{"id":56937,"date":"2025-07-23T15:54:23","date_gmt":"2025-07-23T19:54:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=56937"},"modified":"2025-07-23T15:54:30","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T19:54:30","slug":"community-cat-crisis-the-polk-county-commissioners-response-silence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2025\/07\/23\/community-cat-crisis-the-polk-county-commissioners-response-silence\/","title":{"rendered":"Community Cat Crisis &#8211; The Polk  County Commissioners\u2019 Response?  Silence"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Robert Weedon, DVM, MPH, brings over 40 years of veterinary expertise\u201425 of those dedicated to humane, evidence-based community cat management. As the former Clinical Assistant Professor and Service Head of Shelter Medicine at the University of Illinois, he is uniquely qualified to speak on this issue. Watch as Dr. Weedon urges the Polk County Commissioners to implement responsible, research-backed TNVR programs to address the escalating community cat crisis. <\/p>\n\n\n        \n        <div class=\"embedpress-gutenberg-wrapper source-provider-Youtube aligncenter ep-clear   ep-content-protection-disabled inline\" id=\"d00b906c-6a1d-425b-a81b-ee403b579af3\" data-embed-type=\"Youtube \">\n            <div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper \">\n                <div id=\"ep-gutenberg-content-9667ba5adbfdf4f5ddf19dad92788c8e\" 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-d7078aa6b7872b276de68e9ee7f697b8 ose-embedpress-responsive\" style=\"width:600px; height:340px; max-height:340px; max-width:100%; display:inline-block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowFullScreen=\"true\" title=\"Dr. Robert Weedon: July 15, 2025 @ Polk County Commissioner Meeting\" width=\"600\" height=\"340\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mfMiuJ_aCbI?feature=oembed&#038;color=red&#038;rel=1&#038;controls=2&#038;start=true&#038;end=true&#038;fs=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;autoplay=0&#038;mute=1&#038;modestbranding=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;playsinline=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=\"Community Cat Crisis &#8211; The Polk  County Commissioners\u2019 Response?  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