Acupuncture is a technique of Chinese traditional medicine well known for almost 5000 years. Since small animals (cats and dogs) in China were not considered important for a long time, it has been only for last 35 years acupuncture is used as a type of treatment in veterinary medicine. In western part of the world, the use of acupuncture started to rise in 1979 when World Health Organization (WHO) acknowledged this particular technique as a simple, safe, effective, economic and scientifically proven method of treatment. Also, WHO published a list of different conditions and diseases for which acupuncture can be useful or indicated. Many references and abstracts on life sciences, for example at PubMed (United States National Library of Medicine), show a huge interest in acupuncture research. Many scientific research indicate huge safety and reliability when it comes to acupuncture treatment. What is more, reliability is ensured with a fact that only qualified therapists (doctors of veterinary and human medicine with additional education) can conduct specific treatments. It is very importanat to emphasize that this particular Master degree is elaborating with basic facts and basic knowledge from traditional Chinese medicine and a part of internal diseases in which acupunture can be used successfully. In addition, small animals are getting attention and care more than ever. Consequently, new skills and ways of treatment are essential to contribute to their well being. In the end, there is an expectancy that clinical researches will explain many obscurities when it comes to the ways of mechanism of acting and functioning of acupuncture techniques, which will hopefully widen the use of this traditional method in veterinary medicine in the world and in Croatia as well.