08/27/2026
We want to share a special little project that took place last Saturday at PPAW. We partnered with some dedicated students from the University of Tennessee College of Veterinary Medicine to fix 44 unowned feral and community cats. Some of our regular volunteer trappers worked together with Feral Feline Friends of East Tennessee and the students to trap cats from several areas in Loudon County.
The cost of surgeries and fuel stipends for students were funded by our amazing long-time supporters Keith and Karen Urban.
The wonderful Drs. Heather O'Brien and Michelle Williams, and our own Dr. Kelly Knight Simonian assisted students with spays and neuters.
We are so grateful to our community for supporting the project. A local non-profit provided breakfast, a local donut shop provided donuts, Lenoir City Starbucks provided coffee, Knoxville company Strata-G, LLC provided lunch, and community members provided fuel gift cards for students.
We hope to keep this project going in the future to fix more unowned cats in our area.