We foster kittens. And while they usually go back to Animal Control for them to adopt out (heartbreaking- espeically the thought of siblings getting split up), my wife found an alum family from my kids' shmancy private school to take both of our two recent kittens.
the college age daughter came with the parents to sell them on taking both (they intended to take only one) and explained they were adopting because they had just lost a beloved cat. the type that's like a dog, greeting you at the door, always wanting to hang out with you- and in it's case, always wanting to be carried around on their shoulder (we have one like that too).
the daughter had a tatoo of their cat riding her shoulder, placed on her shoulder.
lol... typing that out sounds insanely lame, but it was pretty cool.