Greetings all -- I'm new here and glad I found these forums. I'm dealing with a guilt/grief issue. On Monday evening, my daughter was driving in the pouring rain and found a kitten walking across the road. She brought it home. We have a cat and 2 dogs already and my husband is allergic to cats. He agreed to keep the cat for a few days until we could find a home for it or tie it to the shelter. We couldn't find anyone reliable to take the cat, so we took the kitten to the shelter. They told us that they would examine it to determine age and adoptability, but if it wasn't adoptable or wouldn't thrive at the shelter, they would euthanize it. They shelter staff told me that I couldn't come get the kitten if they were going to euthanize it, but I was confident that the cat would be okay. I called today to find out what happened to the kitten. After jumping through some hoops, I learned that the kitten was 28 days old and because it needed to be fed every 4 hours, it wouldn't have survived because the shelter isn't manned around the clock. Otherwise the kitten was healthy, but they euthanized it. I had the choice not to take it to the shelter and now I feel like I murdered that kitten. I thought I was doing the right thing, that this would give the little thing the chance at a good home since we couldn't keep it long term. My daughter told me she now wishes she had never rescued it from the street. I feel so guilty....