@IMAdaniel Ashera is a scam. "hypoallergenic" part has never been independently verified, it's just another of Simon Brodie's claims. Before Ashera he was selling Allerca that he claimed were hypoallergenic. Some people paid money and never got kittens, some got kittens and still sneezed. Sure, some people were pleased but then one can be less allergic to one cat and not the other. Google "murky background of Ashera and Allerca".
thats like having a pitbull around youre kids and saying "no he will never hurt my kids" yea next thing you know youre kids are in the hospital. and then you say "oh i cant bealive this happen"
@WARGIRLWARGIRL Savannnah cats have been around for a couple of decades and registered with TICA since 2000. I've not read of "savannah cat attacks", have you? This is a scam, the top rated comment above tells it's a scam, and people still believe in it.
One of the differences guys, was just noting some questions, is they are also hypoallergenic, meaning someone with cat dander "which is not cat hair like alot of people think" as the allergen, wouldn't be a factor with the Ashera. I've never interacted with one, so I could not say whether it was safe or what not, seems pretty neat though.
@Coads301 The "Hypoallergenic" bit is just an unproven claim of a scam artist. Google "Murky background of Ashera and Allerca" for a complete lists of failed businesses and scams by a guy who sells "Ashera". Some cats are more allergenic than others, some Savannah cats are less allergenic some more. Some Siberian cats have naturally less protein that causes most allergies and Siberians cost $500 and people can visit before getting them. DNA tests proved that Ashera is Savannah.
I like how the Human guy is all like "oh why take the risk?" but yet hes in office and while hes worrying about us breeding exotic's with animals who are domestic to suit the consumer and keep them from getting mauled. compared to stem cells or something i don't know...more important.
He'll only get this price until people start breeding them, then he won't have a corner on the market. THAT is when the price range will reflect the market.
@Alicynx People have been breeding them for a couple of decades. This is a savannah cat, google "ashera cat scam". Savannah cats have been registered with TICA for 10 years. A breeder said this looks like an F2 savannah, so it's real price is $3500-5000 (but as this one comes without pedigree, it's not worth that much). With each subsequent generation price drops. F5 and after that are about as much as any pedigreed cat, but they are smaller and look less exotic.
@tylerboy247 Ashera is a scam. DNA tests proved it's the same as a Savannah. BTW - Asheras that were tested, turned out to be Serval-Egyptian Mau hybrids, no Asian Leopard Cat blood in them. As to your cat percentages, it'd be interesting if you could explain how they managed to get these numbers e.g. what was bred to what. You do realize that they don't add up to 100% right?
To the bald guy not liking the cats, first of course it is safe, even being big for a cat, its still quite a small animal and should not pose a threat to anything else than what a regular cat would pose a threat to. Also, what are the long term effects? You got to remember that housecats, and dogs also started out as wild animals. Very bad arguments mr. Michael mc-something.
@brutsi Remember also that this is actually a Savannah cat, and savannahs have been around for probably 20-years - I remember reading about them in the now-closed "Cats" magazine in the 90s; and that they've been registered with TICA for over 10 years. They've been a regular "feature" at our local yearly TICA cat show, once they've even brought a Serval and did a little presentation on Savannahs. As to long term, bengals - another hybrid is pretty old.
While I can understand the concern of the Human Society guy, he shouldn't use cliches and platitudes to try and back up his argument. It just doesn't help.
The Humane Society guy is either a propagandist against animal breeding or a fool. Does he think domesticated cats naturally evolved to be tame? How about domestic dogs? Does he think the poodle or Chihuahua evolved on their own? You absolutely can "take the jungle out of the cat" and I've got a house cat to prove it. And as for Savannahs being dangerous, please anyone cite a case in the medical literature of a person being mauled by one. As far as I know no mauling has ever been reported.
This isn't an old idea. The Ashera might by a unique breed, but domesticating wild cats and making hybrids between big cats and house cats is thousands of years old. Egyptians domesticated what we now call the "domestic cat" as well as made pets of Caracals and Servals, and interbred them all. the Savannah may have been recently recreated, but they existed thousands of years ago.
@mazerrackham001 "Ashera" is NOT a breed AT ALL. Ashera is a total scam, it's been proven by DNA tests to be a Savannah cat resold for several times the price by a guy with a criminal record and a history of similar scams. He also sells "Titan family protector dog" - a German Shepherd for $80,000. A fool and his money...
@1babachicken Only the price. Also Savannah cats are sold with papers an pedigree, Ashera is unregistered, undocumented Savannah sold by a guy with criminal record and history of similar scams.
@mazerrackham001 NO. Ashera is A SCAM. Read wiki article on Ashera, also google for "murky background of Ashera and Allerca" or just "Ashera cat scam". This is a Savannah cat resold at a huge mark up. As to leopard, are you serious? How do you see a cat carry leopard cubs to terms or the other way around? The reporter meant Asian Leopard Cat which is just another way of saying that Bengal cats were mated to Servals or F1 savannahs which is true for many Savannah cats.
