{"id":63711,"date":"2026-03-13T18:25:57","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T22:25:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=63711"},"modified":"2026-03-13T18:26:02","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T22:26:02","slug":"over-the-past-9-months-citizens-have-provided-testimony-some-under-oath-raising-concerns-about-polk-county-animal-control-%f0%9d%97%a3%f0%9d%97%ae%f0%9d%97%bf%f0%9d%98%81","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2026\/03\/13\/over-the-past-9-months-citizens-have-provided-testimony-some-under-oath-raising-concerns-about-polk-county-animal-control-%f0%9d%97%a3%f0%9d%97%ae%f0%9d%97%bf%f0%9d%98%81\/","title":{"rendered":"Over the past 9 months, citizens have provided testimony \u2014 some under oath \u2014 raising concerns about Polk County Animal Control \ud835\udde3\ud835\uddee\ud835\uddff\ud835\ude01 \ud835\udfed \ud835\uddfc\ud835\uddf3 \ud835\udff2 \u00b7 \ud835\uddd6\ud835\uddf6\ud835\ude01\ud835\uddf6\ud835\ude07\ud835\uddf2\ud835\uddfb \ud835\udde7\ud835\uddf2\ud835\ude00\ud835\ude01\ud835\uddf6\ud835\uddfa\ud835\uddfc\ud835\uddfb\ud835\ude06"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By Maria Consuelo Barrero<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\ud835\udde3\ud835\uddee\ud835\uddff\ud835\ude01 \ud835\udfed \ud835\uddfc\ud835\uddf3 \ud835\udff2 \u00b7 \ud835\uddd6\ud835\uddf6\ud835\ude01\ud835\uddf6\ud835\ude07\ud835\uddf2\ud835\uddfb \ud835\udde7\ud835\uddf2\ud835\ude00\ud835\ude01\ud835\uddf6\ud835\uddfa\ud835\uddfc\ud835\uddfb\ud835\ude06\" width=\"1110\" height=\"833\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AyJxmzbbLOE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This video begins a compilation series highlighting some of those statements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In this first segment, speakers describe what they say they witnessed inside the facility \u2014 including medical neglect, suffering, and conditions inside the building, such as extreme heat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201c\ud835\udded\ud835\uddf2\ud835\uddff\ud835\uddfc \ud835\uddfa\ud835\uddf2\ud835\uddf1\ud835\uddf6\ud835\uddf0\ud835\uddee\ud835\uddf9 \ud835\uddf0\ud835\uddee\ud835\uddff\ud835\uddf2.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\ud835\udde7\ud835\uddf5\ud835\uddf2 \ud835\uddfd\ud835\ude02\ud835\uddef\ud835\uddf9\ud835\uddf6\ud835\uddf0 \ud835\uddf1\ud835\uddf2\ud835\ude00\ud835\uddf2\ud835\uddff\ud835\ude03\ud835\uddf2\ud835\ude00 \ud835\uddee\ud835\uddfb\ud835\ude00\ud835\ude04\ud835\uddf2\ud835\uddff\ud835\ude00.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Please watch and share. <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"16\" width=\"16\" alt=\"\u26a0\ufe0f\" src=\"https:\/\/static.xx.fbcdn.net\/images\/emoji.php\/v9\/tdc\/1\/16\/26a0.png\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Maria Consuelo Barrero This video begins a compilation series highlighting some of those statements. In this first segment, speakers describe what they say they witnessed inside the facility \u2014&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":63712,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"12","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","inline_featured_image":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"wpai_generated_summary":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":true,"token":"eyJpbWciOiJodHRwczpcL1wvaTAud3AuY29tXC9sYWtlbGFuZGdhemV0dGUuaW5mb1wvbmV3c1wvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyNlwvMDNcL1NjcmVlbnNob3QtMjAyNi0wMy0xM1QxODIzMTkuNzY0LndlYnA_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.0i9qV_RHDZaP7_exFCY5-prNuhQuIjSbMbtrrL4avQUMQ"},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[12,14],"tags":[14063,14062],"class_list":["post-63711","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local","category-news","tag-citizens-have-provided-testimony-some-under-oath-raising-concerns-about-polk-county-animal-control---","tag-over-the-past-9-months"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63711","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63711"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63711\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":63713,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63711\/revisions\/63713"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/63712"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63711"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63711"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63711"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}