I had never heard of such a thing but was looking in a large antique store this weekend for a porcelean or ceramic figurine of a Himalayan cat for my mantal. I found one but was informed by the shop owner that this was a special cat figurine that people would put their beloved pet's ashes in when they died. I did not buy it but thought I would let people know that were interested that such things existed since I had no idea that they did. All breeds are available as I found out on the internet. Since I have been around a while and have had several cats that have died, I was just wondering what it would be like to have had one of these for each of my cats. This may sound quite morbid to some but there appears to be a good market in these and although I realize this may cause mixed emotions, was just wondering what others thought about these.