[Nancy1999]

Originally Posted by MindieRose

I don't see how this is different than the Bengal. We have a Bengal/Manx (Banx? lol) that we adopted that is the most loving and intelligent cat we have ever had. The Bengal came from Asian Leopards. Ours is 18lbs and spotted, not quite as exotic looking as others, as it lacks the rosettes that some have. It isn't even remotely a wild animal. In fact, Sid acts more like a dog than a cat, which is probably why I love him.

You are correct, and in the article I linked where they are called scam artists, it says:

Since the original launching of the Ashera cat, the story has changed a little. This current idea is that this cat melds domestic cat with both African Serval and Asian Leopard Cat lineage. ANY cat with African Serval heritage and domestic cat heritage is a Savannah cat. Period. Asian Leopard Cat heritage is a fancy way of saying that they used Bengal cats (the domestic hybrid descended from Asian Leopard Cats, registered for over 20 years with TICA) to cross to the African Serval, something that has already occurred in the Savannah breed, and the vast majority of Savannahs registered have some Asian Leopard Cat in their heritage.

By keeping all information about the Ashera cat confidential, this means that the purchaser of an Ashera cat is buying a cat lacking a pedigree, which is the thing that normally means a cat is worth more money than a shelter kitty. The pictures supplied of the Ashera cat appear to show an inferior-quality Savannah, and the lack of a pedigree or registration papers backs up that impression.

So as far as I can see, buying an Ashera cat is buying an unregistered inferior Savannah cat and paying five times as much for the privilege? Ashera vs. Savannah Cat: Lifestyle Pets Introduces the $22,000 Ashera(TM), the World's Largest, Rarest and Most Exotic Domestic Cat