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HSTV Joins National No More Homeless Pets Network
KNOXVILLE, Tenn., May 19, 2015─ The Humane Society of the Tennessee Valley (HSTV) is now an active
partner in national animal welfare organization Best Friends Animal Society’s No More Homeless Pets®
Network* which offers help and support to animal rescue groups that save lives in their communities.
“We at HSTV thank Best Friends for welcoming our organization into the No More Homeless Pets Network
program,” says Amy Buttry. Being part of this powerful
grassroots coalition will enhance our ability to provide our
community with solutions to animal welfare issues in the
present and move towards a future when adoptable animals
are no longer euthanized in Tennessee.”
In 2001, the Humane Society of the Tennessee Valley
became a nonprofit and no-kill organization after serving Knox
County and animal control for over 100 years as the Knox County Humane Society. Since then, HSTV has
rescued, rehabilitated and rehomed over 20,000 animals. HSTV works with over 20 area shelters by pulling
animals at risk for euthanasia and bringing them to their adoption center on Kingston Pike. HSTV also operates
as a community resource through its low-cost spay/neuter and vaccine clinic, a thrift store called Four Feet
Repeat, humane education programs and low-cost dog training services.
The Humane Society of the Tennessee Valley provides Solutions for ending euthanasia of adoptable animals:
Adopt, Spay, Keep. For more information about HSTV or to donate, please call 865-573-9675 x108 or visit
www.humanesocietytennessee.com.
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*About the No More Homeless Pets Network
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The No More Homeless Pets Network of animal welfare and sheltering organizations is committed to saving
the lives of homeless pets through effective adoption and spay-neuter programs. Together, we’re working to the
end the killing of healthy pets in our nation’s shelters.
®
About Best Friends Animal Society
Best Friends Animal Society is the only national animal welfare organization focused exclusively on ending the
killing of dogs and cats in America's shelters. An authority and leader in the no-kill movement since its founding
in 1984, Best Friends runs the nation's largest no-kill sanctuary for companion animals, as well as life-saving
programs in partnership with rescue groups and shelters across the country. Since its founding, Best Friends
has helped reduce the number of animals killed in shelters from 17 million per year to about 4 million. Best
Friends has the knowledge, technical expertise and on-the-ground network to end the killing and Save Them
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Contact: Amber Mullins, Communications Manager
Humane Society of the Tennessee Valley
865-573-9675 ext. 108
[email protected]
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