@jewelmarkess Easy tiger, I'm not the guy selling these cats. I actually only meant to reiterate what an Ashera was claimed to be in the video, to a person specifically asking what the difference supposedly was. Yes, they are definitely just a Savannah breed serval hybrid. Yes this is a scam operation. No, I didn't make that clear, but with a dozen other people acting like broken records about it already, I figured I was covered.
@mazerrackham001 Sorry, I misenterpreted you comment, but it was confusing to those who don't know. I agree I sound like broken record, but it seems like people who come here still don't get it. There are dozen or more comments from different people saying that this is a scam, yet new people come in, and make comments clearly *believing* the video. I don't really understand why.
@jewelmarkess Yeah I didn't do my message justice. I was awkward and even accidentally said Ashera instead of Savannah on one occasion. I thought one thing and wrote another, but fortunately I said Savannah enough times that context clues made it possible to understand what I was saying...difficult, but possible. I can definitely see how someone could take away a totally different message than I intended, and that's my fault, not the readers so thanks for making me clarify.
@TsumaranaiKahTay duh its a cross with three cats domestic serval and african leopard. not a scam its just a savannah with another bloodline. how do u think we got some of the dogs we got today multiple breeding with random dogs.
@IFIXUR360 Since it is a savannah cat sold under wrong pretenses and for several times the price, it is a scam. As to another bloodline, the DNA tests on some of these cats proved them to be exactlly the savannah cats bought from a specific savannah breeder and resold at multiple times the price. Not to mention that the guy who is selling them was in prison for fraud andhas long history of similar businesses like dog rental, Titan Family Protector dog, allerca, 19,000 skis, etc.
The cat is beeeeeautiful! Michael Markarian of the Humane Society says in the same breath that the cats are not safe and they we don't know enough to know if they are safe....okay...he also calls the cats "Frankenstein hybrids" - a tough critique from an attention whore who says yes/no and looks like Uncle Fester.
@platosrational Savannah cats existed since 2001, and I haven't heard of any "savannah cat attack". Bengal cats - another wild-domestic hybrid existed for over 20 years; so I don't see how he can say these cats aren't safe. Now this cat is likely an F2 savannah ("ashera" is a scam, it's a savannah), and F1 or F2 cats are as I read still wild and not for everyone. I read that they get attached to one person and aren't rehomed well, so I hope this family keeps this cat.
@wedingo You can easily get it sooner. Did you miss all the comments explaining that the breed is a total scam. The reporters today don't do any research at all, they just as gullible as anybody. This is a Savannah cat, not a cheap breed but a whole lot less expensive than that. Brodie has a history of fraud, failed businesses and similar scams. He was even in prison for fraud. He's now changed his name to Simon Karradan and is selling skis for $19,000.
Aside from the fact that asheras are a complete scam, he said "I think it's the nearest anybody can come to owning a really exotic cat". At 22k I'd be willing to bet you could get an actual leopard kitten for less than that. And then that dumbass from the H$U$, "You can take the cat out of the jungle but you can't take the jungle out of the cat" uhhh yeah you can, that's kinda how we domesticated the cat and dog in the first place.
@vampyress83 Google for "ashera cat scam", it'll tell you everything you want to know. In a nutshell - ashera is a scam. It's been genetically proven to be an F1 or F2 savannah cat bought from a savannah breeder and resold at a several times the price. What I can't believe is that the reporter here didn't bother to do her research, the reports of this being a scam has been on the web for over 2 years.
@vampyress83 More likely an F2. I thought it was an F1 savannah bought from a breeder and re-sold, but from what I read on a savannah breeders say, it looks more like a badly bred F2 savannah. I also read Brodie bought F1 savannahs from a breeder. So rather than re-selling F1s, he probably breeds them to god-knows-what (maybe strays for all we know) then sells kittens for 22K. F2 savannahs go for $3500-5000, but this is for pedigreed cats while this one is undocumented. It's a complete scam.
true a cat is a cat , a sea is a sea but all of them is allah creatures just take few second to think how wonderful complicated are they!! and u will see the ability of allah <3
@desu2u Google for "ashera-savannah" controversy. The price tag comes from a scam not genetic engineering. According to the wiki and other articles, nobody has proven the authenticity of this breed, and DNA tests on some of them proved they are savannahs that are many times cheaper than this.
First off, this guy has a history and record of being a fraud, he's been busted for trying to pawn off 2 savannahs as "Asheras". Second off, 1st and second generation Savannahs commonly grow to be 25lbs and the largest domesticated cat as verified by the Guiness book of world records is a Savannah, not an Ashera. Also, while savannahs do come with different markings on some. A majority as well as the prized ones appear similar to the servals with EXACTLY the same markings. This guy is a fraud.
