10/01/2026
The Home Depot's response to missing and dead TNR’d cats initiated from their store’s call for removal:
“We take these issues very seriously and we’ve shared the concerns we’ve heard from the community with our contractor. We requested they no longer work with this trapper and they agreed.”
This falls short of Home Depot’s responsibility and abilities in this matter.
+Please join in calling for Home Depot to immediately institute humane policies in regards to animals.
+For Home Depot to cease their contract with the contractor, not just the trapper, since the contractor does not adequately screen or oversee their workers.
+For Home Depot to secure any remaining live cats that were trapped and return them to their colony.
+For the Store Manager to be held accountable for their poor judgment in how to handle cats entering Home Depot property.
TNR is legal in the city. No ordinances were broken. These cats were loved. They were fixed. They were healthy. They had shelter. They were a managed colony not on Home Depot property.
As frequent users of Home Depot for our TNR shelter needs and clinic needs, All About Animals Rescue will no longer make purchases through Home Depot until they take a clear stand in support of animals. We hope you will join us and echo our call.
The question remains: from Lake City Home Depot?
Here are the facts according to The Ranch Rescue: https://www.facebook.com/share/p/19CkYyLtXD/
WHERE ARE THE HOME DEPOT CATS?
SOCIAL MEDIA ACTION DAY — THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2026 AT 2:00 PM EST
LOCATION OF Incident:
Home Depot Lake City Store #6864
215 SW Home Depot Drive
Lake City, FL 32025
Store: (386) 755-0761
WHY WE’RE TAKING ACTION
For approximately six years, a local caregiver fed, monitored, and managed a TNR colony at the Lake City, Florida Home Depot, with permission to do so.
That all changed after a new manager took over.
The caregiver arrived one day to find two cats from her colony deceased near their food bowls, raising serious concerns about what may have happened to them.
She was later trespassed from the property, and the remaining colony cats were removed without prior notification.
Since then, we have repeatedly asked one very simple question:
WHERE ARE THE HOME DEPOT CATS?
If Home Depot no longer wanted the managed colony on its property, there were humane options. The caregiver could have been notified and given the opportunity to safely relocate the cats with the assistance of local rescue organizations.
Instead, the cats were removed, and we are still seeking clear documentation showing where they were taken and what happened to them.
These were sterilized, managed community cats whose lives mattered.
WHAT YOU CAN DO TO HELP
At 2:00 PM EST on Thursday, October 1, we are asking animal advocates everywhere to post at the same time across:
Facebook • Instagram • X/Twitter • TikTok
You can write your own short message or use the information and graphics we provide. STICK TO THE FACTS, No threats to individuals will be tolerated and will be deleted.
Please:
1. Tag The Home Depot’s official account.
2. Use
3. Ask: Where are the Lake City Home Depot cats?
4. Like, comment on, and share posts from others participating.
5. Keep posts factual and focused on obtaining transparency and answers.
TAG HOME DEPOT
X:
X Customer Care:
Facebook: The Home Depot
Instagram: The Home Depot
TikTok: The Home Depot
HOME DEPOT CORPORATE
The Home Depot Store Support Center
2455 Paces Ferry Road
Atlanta, GA 30339
Corporate/Store Support: 770-433-8211
Toll-Free Corporate Support: 1-800-654-0688
Customer Service: 1-800-466-3337
OUR MESSAGE IS SIMPLE:
WHERE ARE THE CATS?
We will not allow their disappearance to simply be forgotten because they were community cats.
They were known.
They were cared for.
They were sterilized and managed.
THEY MATTERED.
We will continue asking for transparency and answers.
