{"id":87722,"date":"2026-11-10T23:45:02","date_gmt":"2026-11-11T04:45:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=87722"},"modified":"2026-11-10T23:45:08","modified_gmt":"2026-11-11T04:45:08","slug":"were-cats-secretly-removed-from-legoland-florida-rescue-demands-answers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2026\/11\/10\/were-cats-secretly-removed-from-legoland-florida-rescue-demands-answers\/","title":{"rendered":"Were Cats Secretly Removed From LEGOLAND Florida? Rescue Demands Answers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By DLB Cat Rescue Inc. \/ Polk City Kitties<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-dominant-color=\"79655e\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #79655e;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"526\" height=\"526\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 526px) 100vw, 526px\" src=\"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/903610561_2612670379178680_5112490047065786185_n.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-87723 not-transparent\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/903610561_2612670379178680_5112490047065786185_n.webp 526w, https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/903610561_2612670379178680_5112490047065786185_n-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/903610561_2612670379178680_5112490047065786185_n-150x150.webp 150w\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">DLB Cat Rescue Inc. \/ Polk City Kitties is raising serious concerns about reports that cats may have been trapped and removed from the LEGOLAND Florida area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We are asking LEGOLAND Florida, its parent company Merlin Entertainments, and Turner Pest Control to provide clear, written answers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Who authorized the trapping or removal? When did it happen? How many cats were involved? Where were they taken? Who received them? And most importantly, are those cats alive and safe?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We are asking LEGOLAND to pause any further removals while these concerns are addressed and to preserve all relevant records.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our rescue is willing to discuss a humane solution that protects both the animals and the property.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If even one cat was taken, we want to know where that cat went and whether it&#8217;s safe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We encourage concerned members of the public to respectfully request answers directly:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">LEGOLAND Florida:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.legoland.com\/florida\/our-company\/contact-us\">https:\/\/www.legoland.com\/florida\/our-company\/contact-us<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">877-350-5346<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Merlin Entertainments:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.merlinentertainments.biz\/contact-us\">https:\/\/www.merlinentertainments.biz\/contact-us<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Turner Pest Control:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-turner-pest-control wp-block-embed-turner-pest-control\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"CrWHgjwwjB\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.turnerpest.com\/contact-us\/\">Contact Us<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"\u201cContact Us\u201d \u2014 Turner Pest Control\" src=\"https:\/\/www.turnerpest.com\/contact-us\/embed\/#?secret=CLrlzp6EJ4#?secret=CrWHgjwwjB\" data-secret=\"CrWHgjwwjB\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">800-225-5305<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dean Menendez<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">DLB Cat Rescue Inc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Polk City Kitties<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By DLB Cat Rescue Inc. \/ Polk City Kitties DLB Cat Rescue Inc. \/ Polk City Kitties is raising serious concerns about reports that cats may have been trapped and&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":87723,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"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":"dois","default_image_id":71799,"font":"","enabled":true,"token":"eyJpbWciOiJodHRwczpcL1wvbGFrZWxhbmRnYXpldHRlLmluZm9cL25ld3NcL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcLzIwMjZcLzExXC85MDM2MTA1NjFfMjYxMjY3MDM3OTE3ODY4MF81MTEyNDkwMDQ3MDY1Nzg2MTg1X24ud2VicCIsInR4dCI6IldlcmUgQ2F0cyBTZWNyZXRseSBSZW1vdmVkIEZyb20gTEVHT0xBTkQgRmxvcmlkYT8gUmVzY3VlIERlbWFuZHMgQW5zd2VycyIsInRlbXBsYXRlIjoiZG9pcyIsImZvbnQiOiIiLCJibG9nX2lkIjoxNjMwNDA2NjF9.tyvL5Hnk1jWlAidtHBsXoIMQuj6gR6cfNHVqkAlYF_UMQ"},"version":2,"media_source":"sig","attached_media":[{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/jetpack.com\/redirect\/?source=sigenerate&query=t%3DeyJpbWciOiJodHRwczpcL1wvbGFrZWxhbmRnYXpldHRlLmluZm9cL25ld3NcL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcLzIwMjZcLzExXC85MDM2MTA1NjFfMjYxMjY3MDM3OTE3ODY4MF81MTEyNDkwMDQ3MDY1Nzg2MTg1X24ud2VicCIsInR4dCI6IldlcmUgQ2F0cyBTZWNyZXRseSBSZW1vdmVkIEZyb20gTEVHT0xBTkQgRmxvcmlkYT8gUmVzY3VlIERlbWFuZHMgQW5zd2VycyIsInRlbXBsYXRlIjoiZG9pcyIsImZvbnQiOiIiLCJibG9nX2lkIjoxNjMwNDA2NjF9.tyvL5Hnk1jWlAidtHBsXoIMQuj6gR6cfNHVqkAlYF_UMQ","type":"image\/jpeg"}]},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[14],"tags":[15222,15226,19277,130,19279,19278,19281,19280],"class_list":["post-87722","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-animal-welfare","tag-cat-rescue","tag-dlb-cat-rescue","tag-legoland-florida","tag-merlin-entertainments","tag-polk-city-kitties","tag-stray-cats","tag-turner-pest-control"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87722","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=87722"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87722\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":87724,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87722\/revisions\/87724"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/87723"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87722"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87722"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87722"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}