For about six years, eight community cats lived on the grounds of the Home Depot in Lake City, Florida. Onyx, Sunshine, Tortie, Jr., Bentley, Nikko, Mr., and Tommy had all been spayed or neutered and vaccinated through a trap-neuter-return (TNR) program. A local caregiver, who had permission to feed them on the property, fed and watched over them for years.

That changed in mid-September 2026. The caregiver found Onyx and Sunshine dead beside their food bowls, and advocates fear the two may have been poisoned. Soon after, she was told to stay off the property or be treated as a trespasser. Then an outside company started trapping cats and taking them away.

Home Depot has reportedly said the cats were sent to a secure location, but it hasn’t named the place or shared records showing where each cat ended up. The Lake City Humane Society says it didn’t take them. Mr. has since been spotted alive, and Tommy is safe. Nobody outside the company knows what happened to Tortie, Jr., Bentley, and Nikko.

Home Depot CEO Ted Decker can end the uncertainty. Home Depot should release a cat-by-cat record of every animal trapped on its Lake City property, showing where each one was taken and whether it is still alive. The company should also adopt a humane policy that protects established community cat colonies at its stores, similar to the TNR approach Disneyland has used for years.

Four cats are still missing, and every week without answers makes them harder to find. Sign the petition to tell Home Depot to account for every cat now.