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Young-Williams Animal Center is celebrating Memorial Day and the start of the summer vacation season with an adoption special.

Starting today, Young-Williams Animal Center is offering an adoption special in support of National Pet Week, May 5-11. National Pet Week is sponsored by the American Veterinary Medical Association to celebrate the bond pets share with their families and promote responsible pet ownership.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 4, 2014   For more information, Contact: Natalie Lester Moxley Carmichael (865) 544-0088 [title] Fees reduced to promote adoptions today through April 11 Starting today, Young-Williams Animal Center is offering an adoption special in support of

When Invisible Fence of the Tennessee Valley heard the story of Maisy the beagle’s reunion with her family thanks to a microchip, the company was inspired to make a personal and community impact with gifts to the Helland family and Young-Williams Animal Center.

When Maisy the beagle showed up as a stray at Young-Williams Animal Center, the staff knew there was something special about her. As part of the intake process, animals at Young-Williams Animal Center are scanned for a microchip. Fortunately, Maisy had one and her family had kept their contact information updated. After missing Maisy for more than five years, Chad and April Helland were reunited with her on Tuesday, March 18.

For community members looking for a furry good luck charm and forever friend, Young-Williams Animal Center invites potential pet owners to adopt at a reduced rate during the Luck O’ the Animals special.

When a Chihuahua was found abandoned in a shed with five other animals last month, her future was uncertain to say the least. She suffered from a heart murmur that endangered her life, but the Harry and Carolyn Galbraith Animal Compassion Fund at Young-Williams Animal Center sponsored a surgery at the University of Tennessee College of Veterinary Medicine that ultimately saved her.

Young-Williams Animal Center is celebrating World Spay Day with 24 hours of surgeries for female and male cats, an “Op Around the Clock” event on Tuesday, Feb. 25, with two convenient check-in times at 8 a.m. and 7 p.m.

When Henry the hound mix first came to Young-Williams Animal Center, he had been hit by a car in North Knoxville. A dislocated hip and broken pelvis left him unable to move his back legs. Henry was much closer to death than adoption.

Young-Williams Animal Center is offering low-cost spay and neuter solutions at $65 per dog and $45 per cat for all community pet owners in order to continue its mission to decrease pet overpopulation in the region.