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The fifteen-day Chinese Lunar New Year festival started February 17. As a veterinarian, I love that each year in the Chinese zodiac is represented by an animal. Twelve is an important number in both the Chinese and Western zodiac: the Western Zodiac is composed of twelve constellations, while the Chinese zodiac features twelve animals. 2024 was the Year of the Dragon and 2026—or 4724 in the Chinese calendar—is the Year of the Horse. While we don’t normally care for horses at the current day Schwarzman Animal Medical Center, horses are a part of our history—and occasionally, our present. In honor of the Year of the Horse, I’ll share a few AMC equine stories to start the Year of the Horse off right.

My memories of 9/11 match those represented at the 9/11 Memorial and Museum. For me, the most poignant object displayed at the museum is an art installation entitled “Trying to

Sunday marks the 10th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States. Here in New York, the collapse of the World Trade Center towers and the