastle upon Tyne, their Hampshire veterinarian suggested that they seek Brash's help. He later opened three more practices in Stamford Bridge, Strensall, and Norton-on-Derwent, and began attending weekly at Flamingo Land zoo, though he saw the small animals from Flamingo Land at Pocklington to allow him to be at his practice more.

Brash authored Zoo Vet for Shaffron Publishing in 2007 about his experiences as a veterinarian.

Testifying in Hull Magistrates' Court, Brash in 2010 was a prosecution witness in a case involving three men who were found guilty of violating the Protection of Badgers Act 1992 when they were caught digging up a sett. He testified that he believed the badgers had been living in the sett. and in 2017, he was the resident veterinarian for Co-op Insurance.