‘This cat NEEDS to come out right now’: 5 Lowe's employees rescue ‘Dirt’ the gray tabby kitten from a gardening pallet, utilizing canned tuna and their pawrent persistence to lure her to safety

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Lana DeGaetano • "Show me to me please."
Jun 26, 2025 9:00 PM EDT

"How many Lowe's employees does it take to get a kitten out of a pallet of dirt?"

That's the question a Lowe's employee posed in r/CatDistributionSystem on Reddit. When you least expect it, the CDS comes to play, full force, waiting for the next willing purrson to fall victim to the cute cats of the streets. Sometimes, they might be in your car engine. Other times, they'll waltz up to your front porch and sploot down outside your window until you break down and let them in for some cuddles. Even at the most inconvenient of times, cats will find their way to you, and then to your heart. Can you blame them? All they're looking for is a pawrent who will give them the life they deserve!

The Lowe's employee in this next story explains that it took five employees, not including her mother and a tin can of tuna, to coax a pawdorable tabby kitten she found out of a pallet of dirt as she was watering the store's plants. Later named "Dirt," the tabby put up one good fight, but they were no match for the Lowe's employees who could. Scroll below to read the full story and see photos of the rescue in action!

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  • "How many Lowe’s employees does it take to get a kitten out of a pallet of dirt?"

    The answer? Five. Five of us and my mom who came to the rescue with canned tuna.
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  • We found little Dirt here yesterday at my work. I was outside watering our plants, absolutely drowning them.
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  • because it's so flippin' hot outside, when I start hearing this meowing every few seconds. I think, "huh, that's a weird", then the meows turn into loud kitten
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  • screaming. Basically have to call my coworker, who was cleaning up a bay nearby, over with "There's a cat!" and she responds with "I thought I heard a cat!!"
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  • Then we go into panic mode because 1. It's hot and 2. It's only going to get hotter. This cat NEEDS to come out right now.
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  • We call our boss, then we call the plant lead boss over, and then my boss gets the store manager. We pour water onto the ground and
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  • the poor kitten pokes her head out to lap at what she could. We tried urging her to come out using a broom but she'd rather fight the broom than come out.
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  • I got ahold of my mom who came over with canned tuna and dry cat food. Kitten smelt the tuna and finally came out and my coworker was able to her.
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  • My parents are fostering her right now and she just got back from the vet! She's doing decently, just hungry and dehydrated, and
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  • she's got her first rounds of shots. We think that Dirt was either dumped by her previous owners or escaped her home because she knew exactly how to use a litterbox and she adores people.
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  • Though, she needs a feline leukemia test and subsequent shot along with her second round of vaccines soon. Would very
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  • much appreciate help being sent to her GoFundMe! Anything helps! If any of you know where else I can post this to potentially get financial assistance that would also be appreciated!
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  • https://gofund.me/404d83a2 ! This is a repost with proper donation links !
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  • Consistent_Ad3181 As many and as long as it takes, she's a cutie
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  • bbubblefrostin She's very much a cutie! She really likes to snuggle into your neck and cries when she isn't being held and wants your attention.
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  • Internal Use8954 That's some sufficient work. It took 7 engineers, 2 sheriffs and 2 animal control officers to get a kitten in the parking lot last summer. It was 102F that day, and she kept running from car to car.
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  • knaimoli619 D nit, I was just at my local Lowe's and Home Depot over the weekend getting mulch and looking at plants and all I saw was a mouse eating birdseed.
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  • Murat_Gin All of them. Including a few who had the day off but came in when they heard about the kitten.
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  • AshamedEchidna1456 I donated. Thanks for helping this baby.
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  • SnoopyWildseed As we used to say as kids, "God made dirt and dirt don't hurt." Congrats, and thank you for saving that baby! It truly takes a village.
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