{"id":57482,"date":"2025-08-25T19:11:22","date_gmt":"2025-08-25T23:11:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=57482"},"modified":"2025-08-25T19:11:27","modified_gmt":"2025-08-25T23:11:27","slug":"polk-county-fire-rescue-pcfr-crews-save-owl-trapped-in-dense-palm-fibers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2025\/08\/25\/polk-county-fire-rescue-pcfr-crews-save-owl-trapped-in-dense-palm-fibers\/","title":{"rendered":"Polk County Fire Rescue (PCFR) crews save owl trapped in dense palm fibers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img data-dominant-color=\"98886e\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #98886e;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"538\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" src=\"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/538236267_1090340839949772_3121495296418751179_n-1024x538.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-57484 not-transparent\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/538236267_1090340839949772_3121495296418751179_n-1024x538.webp 1024w, https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/538236267_1090340839949772_3121495296418751179_n-300x158.webp 300w, https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/538236267_1090340839949772_3121495296418751179_n-768x403.webp 768w, https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/538236267_1090340839949772_3121495296418751179_n.webp 1200w\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Polk County Fire Rescue (PCFR) crews, assisted by the Raptor Center of Tampa Bay, successfully rescued an owl trapped in dense palm fibers on Sunday, Aug. 24. The owl became tangled after a direct lightning strike split the tree and exposed the fibers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">PCFR members used the ladder truck and sized up the situation before carefully dislodging the owl\u2019s talons. The members freed the owl, who flew away \u2014 unharmed.<\/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-dominant-color=\"8196ae\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #8196ae;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"538\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" data-id=\"57485\" src=\"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/537029308_1090340846616438_44510154160298787_n-1024x538.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-57485 not-transparent\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/537029308_1090340846616438_44510154160298787_n-1024x538.webp 1024w, https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/537029308_1090340846616438_44510154160298787_n-300x158.webp 300w, https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/537029308_1090340846616438_44510154160298787_n-768x403.webp 768w, https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/537029308_1090340846616438_44510154160298787_n.webp 1200w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-dominant-color=\"707f94\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #707f94;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"538\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" data-id=\"57487\" src=\"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/539199625_1090340849949771_3963989250164657782_n-1024x538.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-57487 not-transparent\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/539199625_1090340849949771_3963989250164657782_n-1024x538.webp 1024w, https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/539199625_1090340849949771_3963989250164657782_n-300x158.webp 300w, https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/539199625_1090340849949771_3963989250164657782_n-768x403.webp 768w, https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/539199625_1090340849949771_3963989250164657782_n.webp 1200w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-dominant-color=\"98886e\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #98886e;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"538\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" data-id=\"57488\" src=\"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/538236267_1090340839949772_3121495296418751179_n-1-1024x538.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-57488 not-transparent\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/538236267_1090340839949772_3121495296418751179_n-1-1024x538.webp 1024w, https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/538236267_1090340839949772_3121495296418751179_n-1-300x158.webp 300w, https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/538236267_1090340839949772_3121495296418751179_n-1-768x403.webp 768w, https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/538236267_1090340839949772_3121495296418751179_n-1.webp 1200w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-dominant-color=\"6b6f70\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #6b6f70;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"538\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" data-id=\"57486\" src=\"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/538149403_1090340843283105_2703282500968827541_n-1024x538.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-57486 not-transparent\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/538149403_1090340843283105_2703282500968827541_n-1024x538.webp 1024w, https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/538149403_1090340843283105_2703282500968827541_n-300x158.webp 300w, https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/538149403_1090340843283105_2703282500968827541_n-768x403.webp 768w, https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/538149403_1090340843283105_2703282500968827541_n.webp 1200w\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Polk County Fire Rescue (PCFR) crews, assisted by the Raptor Center of Tampa Bay, successfully rescued an owl trapped in dense palm fibers on Sunday, Aug. 24. 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