Polk County Animal Control, Florida — High Euthanasia Rates Demand Urgent
Lives depend on it.
Polk County Animal Control plays a critical role in our community, finding homes for adoptable animals and helping families reunite with their missing pets. However, statistics show that Animal Control reform is needed to improve the outcomes for Polk County Pets.
The Polk County shelter has the highest euthanasia rate in the state of Florida, according to the University of Florida’s College of Veterinary Medicine. The shelter’s rate of euthanasia, animals dying in its care and animals marked as missing — a combination UF calls the “non-live” rate — is also higher than other shelters across the state…