Ashera Savannah Debate

Sadly that would not solve the problem, anyone can micro-chip a cat and claim it is anything.

The best thing a buyer can do is research, research the breeder, research TICA.Org the organization that registers Savannahs and other hybrid breeds like the Chausie and Bengal. The breeder should be listed as a member.

Ask the seller if the kitten is or will be TICA registered and if they cannot say yes, run the other way.

Google Savannah Breeders, if the price for a kitten is very high or very low, keep on looking. An F1 Savannah male should not exceed $8 to 9K. Ask for email verifiable references so you can email and question their customers about health, beauty and personality of the kitten they bought.

There are Savannahs of varying generations and finding one to fit any budget is not difficult. Remember the closer to the Serval (or the higher the percentage of Serval blood), the more they will cost.

Beware of wild claims, these cats shed, so if allergic to other cats chances are you will be allergic to Savannahs as well. That was a big Ashera selling point.

Check several random breeders for price, warranties and references, you’ll soon discover who’s real.

Why not form an asociation of breeders and require a chip be implanted in the savannah cats. This would help protect the breeders livleyhood and the consoumers from fraud.

First and foremost let us establish the fact that any cat that has a Serval as a parent is a Savannah. Doesn’t matter what breed the mother cat or queen is. There are breeds considered permissible for use in the TICA standards for the Savannah but using a non-permissible cat does not change the fact that the litter are Savannah kittens.

Simon Brodie is a know conman, a very good one in fact that has moved from state to state when the heat gets too hot to handle in his various business endeavors. Sadly his interest in Savannahs now involves a living breathing animals, not just a business.

He makes wild claims about genetically engineered cats while using many agents and guises to purchase Savannahs from established breeders. He even involves money hungry breeders to buy the cats if they cannot provide what he wants, that’s how the cats ended up in Holland.

Ashera cats are by TICA standards poorly bred Savannahs because of the breeds involved being non-standard. But bottom line, they are purely Savannahs.

I have spoken with several people and was very much aware of the Holland incident and knew that the cats in question were Savannahs. There are Savannahs out there with Bengal blood in them BUT as long as there is Serval in the genes, they are called “Savannahs.”
We all knew “LifestylePets” were buying F-1 or (bigger) F-2 Savannahs and saying he had something different. Breeders, owners, such as myself, have always stated and said that these are Savannahs.
I personally met Chris in PA at a show with the brother of the Savannahs in Holland and we talked about it and one thing is for sure and a noted fact, that when we raise these cats we know their spots and Chris knew “something was wrong in Denmark,” so to speak! I called on a regular basis because I really wanted to see Lifestyle Pets destroyed once and for all with their lies and Chris did that. His cats were personally escorted to the vet by Federal Game & Wildlife officials and DNA was taken from father (serval and one angry one), mother and brother and the Fed Game and Wildlife delivered to Holland.
What has happened to the cats, I have not checked in a while, but I am sure being caged all that tine for a Savannah has done damage to the socialization of the animal.