Animal orientation

Cornell's College of Veterinary Medicine is celebrating National Veterinary Technician Week through Saturday, Oct. 20,with a series of educational and career-guidance events. Nearly 60 licensed veterinary technicians work in the Cornell University Hospital for Animals. Among the "registered nurses of veterinary medicine" at Cornell are, right, Michelle Bezanilla of Community Practice Service with a cat from the Tompkins County SPCA; and Jean Young, Large-Animal Medicine, walking a horse outside the Equine Hospital. Alexis Wenski-Roberts/Image Lab