While Animal Advocates stood at the podium begging for change, some of Polk’s “leaders” ( Commissioners Bill Braswell and County Attorney Randy Mink) sat there looking checked out — heads back, eyes closed , sleeping— like the mass killing crisis in this county is just background noise.
This is the county that under Polk County Animal Control managed by Sheriff Grady Judd killed or disposed of 6,273 animals in 2024.
More than any other shelter in the entire state of Florida.
2.5× more than Miami-Dade — a county with three times the population…