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Shelter competing to win $50,000 from Michelson Found Animals Young-Williams Animal Center, the official animal shelter for the City of Knoxville and Knox County, is seeking donations to help the organization win $50,000 from Michelson Found Animals. The proceeds will

Adoption fees for dogs ages 4 and older just $4 on the 4th Young-Williams Animal Center will host its 2nd annual “Pet-riotic” event on Monday, July 4, with adoption fees for dogs ages 4 and older set at just $4.

They may be babies, but kittens as young as 4 months and puppies as young as 5 months can get pregnant and have their first litter just two months later.

Strata-G and Young-Williams Animal Center are partnering to help more cats find homes during the “Cinco de Gato” adoption special. On Thursday, May 5, adoption fees for adult cats and senior cats will be just $5 at both Young-Williams Animal Center, 3201 Division St., off Sutherland Avenue, and the Young-Williams Animal Village, 6400 Kingston Pike on Bearden Hill. The promotion is sponsored by Strata-G, a Knoxville-based environmental services firm.

Spring has officially arrived in East Tennessee, and Young-Williams Animal Center is reducing adoption rates to help ‘spring’ animals out of the shelter.

Young-Williams Animal Center has named Sophie Nguyen as development coordinator and promoted Courtney Kliman to marketing coordinator.

Young-Williams Animal Center recently elected the new officers and announced the new members of the 2016 board of directors.

Thanks to a sponsorship from Grayson Subaru, Young-Williams Animal Village will offer “Sweetheart Deals” to help pets find forever homes on Valentine’s Day weekend.

Warmer weather may be weeks away, but Young-Williams Animal Center Spay/Neuter Solutions wants cat owners to “Beat the Heat” and prevent unwanted litters from being born this spring during a cat’s heat cycle.

Young-Williams Animal Center recently completed its 50,000th spay/neuter surgery since the program began in 2007. The milestone procedure was done at the shelter’s Village location at 6400 Kingston Pike on Bearden Hill.