Metro Pulse Best of Knoxville 2014
Go pick up today’s Metro Pulse magazine! You can check it out online too! Young-Williams Animal Center is proud to announce that the Metro Pulse readers have voted us: Best Place to Volunteer Best Fundraising Event, Mardi Growl Best Local Charity, runner up in the 2014 Best of Knoxville Poll! Thank you to everyone who voted for us, we are … Read More
Foster Feature :: Anna Buckman
Today we are featuring our foster, Anna Buckman, who has shared some adorable photographs of her past foster puppies! Thanks Anna! Fostering, for me, is a huge joy in life. There’s nothing like coming home to precious little puppies who are beyond excited to see you; it’s therapeutic. I love being a foster parent and I wouldn’t trade … Read More
Happy Hound needs a home!
Meet Ellie at 3201 Division Street, Knoxville, TN 37919 daily from 12pm-6pm. 865-215-6599 www.young-williams.org
10 signs of cancer in animals
May is Pet Cancer Awareness Month and our own Director of Shelter Medicine, Dr. Becky DeBolt, has some great tips for us! Cancer is a leading cause of death in our pets. It is important for owners to know the signs and to consult a veterinarian immediately. Some cancers take many tests to diagnose, but others are relatively simple to … Read More
Foster Feature :: Brittani Perez
Brittani is one of our great fosters and we just love her story! “My boyfriend and I recently took the next step in our relationship and finally got a small apartment together. However, this apartment was smaller than the place he lived in previously and it was not surrounded by dogs anymore. Our black lab, Maple, didn’t like the change … Read More
Foster Feature :: McDonald Family
We at Young-Williams Animal Center are very fortunate to have some amazing foster families. Our foster families allow us to save more lives by opening up space in the shelter and by helping to rehabilitate animals that need special attention. Today we are featuring one of our fosters, the McDonald family: “So…. we are still very new to the … Read More
Volunteer of the Month :: April 2014
Volunteering for any organization takes some level of commitment. Ray Wagner has taken his commitment very seriously and has been a loyal volunteer since 2008. “I started volunteering in March 2008 and I started out walking dogs and soon moved to cleaning which I did for almost 4 years. I now assist with the website photography 3 times a week. … Read More
Foster of the Month :: March 2014
Sophie Nguyen has only been fostering for Young-Williams for ten months. She says, “You only have to let an animal into your heart and home for a few weeks in order to make a difference in their lives forever”. Sophie has fostered over 20 kittens, 1 nursing mother cat, and 6 rabbits. “ Being a foster home is something I’ve … Read More
Ariel :: Animal Compassion Fund recipient
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 … Read More
