So sad. I’m sorry.
I have a friend who is not a cat person but his partner had two. One of the cat I think never warmed up to my friend. One night he told his partner, jokingly, that he didn’t mind him taking the cat to the shelter. Well, the following morning his partner just did that. My friend woke up to feed his dog and the two cats and noticed that the other cat was gone. He asked his partner who told him what happened. My friend admitted that he was just kidding. They went back to the shelter to get the cat back only to ffind out that they had the cat already put down. I guess because of the cat’s age there’s no likelihood of him getting adopted again. I can’t even imagine how I’d react. So heartbreaking.