{"id":364473,"date":"2026-08-06T17:00:07","date_gmt":"2026-08-06T17:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/364473\/"},"modified":"2026-08-06T17:00:07","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T17:00:07","slug":"broward-county-animal-care-seeks-furever-home-for-lemon-other-furry-friends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/364473\/","title":{"rendered":"Broward County Animal Care seeks \u2018furever\u2019 home for Lemon, other furry friends"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text text--small text--normal text--primary\">Published:\u00a0August 6, 2026 at 11:29 AM<\/p>\n<p>Broward County Animal Care is seeking a forever home for a sweet dog named Lemon and other furry friends.   <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. \u2014 Lemon, a 2-year-old Staffordshire Terrier-Labrador mix, is looking for a forever home through Broward County Animal Care.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.local10.com\/espanol\/2026\/08\/06\/cuidado-animal-de-broward-busca-un-hogar-permanente-para-lemon-y-otros-amigos-peludos\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.local10.com\/espanol\/2026\/08\/06\/cuidado-animal-de-broward-busca-un-hogar-permanente-para-lemon-y-otros-amigos-peludos\/\">Leer en espa\u00f1ol<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The energetic dog, who arrived at the shelter as a stray, is described as friendly with children and other dogs. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Shelter staff said Lemon enjoys playing fetch but is also content relaxing with his family.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Broward County Animal Care officials said the shelter remains overcrowded and encouraged residents to adopt or volunteer to help care for animals waiting for homes. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Prospective adopters can schedule meet-and-greets with Lemon and, if they have another dog, arrange introductions before making a decision.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.broward.org\/animal\/Pages\/default.aspx\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.broward.org\/animal\/Pages\/default.aspx\">Click here<\/a> for more information on how you can adopt a pet. <\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udfe0 News From Your Neighborhood<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-article-body__copyright\">Copyright 2026 by WPLG Local10.com &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Ryan Mackey\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/https:\/\/author-service-images-sandbox-us-east-1.publishing.aws.arc.pub\/wplginc\/8725e99c-e445-48a0-bd.jpeg\"  width=\"100\" height=\"100\"\/>Ryan Mackey <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-author-bio__author-description\">Ryan Mackey is a Digital Journalist at WPLG. He was born on Long Island, New York, and has lived in Sunrise, Florida, since 1994.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Published:\u00a0August 6, 2026 at 11:29 AM Broward County Animal Care is seeking a forever home for a sweet&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":364474,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[249,251,250],"class_list":["post-364473","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-lauderdale","tag-fort-lauderdale","tag-fort-lauderdale-headlines","tag-fort-lauderdale-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/364473","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=364473"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/364473\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/364474"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=364473"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=364473"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=364473"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}