Would you put down your pet before being forced to part with it?

I was put in a situation unforeseen when I got my pet where I had to give my pet to an adoption agency. It never put down animals though.

I couldn’t find a good home for her. This was several years ago. I still miss her and wonder what happened to her and her well being.

I wonder if I made the right decision and have no closure over the issue. Despite that I don’t wonder on my account whether having her put down humanely was the right thing. She was very attached to me. Very particular and spoiled. A one pet sort of cat. She had to be queen. Added to that I have had experiences as a child where the pets we gave up because of a long move never adjusted and either wasted away. Dying quite quickly or ran away and got killed. I would like to think my cat is adaptable and a survivor. But though she was to an extent. I dragged her to several moves went through different phases changed everything quite regularly I was always her constant. And we were bonded very strongly. Not very many other people stayed in her life very long or showed up regularly.

At the time I wasn’t sure what the right thing to do was. Nothing felt right. I just didn’t have it in me to seriously contemplate putting her down. She was middle age but in prime health.

So what would you do?