{"id":62352,"date":"2026-02-08T19:12:42","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T00:12:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=62352"},"modified":"2026-02-08T19:12:46","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T00:12:46","slug":"just-when-we-started-to-post-about-improvements-at-polk-county-animal-services-we-see-this-why","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2026\/02\/08\/just-when-we-started-to-post-about-improvements-at-polk-county-animal-services-we-see-this-why\/","title":{"rendered":"Just when we started to post about improvements at Polk County Animal Services\u2026. We see this, Why?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What are policies for if they don\u2019t even abide by their own set policies? This dog had a broken leg. Where was the rescue pull plea? They have a vet on staff! What about medical care and THEN a rescue plea? What about dial care and holding for the stray hold to see if a family comes forward?<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" data-dominant-color=\"8e7054\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #8e7054;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1110px) 100vw, 1110px\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/download-8.webp?resize=300%2C168&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-62353 not-transparent\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Things like this are why people are criticizing and petitioning for change at Polk County Animal Control.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This dog was stated to be healthy, except for a leg break, which is fixable and treatable. Yet she was killed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Unless there was some other circumstance that wasn\u2019t apparent, which would make quality of life impossible, this is inhumane.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What are policies for if they don\u2019t even abide by their own set policies? This dog had a broken leg. Where was the rescue pull plea? 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