{"id":50024,"date":"2024-09-20T17:54:36","date_gmt":"2024-09-20T21:54:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=50024"},"modified":"2024-09-20T17:54:40","modified_gmt":"2024-09-20T21:54:40","slug":"polk-county-sheriffs-office-launches-new-animal-cruelty-investigation-unit-but-maybe-they-need-to-investigate-their-animal-services","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2024\/09\/20\/polk-county-sheriffs-office-launches-new-animal-cruelty-investigation-unit-but-maybe-they-need-to-investigate-their-animal-services\/","title":{"rendered":"Polk County Sheriff&#8217;s Office launches new animal cruelty investigation unit, but maybe they need to investigate their Animal Services"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Editorial<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"287\" height=\"160\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1110px) 100vw, 1110px\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Sheriff-Judd.jpg?resize=287%2C160&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15031\" style=\"width:488px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said multiple times this year, that his deputies had to sift through filth to save animals from uninhabitable conditions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" data-dominant-color=\"625c56\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #625c56;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1110px) 100vw, 1110px\" data-id=\"49951\" 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This has cost the rescues thousands of dollars in vet bills.<\/p>\n\n\n        \n        <div class=\"embedpress-gutenberg-wrapper source-provider-Youtube aligncenter ep-clear   ep-content-protection-disabled inline\" id=\"ea71ab7d-2249-4b79-9e29-e31d0648d072\" data-embed-type=\"Youtube \">\n            <div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper \">\n                <div id=\"ep-gutenberg-content-407c6a67e4326145fb91de30effcb170\" class=\"ep-gutenberg-content\">\n                    <div >\n                        <div class=\"ep-embed-content-wraper preset-default insta-grid ep-google-photos-carousel\"\n                            style=\"max-width:600px;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto\"                                                                                                                >\n\n                            <div class=\"ose-youtube ose-uid-99f527da6ea92f09700be2d95866c318 ose-embedpress-responsive\" style=\"width:600px; height:450px; max-height:450px; max-width:100%; display:inline-block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowFullScreen=\"true\" title=\"Another undercover video of Polk County Animal Services\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/huDKbSrGfrY?feature=oembed&#038;color=red&#038;rel=0&#038;controls=1&#038;start=&#038;end=&#038;fs=0&#038;iv_load_policy=0&#038;autoplay=0&#038;modestbranding=0&#038;cc_load_policy=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; encrypted-media;accelerometer;autoplay;clipboard-write;gyroscope;picture-in-picture clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen title=\"Polk County Sheriff&#8217;s Office launches new animal cruelty investigation unit, but maybe they need to investigate their Animal Services\"><\/iframe><\/div>                        <\/div>\n\n                                            <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    \n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The investigation unit should be fixing the in-house issues first. Sheriff Grady Judd needs to man up and do the right thing, just because he does not like cats is not an excuse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" data-dominant-color=\"658f47\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #658f47;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"960\" data-id=\"50026\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/450808917_122099682710414359_8293278518834420096_n-jpg.webp?resize=720%2C960&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-50026 not-transparent\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/450808917_122099682710414359_8293278518834420096_n-jpg.webp?w=720&amp;ssl=1 720w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/450808917_122099682710414359_8293278518834420096_n-jpg.webp?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" data-dominant-color=\"6f6b64\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #6f6b64;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"990\" data-id=\"50025\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/449932632_10161985463779240_951433629295575165_n.webp?resize=768%2C990&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-50025 not-transparent\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/449932632_10161985463779240_951433629295575165_n.webp?w=768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/449932632_10161985463779240_951433629295575165_n.webp?resize=233%2C300&amp;ssl=1 233w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" data-dominant-color=\"9da09e\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #9da09e;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"50027\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/450869689_122099688422414359_550810258059389883_n-jpg.webp?resize=768%2C1024&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-50027 not-transparent\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/450869689_122099688422414359_550810258059389883_n-jpg.webp?w=768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/450869689_122099688422414359_550810258059389883_n-jpg.webp?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Editorial Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said multiple times this year, that his deputies had to sift through filth to save animals from uninhabitable conditions. 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