{"id":346445,"date":"2026-07-20T20:44:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T20:44:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/346445\/"},"modified":"2026-07-20T20:44:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T20:44:09","slug":"extreme-hoarding-case-prompts-animal-rescue-operation-in-stuart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/346445\/","title":{"rendered":"Extreme hoarding case prompts animal rescue operation in Stuart"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>STUART, Fla. (CBS12)  \u2014 A disturbing hoarding situation involving animals has drawn a large-scale rescue operation to a Stuart neighborhood, where deputies, Animal Control officers and firefighters spent Monday responding to the scene.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/cbs12.com\/topic\/Martin%20County%20Sheriff%E2%80%99s%20Office\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Martin County Sheriff&#8217;s Office <\/a>said deputies, Animal Control personnel and <a href=\"https:\/\/cbs12.com\/topic\/Martin%20County%20Fire%20Rescue\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Martin County Fire Rescue<\/a> crews were called to a home on SW Meadowlark Circle in Stuart as part of what authorities described as an extreme hoarding and animal rescue case.<\/p>\n<p>Details about the conditions inside the home, the number of animals involved and whether any charges could be filed were not immediately released Monday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>Multiple agencies remained at the scene as crews worked to assess the situation and care for the animals.<\/p>\n<p>See also: <a href=\"https:\/\/cbs12.com\/news\/local\/found-7-miles-south-of-florida-keys-massive-450-pound-turtle-carried-ashore-to-rehab-injured-turtle-rescue-us-coast-guard-sugarloaf-key-the-turtle-hospital-evaluation-rehabilitation-diverse-marine-ecosystems-protected-wildlife-protect-endangered-threaten\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Found 7 miles south of Florida Keys, massive 450-pound turtle carried ashore to rehab<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The sheriff&#8217;s office has not said how long the operation is expected to continue.<\/p>\n<p>Martin County Sheriff John Budensiek is scheduled to speak with reporters and provide additional details at the home at 5 p.m.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cbs12.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CBS12 <\/a>has a crew on the way to the scene and will update this story as more information becomes available.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"STUART, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 A disturbing hoarding situation involving animals has drawn a large-scale rescue operation to a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":292620,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[171,173,172],"class_list":["post-346445","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-port-st-lucie","tag-port-st-lucie","tag-port-st-lucie-headlines","tag-port-st-lucie-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/346445","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=346445"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/346445\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/292620"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=346445"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=346445"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=346445"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}