{"id":71710,"date":"2026-06-22T20:51:16","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T00:51:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=71710"},"modified":"2026-06-22T20:51:26","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T00:51:26","slug":"everyone-knows-grady-judd-oversees-the-animal-control-system-in-polk-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2026\/06\/22\/everyone-knows-grady-judd-oversees-the-animal-control-system-in-polk-county\/","title":{"rendered":"Everyone knows Grady Judd oversees the animal control system in Polk County"},"content":{"rendered":"
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AI Photo – Grady hates cats <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Everyone knows Grady Judd oversees an animal control system that, based on publicly available data, has reported the \ud835\uddf5\ud835\uddf6\ud835\uddf4\ud835\uddf5\ud835\uddf2\ud835\ude00\ud835\ude01 \ud835\uddfb\ud835\uddfc\ud835\uddfb-\ud835\uddf9\ud835\uddf6\ud835\ude03\ud835\uddf2 \ud835\uddfc\ud835\ude02\ud835\ude01\ud835\uddf0\ud835\uddfc\ud835\uddfa\ud835\uddf2\ud835\ude00 \ud835\uddf6\ud835\uddfb \ud835\ude01\ud835\uddf5\ud835\uddf2 \ud835\ude00\ud835\ude01\ud835\uddee\ud835\ude01\ud835\uddf2 for more than \ud835\udff3 \ud835\ude06\ud835\uddf2\ud835\uddee\ud835\uddff\ud835\ude00.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2024:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 ~14,000 animals taken in<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 \ud835\udff2,\ud835\udfee\ud835\udff3\ud835\udfef \ud835\uddfb\ud835\uddfc\ud835\uddfb-\ud835\uddf9\ud835\uddf6\ud835\ude03\ud835\uddf2 \ud835\uddfc\ud835\ude02\ud835\ude01\ud835\uddf0\ud835\uddfc\ud835\uddfa\ud835\uddf2\ud835\ude00<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(died in care, euthanized, or otherwise did not leave alive)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This facility serves Polk population; \ud835\uddf9\ud835\uddf2\ud835\ude00\ud835\ude00 \ud835\ude01\ud835\uddf5\ud835\uddee\ud835\uddfb \ud835\udff4\ud835\udff1\ud835\udfec,\ud835\udfec\ud835\udfec\ud835\udfec people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yet its total non-live outcomes exceeded the combined totals of the counties with the \ud835\ude00\ud835\uddf2\ud835\uddf0\ud835\uddfc\ud835\uddfb\ud835\uddf1, \ud835\ude01\ud835\uddf5\ud835\uddf6\ud835\uddff\ud835\uddf1, \ud835\uddee\ud835\uddfb\ud835\uddf1 \ud835\uddf3\ud835\uddfc\ud835\ude02\ud835\uddff\ud835\ude01\ud835\uddf5 \ud835\uddf5\ud835\uddf6\ud835\uddf4\ud835\uddf5\ud835\uddf2\ud835\ude00\ud835\ude01 outcomes in Florida:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Miami-Dade County, Lee County, and Broward County!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Those three counties together:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Serve ~\ud835\udff1.\ud835\udff1 \ud835\uddfa\ud835\uddf6\ud835\uddf9\ud835\uddf9\ud835\uddf6\ud835\uddfc\ud835\uddfb people<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Took in \ud835\udff0\ud835\udff4,\ud835\udff2\ud835\udff2\ud835\udff1 \ud835\uddee\ud835\uddfb\ud835\uddf6\ud835\uddfa\ud835\uddee\ud835\uddf9\ud835\ude00 in 2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So the question is simple:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How does one shelter, serving fewer than 850,000 people and taking in ~14,000 animals, report \ud835\uddfa\ud835\uddfc\ud835\uddff\ud835\uddf2 \ud835\uddf1\ud835\uddf2\ud835\uddee\ud835\ude01\ud835\uddf5 than three counties serving 5.5 million people and taking in 48,665 animals?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If this concerns you, share it. Keep the conversation going.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/sheltermedicine.vetmed.ufl.edu\/…\/shelter-level…<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

To verify: \u2192 Move the sliding tab to the right<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2192 Select \u201cTotal Non-Live Outcomes (no ORE)\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2192 Sort in descending order<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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