Knox PAWS (Placing Animals With Seniors) and Feed-A-Pet
What your donation provides:
- $75 covers one year of heartworm prevention for one pet
- $130 covers grooming for one pet four times a year
- $150 covers the annual vaccinations and exam for one pet
- $200 feeds one pet for one year
- $500 provides dental prophylaxis and extractions
- $1,000 covers emergency veterinary care (average cost)
Knox PAWS (Placing Animals With Seniors) matches eligible seniors with adoptable pets. Research indicates that pets improve seniors’ physical, emotional, and mental health. The Knox PAWS program works with area animal shelters to match senior pets with older adults.
Office on Aging’s staff match income-eligible seniors with adoptable older pets. Program participants must be 60 years of age or older, residents of Knox County, income-eligible, and live independently in a pet-friendly environment. Pets adopted by Knox PAWS participants are provided with continued veterinary exams, vaccinations, heartworm/flea prevention and other pet supplies or services as needed.
The Feed-A-Pet program is for seniors that already own pets, but struggle to buy food.
- FAP is a monthly pet food delivery service for eligible individuals that already have pets in their home, but struggle to afford pet food.
- FAP is for individuals age 60 or older, living independently in Knoxville/Knox County, with an annual income less than 150% of the federal poverty level.
- FAP participant pets are required to be spayed or neutered and current on basic core vaccines. Information and referral support to affordable resources for the FAP participants and their pets is available.
- Each month, the participants are provided with enough pet food to last them an entire month, for all the animals in their home that were originally enrolled in the FAP program.
- FAP delivers about 3,800 lbs. of pet food each month to seniors all over Knoxville/Knox County.
- When unrestricted funds are available, FAP is able to assist with veterinary services and grooming services as well as some pet supplies for FAP participants.
PET FOOD DROP-OFF LOCATIONS:
- CAC Ross Building: 2247 Western Ave., Knoxville, TN 37921
- Forest Park Animal Clinic: 4600 Chambliss Ave., Knoxville, TN 37919
- Dogwood Animal Clinic: 5900 Chapman Hwy.., Knoxville, TN 37920
- Norwood Veterinary Clinic: 2828 Merchant Dr., Knoxville, TN 37912
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