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Young-Williams Animal Village

Animal shelter in Knoxville, TN

Young-Williams Animal Center is the municipal animal shelter for Knox County and the City of Knoxville and is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization serving . We are dedicated to the sheltering and placement of animals and general animal welfare. We are an open-intake facility and care for more than 11,000 annually. Our goal at Young-Williams Animal Center is to find “forever” homes for all our adoptable animals!

Contact adoptions staff
Email adoptions@young-williams.org
Phone (865) 215-6345
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Address
6400 Kingston Pike
Knoxville, TN 37919
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6400 Kingston Pike

Knoxville, TN 37919

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Create an alert, and we'll notify you every time a new pet comes in who meets your criteria.

Adoptable pets at Young-Williams Animal Village

We'll also keep you updated on Storm's adoption status with email updates.
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Storm

Other/Unknown

Male, 2 yrs 9 mos
Knoxville, TN
We'll also keep you updated on Popcorn's adoption status with email updates.
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Popcorn

Californian

Female, Adult
Knoxville, TN
We'll also keep you updated on Sugar Bear's adoption status with email updates.
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Sugar Bear

American Pit Bull Terrier

Female, 5 yrs
Knoxville, TN
We'll also keep you updated on Sunset's adoption status with email updates.
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Sunset

American Pit Bull Terrier

Female, 2 yrs
Knoxville, TN
We'll also keep you updated on Lily of the Valley's adoption status with email updates.
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Lily of the Valley

Labrador Retriever

Female, 3 mos
Knoxville, TN
We'll also keep you updated on Chubbs Fuhler's adoption status with email updates.
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Chubbs Fuhler

American Pit Bull Terrier

Male, 3 yrs 3 mos
Knoxville, TN
We'll also keep you updated on Snack's adoption status with email updates.
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Snack

American Pit Bull Terrier/Mixed Breed (Medium)

Male, 9 yrs 1 mo
Knoxville, TN
We'll also keep you updated on Liam's adoption status with email updates.
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Liam

American Pit Bull Terrier

Male, 7 yrs 1 mo
Knoxville, TN
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Knoxville and Knox County

Additional adoption info

If you have any questions concerning adoptable animals or our adoption policies, please contact us at (865) 215-6650 or email adoptions@young-williams.org.
Once you identify some animals you are interested in online, please come down to the appropriate location as soon as possible! We are open from 10am to 6pm, 7 days a week. We close from 1-2pm for quiet time daily. We work on a first come, first serve basis, meaning the first person physically present will be considered first.

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https://www.young-williams.org/adopt-a-pet/

https://www.young-williams.org/donations/

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We'll also keep you updated on Yuri's adoption status with email updates.
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Yuri

Husky/Mixed Breed (Medium)

Male, 3 yrs 3 mos
Jacksboro, TN
We'll also keep you updated on Cute Cocoa's adoption status with email updates.
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Cute Cocoa

Boxer

Female, Adult
Knoxville, TN
We'll also keep you updated on Michigan's adoption status with email updates.
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Michigan

Calico

Female, Kitten
Knoxville, TN
We'll also keep you updated on London's adoption status with email updates.
Special Needs
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London

Domestic Longhair

Female, 14 yrs 1 mo
Maryville, TN
We'll also keep you updated on Clover's adoption status with email updates.
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Clover

Feist

Female, 2 yrs 6 mos
Bryson City, NC
We'll also keep you updated on 1_2's adoption status with email updates.
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1_2

American Bobtail

Female 1 mo
Jefferson City, TN

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