{"id":24137,"date":"2022-08-06T22:39:39","date_gmt":"2022-08-07T02:39:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=24137"},"modified":"2022-08-09T17:04:00","modified_gmt":"2022-08-09T21:04:00","slug":"letter-the-truth-has-come-out-about-polk-county-animal-services","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2022\/08\/06\/letter-the-truth-has-come-out-about-polk-county-animal-services\/","title":{"rendered":"Letter: The truth has come out about Polk County Animal Services"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I was a trustee at animal control for almost 4 months. I took the job as \u201cCat Man\u201d taking care of every cat and kitten that came there.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Poor kitten waits for a loving home at the pound<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

I made it my goal to get every cage cleaned every day before we went back to the jail around 5:00 pm. We worked 7 days a week.<\/p>\n\n\n

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This photo was NOT taken at Polk County Animal Control<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

I can\u2019t even count how many cats and kittens were euthanized every week while I was there. Some days they would put down between 40-to- 80 cats and have them all laid out dead in the walkway of the other cages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here\u2019s the real sad part and if you think I\u2019m making this up well you have never been more wrong in your entire life.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Similar photo but this was not taken at Polk Animal Control<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

They would put 3-4-5 or maybe 6 cats in trash bags and put them in the freezer. When the freezers were full Grady Judd would have a guy come in a semi-truck and load them up and take them to be sold and the sheriff’s department got a percentage of what they got for them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I only handled one dead kitten that I named TILT because he had neurological problems and his head stay children on one side.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I was to inform the so-called vet if I see a sick animal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I told three different people in one day that TILT wasn\u2019t doing very well and they all said well he\u2019ll be alright. The next morning I got there and went straight to his cage to check on him and he was dead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019m a cat lover but that is the most heartbreaking place I have ever seen in my entire life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 I could go on and on and on about animal control. But I hope everyone gets the point I\u2019m trying to get access to. Something needs to be done positively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They drive around in big nice trucks with computers in them and set traps just to take them and kill them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They will all rot in hell and I pray they all get haunted by all the animals that they killed for no reason.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Oh if you\u2019re animal has a chip they don\u2019t always notify you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They kill them so fast they have killed about 300 that had chips and they didn\u2019t realize it until after they euthanize them and there\u2019s no way to bring it back. Sorry, you had to find this out but I swear on my life every word of this is 110% true.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Editorial Note<\/strong>: The Lakeland Gazette<\/em> has removed the name of the former trustee<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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