Photo courtesy of Matt Chitwood
POWELL, Tenn. - Critter Wranglers, Powell, Tenn., was recently voted "Best of Knoxville" in an awards program presented by the Knoxville News Sentinel. The awards was voted upon by Knoxville News Sentinel.
"Our readers and our team is proud that we have taken the top spot away from larger regional companies for three of the last four years," said Matt Chitwood, owner of Critter Wranglers.
Critter Wranglers was founded in 2007 by Chitwood, who grew up on a farm and previously worked in Large Animal Clinical Sciences for the University of Tennessee at a teaching and research farm for the veterinary school.
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