{"id":76181,"date":"2026-08-09T20:25:26","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T00:25:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=76181"},"modified":"2026-08-09T20:25:39","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T00:25:39","slug":"%f0%9d%97%9c%f0%9d%97%bb%f0%9d%98%80%f0%9d%97%b6%f0%9d%97%b1%f0%9d%97%b2-%f0%9d%98%81%f0%9d%97%b5%f0%9d%97%b2-%f0%9d%97%95%f0%9d%98%82%f0%9d%97%b1%f0%9d%97%b4%f0%9d%97%b2%f0%9d%98%81-%f0%9d%97%bc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2026\/08\/09\/%f0%9d%97%9c%f0%9d%97%bb%f0%9d%98%80%f0%9d%97%b6%f0%9d%97%b1%f0%9d%97%b2-%f0%9d%98%81%f0%9d%97%b5%f0%9d%97%b2-%f0%9d%97%95%f0%9d%98%82%f0%9d%97%b1%f0%9d%97%b4%f0%9d%97%b2%f0%9d%98%81-%f0%9d%97%bc\/","title":{"rendered":"\ud835\udddc\ud835\uddfb\ud835\ude00\ud835\uddf6\ud835\uddf1\ud835\uddf2 \ud835\ude01\ud835\uddf5\ud835\uddf2 \ud835\uddd5\ud835\ude02\ud835\uddf1\ud835\uddf4\ud835\uddf2\ud835\ude01 \ud835\uddfc\ud835\uddf3 \ud835\uddd9\ud835\uddf9\ud835\uddfc\ud835\uddff\ud835\uddf6\ud835\uddf1\ud835\uddee\u2019\ud835\ude00 \ud835\uddd7\ud835\uddf2\ud835\uddee\ud835\uddf1\ud835\uddf9\ud835\uddf6\ud835\uddf2\ud835\ude00\ud835\ude01 \ud835\uddd4\ud835\uddfb\ud835\uddf6\ud835\uddfa\ud835\uddee\ud835\uddf9 \ud835\udde6\ud835\uddf5\ud835\uddf2\ud835\uddf9\ud835\ude01\ud835\uddf2\ud835\uddff"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" data-dominant-color=\"deddda\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #deddda;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"508\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1110px) 100vw, 1110px\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/767041616_122121185786850791_3155852374321677198_n.webp?resize=640%2C508&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-76182 not-transparent\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/767041616_122121185786850791_3155852374321677198_n.webp?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/767041616_122121185786850791_3155852374321677198_n.webp?resize=300%2C238&amp;ssl=1 300w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Polk County Animal Control kills more animals than any shelter in Florida \u2014 without taking in more animals than comparable counties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Budget per animal:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Brevard \u2014 $1,015<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Orange \u2014 $881<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hillsborough \u2014 $825<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\ud835\udde3\ud835\uddfc\ud835\uddf9\ud835\uddf8 \u2014 $\ud835\udfef\ud835\udff0\ud835\udfee<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"16\" width=\"16\" alt=\"\ud83d\udc94\" src=\"https:\/\/static.xx.fbcdn.net\/images\/emoji.php\/v9\/te7\/1\/16\/1f494.png\"> \ud835\udff1,\ud835\udfed\ud835\udfef\ud835\udfed killed in Polk in 2025 \u2014 more than \ud835\udde7\ud835\uddea\ud835\udddc\ud835\uddd6\ud835\uddd8 what Orange euthanized and roughly \ud835\udde6\ud835\uddd8\ud835\udde9\ud835\uddd8\ud835\udde1 times Hillsborough\u2019s \u2014 despite nearly identical intake!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Live outcome rates: Polk 62%. Orange 89%. Hillsborough 92%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Similar intake. Very different \ud835\uddef\ud835\uddfc\ud835\uddf1\ud835\ude06 \ud835\uddf0\ud835\uddfc\ud835\ude02\ud835\uddfb\ud835\ude01.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Budgets obtained via public-records requests:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/...\/1eOB_t...\">https:\/\/drive.google.com\/&#8230;\/1eOB_t&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"16\" width=\"16\" alt=\"\ud83d\udde3\ufe0f\" src=\"https:\/\/static.xx.fbcdn.net\/images\/emoji.php\/v9\/tfb\/1\/16\/1f5e3.png\"> Polk County Commission \u2014 \ud835\uddd4\ud835\udde8\ud835\uddda\ud835\udde8\ud835\udde6\ud835\udde7 \ud835\udfed\ud835\udff4 at 9:00 a.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Seven more years of Florida\u2019s highest kill count \u2014 or a room full of people who won\u2019t look away?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Polk County Animal Control kills more animals than any shelter in Florida \u2014 without taking in more animals than comparable counties. 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