Polk County Animal Control -Florida

This section enforces the Polk County's Animal Control Ordinance and the state's Dangerous Dog statute both inside and outside all city limits. Animal Control investigates bite cases and dangerous dog cases. This agency also provides:

Animal adoption programs; picks up sick or injured dogs and cats; and quarantines animals. When inquiring about animals viewed on our website, you must provide the

animal ID number from the website. Pets are available for adoption on a first come, first served basis. Adoption fees may be viewed at http://www.polksheriff.org/animal-services/adoption-fees

We appreciate your comments and inquiries, but we ask that you keep them courteous and appropriate. Per Florida State Statute 119, your comments and your internal messages to this page, are subject to being disclosed as a public record. The Polk County Sheriff’s Office and Polk County Animal Control welcome a person’s right to express his/her opinion and encourages posters to keep comments related to the posted content. We reserves the right to hide or remove any comments that are:

• Inappropriate or offensive
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• Spam or disruptively repetitive content
• Advertise
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• Are off-topic or not related to the content within the post, or any content posted on the platform
• Have personal information about another person or that violate a person’s privacy; include copyrighted material that belongs to another person
• Contain links to websites

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