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They may be just babies, but kittens as young as four months and puppies as young as five months are old enough to get pregnant and have their first litter just two months later.

Today, Young-Williams Animal Center presented a brick that will be installed on its Walkway of Life path that leads into the shelter in honor of two local heroes.

For the second year in a row, Young-Williams Animal Center is hosting Maisy Microchip Day, named for a beagle reunited with her family after nearly six years, to encourage pet owners to microchip their pets. Sponsored by Invisible Fence of the Tennessee Valley, Maisy Microchip Day will be held at Young-Williams Animal Village at 6400 Kingston Pike on Bearden Hill.

With more than 300 dogs pre-registered to walk in Saturday’s annual Mardi Growl Parade, officials with Young-Williams Animal Center are expecting record crowds for the City of Knoxville’s biggest pet-friendly event.

Need a sweetheart this Valentine’s Day? Open your heart at Young-Williams Animal Village and adopt the love of your life for a sweetheart of a deal made possible by Grayson Subaru.

Young-Williams Animal Center’s Spay/Neuter Solutions wants you to ring in the New Year by making a resolution to neuter your male dog or cat during their “Happy Neuter Year” campaign.

Young-Williams Animal Center’s comprehensive Spay/Neuter Solutions celebrated a significant milestone today, completing its 40,000th spay surgical procedure. The surgery was performed on the Spay Shuttle, a mobile surgical unit funded by a grant from the Aslan Foundation to support Young-Williams efforts to aggressively decrease pet overpopulation and animal homelessness in Knox County.

Young-Williams Animal Center is one of 33 animal rescue organizations across the country that will participate in the 2014 ASPCA Mega Match-a-thon adoption weekend from October 17-19.

As the Tennessee Vols football team seeks its second victory of the season against Arkansas State this weekend, the dogs at Young-Williams Animal Center are looking for homes.

If you want to spend the holiday weekend snuggled on the couch with the perfect companion, Young-Williams Animal Center has the cat for you. Beginning today, Aug. 28, through Monday, Sept. 1, adoption fees for cats of all ages are reduced.