What are the best options to get rid of a cat?

[Dave]

My 3 year old boy has developed a severe allergy to our 2 cats. We have no choice and must get them out of the house as soon as possible. What are our options?

[Daffyd J]

Drive out into the country and release them. They'll be fine.

[Khalil]

WHAT DO YOU MEAN WHAT ARE YOUR OPTIONS YOU ONLY HAVE ONE OPTION. GIVE HIM TO THE VETERINARY CLINIC NOTHING ELSE!!!!!!

[Molly]

Don't abandon him! That will make him scared and lonely. He'll live a shorter, not so happy life. Animal Ark is a great animal shelter. Any animal shelter is better than abandoning him.

[Stev_acek]

Ask around friends, explain the situation and try to get someone to take them in. It's cruel to just abandon them.

[scrawnyplantation782]

PLEASE do not release the cat into the wilderness. I have a heart for animals and I would try to sell them/get homes for them or take them to a humane society.. try craigslist or a shelter or something, but don't let them out loose. Only take them out and leave them if your only other option is the pound - please. (They probably won't make it out of the pound cause they'll put them asleep.) I live "out in the country" and people always dump their strays near my house and they find their way over here and I have to take care of them. It can be a burden for people who care, and some people may not have such a heart for the cats and they might shoot them, I know someone who does that. And if they've been domesticated for their whole lives, chances are, they won't survive in the wild, no matter how big of a part instinct may play, they haven't been on their own before.

[krystal]

theres many options, some people wouldnt like so ill tell you what id do, take a couple pics, put an ad on craigslist and maybe a few other places if you know of them, if after a few days no one will take them take them to a NON KILL shelter or see if a friend or family can take care of them till you or they can find a perminant home for them

[Visualvisitor130]

Oh how lovely that you use the phrase "get rid of" when you're talking about a living, breathing being not a broken chair or TV.

Surrender them to a no-kill shelter. This site lists them by state http://fluffynet.com/no-kill-shelters/

If you're not in the States then just Google where you live and "no-kill shelters".

edit: "Only take them out and leave them if your only other option is the pound - please." WTF? So abandoning them would be better than taking them to a shelter where they'll get fed, taken and hopefully found a new home. Geezus!

[crisalin long]

a good idea is to give it to a shelter or a close friend that you know would want and treat it with respect and care another one is sell it on animal sites im sure there some out there! a bad idea is leave it cause that's animal creulity!!!

[Alyssa]

try to ask friends or family members to take the cats or take them to a pet shelter or somewhere where the poeple dont kill the animals