{"id":88228,"date":"2026-11-14T20:43:16","date_gmt":"2026-11-15T01:43:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=88228"},"modified":"2026-11-14T20:43:25","modified_gmt":"2026-11-15T01:43:25","slug":"where-are-the-legoland-cats-help-us-find-out-and-save-them-before-its-too-late","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2026\/11\/14\/where-are-the-legoland-cats-help-us-find-out-and-save-them-before-its-too-late\/","title":{"rendered":"Where Are The Legoland Cats? Help Us Find Out and Save Them Before It&#8217;s Too Late"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By Coalition for Animal Rights and Education in Polk County, Florida<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img data-dominant-color=\"8d746d\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"810\" height=\"540\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 810px) 100vw, 810px\" src=\"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/906950340_122133339158850791_8757271363854031294_n.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-88229 not-transparent\" style=\"--dominant-color: #8d746d; aspect-ratio:1.5000435653916528;width:416px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/906950340_122133339158850791_8757271363854031294_n.webp 810w, https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/906950340_122133339158850791_8757271363854031294_n-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/906950340_122133339158850791_8757271363854031294_n-768x512.webp 768w\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LEGOLANDFlorida?__cft__[0]=AZhCWB0ve_oa81QhDuQ8JuMiCAljtEPXvuA6iwEerMAe3xWnxTdiEoXE2C9WqoyANhNbfS2FRWSOFRAKQmDF-1fXCxC2-og0-XGyt-THf8Q0f_d_sk9foT4Ptb5BAITaq28O4CoAvDCl1ZAWB1CjKJqvUerDn_oFuMmN&amp;__tn__=-]K-R\">LEGOLAND Florida<\/a> has stated that cats found inside the theme park are safely removed and relocated to a local shelter. However, according to information shared with us, both the Humane Society of Polk County and Polk County Animal Control have indicated they do NOT have these cats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So where did the cats reportedly removed by Turner Pest go? Are they still alive?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/share\/1HSA8pe786\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/share\/1HSA8pe786<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">LEGOLAND&#8217;s statement:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-embed wp-block-embed-embed\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"UfVWagYx9Y\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2026\/11\/13\/what-did-legoland-have-to-say-about-the-community-cats\/\">What did LEGOLAND Have To Say about the Community Cats:<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"\u201cWhat did LEGOLAND Have To Say about the Community Cats:\u201d \u2014 \" src=\"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2026\/11\/13\/what-did-legoland-have-to-say-about-the-community-cats\/embed\/#?secret=Zz3vQX6iSZ#?secret=UfVWagYx9Y\" data-secret=\"UfVWagYx9Y\" 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\">\ud835\uddea\ud835\uddd8 \ud835\udde1\ud835\uddd8\ud835\uddd8\ud835\uddd7 \ud835\udddd\ud835\udde8\ud835\udde6\ud835\udde7 \ud835\udfef\ud835\udfec \ud835\udde3\ud835\uddd8\ud835\udde2\ud835\udde3\ud835\udddf\ud835\uddd8 \ud835\udde7\ud835\udde2 \ud835\udde6\ud835\uddd8\ud835\udde1\ud835\uddd7 \ud835\uddd4\ud835\udde1 \ud835\uddd8\ud835\udde0\ud835\uddd4\ud835\udddc\ud835\udddf!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\ud835\udde6\ud835\uddd4\ud835\udde0\ud835\udde3\ud835\udddf\ud835\uddd8 \ud835\udddf\ud835\uddd8\ud835\udde7\ud835\udde7\ud835\uddd8\ud835\udde5:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">comments@merlinentertainments.biz; gordon.mutton@merlinentertainments.biz; sabrina.kumari@merlinentertainments.biz; newbusiness@merlinentertainments.biz; davi.pugh@merlinentertainments.biz; merlin@brunswickgroup.com; LLF.Experience@LEGOLAND.com; camila.cicalese@legoland.com; LLF.Media@LEGOLAND.com; llfinfo@legoland.com; customerservice@turnerpest.com; scalabrese@turnerpest.com<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dear LEGOLAND Management,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Please consider partnering with local cat rescues and TNVR organizations to humanely manage community cats through Trap-Neuter-Vaccinate-Return.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Disneyland has demonstrated that community cats can be humanely managed, earning admiration and support from animal lovers and families.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">LEGOLAND is a place built around children, imagination, and family fun. Yet its policy of removing community cats raises a troubling question: What are we teaching children about compassion and respect for life? Shouldn&#8217;t a company dedicated to children lead by example, showing that even the smallest and most vulnerable living beings deserve kindness and humane treatment?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Your recent statement indicates that cats found inside the park are safely removed and relocated to a local shelter. However, according to information shared with us, both the Humane Society of Polk County and Polk County Animal Control have indicated they do not have these cats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Can you please identify which shelter received them, provide their exact whereabouts, and confirm whether they are still alive?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thank you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Coalition for Animal Rights and Education in Polk County, Florida LEGOLAND Florida has stated that cats found inside the theme park are safely removed and relocated to a local&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":88229,"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":"eyJpbWciOiJodHRwczpcL1wvbGFrZWxhbmRnYXpldHRlLmluZm9cL25ld3NcL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcLzIwMjZcLzExXC85MDY5NTAzNDBfMTIyMTMzMzM5MTU4ODUwNzkxXzg3NTcyNzEzNjM4NTQwMzEyOTRfbi53ZWJwIiwidHh0IjoiV2hlcmUgQXJlIFRoZSBMZWdvbGFuZCBDYXRzPyBIZWxwIFVzIEZpbmQgT3V0IGFuZCBTYXZlIFRoZW0gQmVmb3JlIEl0JiM4MjE3O3MgVG9vIExhdGUiLCJ0ZW1wbGF0ZSI6ImRvaXMiLCJmb250IjoiIiwiYmxvZ19pZCI6MTYzMDQwNjYxfQ.tR_Vk78ofz16mYGrhOrsqFi30IO-PP4BA7lrI0KECd0MQ"},"version":2,"media_source":"sig","attached_media":[{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/jetpack.com\/redirect\/?source=sigenerate&query=t%3DeyJpbWciOiJodHRwczpcL1wvbGFrZWxhbmRnYXpldHRlLmluZm9cL25ld3NcL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcLzIwMjZcLzExXC85MDY5NTAzNDBfMTIyMTMzMzM5MTU4ODUwNzkxXzg3NTcyNzEzNjM4NTQwMzEyOTRfbi53ZWJwIiwidHh0IjoiV2hlcmUgQXJlIFRoZSBMZWdvbGFuZCBDYXRzPyBIZWxwIFVzIEZpbmQgT3V0IGFuZCBTYXZlIFRoZW0gQmVmb3JlIEl0JiM4MjE3O3MgVG9vIExhdGUiLCJ0ZW1wbGF0ZSI6ImRvaXMiLCJmb250IjoiIiwiYmxvZ19pZCI6MTYzMDQwNjYxfQ.tR_Vk78ofz16mYGrhOrsqFi30IO-PP4BA7lrI0KECd0MQ","type":"image\/png"}]},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[12,14],"tags":[15553,15297,15222,15220,435,15388,19321],"class_list":["post-88228","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local","category-news","tag-animal-rescue","tag-animal-rights","tag-animal-welfare","tag-community-cats","tag-legoland","tag-tnvr","tag-turner-pest"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88228","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=88228"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88228\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":88230,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88228\/revisions\/88230"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/88229"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=88228"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=88228"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=88228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}