The "Ashera" is a SCAM. They are really called Savannahs and are widely bred and they don't cost 22,000 dollars. The most a generation 1 Savannah should ever run you is 10 grand and you can get one for MUCH cheaper than that. Also, they have been bred since 1985 and are safe as pets, that humane shelter guy is an idiot. Even the wild cat they are bred with, the serval, is kept as a pet and poses little threat to humans. It's not like having a lion in your house.
@mbr05c The markings are decidedly different and the average Savannah doesn't reach >20 lbs and ~4 ft. in height. While the Ashera breed draws from similar stock (Servals and domesticated cats), the addition of the leopard genetics may be the reason for the increased size and price tag.
@MrBoboFace They did DNA test and it turned out that they indeed are savannahs. Also it's not "leopard genetics" it's asian leopard cat (small asian wildcat) genetics. Bengal is a cross between asian leopard cat and domestic, and first savannahs came from Serval-Bengal crosses, I believe. So savannahs do have both serval genes and asian leopard cat genes...
you know what? nothing against these animals cuz its not the animals fault but I DESPISE the fact that people would even dream of getting one of these. Why? Do they even realize how many cats every year gets put down in shelters, abused or abandoned because people do not want them anymore? $22 000 would help a lot of these poor animals, and should not go towards buying a SINGLE ashera cat. screw this.
@elliottvillanueva The farmers and ranchers do the same thing, but people don't say that they are playing god. Cross-breeding has been around for eons, and is the reason for the creation of the yellow dessert banana, the domestic dog/cat, the cow, and America's fat-fat-egg-stuffed chickens.
Genetic engineering is only called "playing god" as a scare-tactic. We've done this so long and so extensively that now it's just a matter of the scale.
Ashera is a name used by Simon Brodie to identify the Savannah cat we all have heard of....they are the same cat. Simon Brodie is a con artist and is just looking to make money off dumb rich people willing to pay 22k for a cat that is falsely advertised. SMART INVESTMENT! Lets not donate to charity or pick up a stray cat that really needs love.... lets by a super rare breed so we can gaunt at all the people with normal tabby cats. This is the most ridiculous garbage I've ever seen. Die Simon.
It was later proven that these cats are in fact Savannah cats. This guy is a con artist buying these for 4k and selling them for 22k by calling them something else.
@Sodaboy1223 It's not new. Look at bengal cats - they come from Asian Leopard Cat and domestic hybrid. European wildcats mate with domestics in nature, one of the reasons european wildcats are endangered. Tomcats don't care which female in heat they do it with, if the size is OK. Servals are a bit bigger, so normally they'd look at a cat as something on the menu, but if a serval grows up with domestics, gets used to the cues and figures out how to do it with a much smaller female...
@Isreal4realz Actually, they can't. When you buy an "Ashera" i.e. a savannah from this con artist, they are neutered. Now you can buy some savannahs from breeders and have use as breeders but they are very expensive un-neutered and the breeding process is fairly specific. An un-neutered F1 savannah can cost between 5,500 and 12,000 dollars.
@mbr05c huh, un-neutered for 12,grand? i said 56 grand for 2 so that's 28k each, that's more than twice as much as an un-neutered? that doesn't make sense
@Isreal4realz 28K is a SCAM, the real price of an F2 like this one is $2500-5000. Also, F1-F4 males are sterile. So you'll buy a female and mate it to say an egyptian mau, you'll get an F2. Then, at earlier generation, you'll get very small litters 1-2 kittens and high mortality; an F1 may be a bad mother, and you may have to bottle feed kittens. Then, if a kitten may look like a daddy and not mom... Then you'll get to deal with spraying. Not my idea of fun.
this wildlife guy says you cant take the wild out of the cat. what the fuck is he talking about. people have been crossing animals since the beginning of time. all our domestic pets were once wild animals at one time. shit the german sheperds mostly wolf. it didnt just appear from thin air.
Haha, dumb bitch. So anxious to show the world how rich she is, she spent $22,000 on a cat. I wonder how she feels now that it's been proven that the fraud Simon Brodie is simply an F1 Savannah, at four or five times the cost of a savannah. What a colossal idiot!
That guy at the end is an idiot. "We don't know what the long term results will be" umm yeah we do serval hybrids called savannah's have been around since 1980
stupid woman bringing up a predator in her house with kids in a neighborhood full of cats.. what a fool.. that thing is going to cause trouble.. even normal house cats fight but that thing's going to maul some damn faces.. put that hosepipe away!
There's quite a bit of buzz online about these cats being FRAUDS - apparently genetic testing that has been done on known samples proved them to be nothing other than OVER-PRICED "Savannah Cats" which you can pick up from reputable breeders for FAR less than the ridiculous $20,000 (+) price tag.
Additionally, there are widespread accusations that Mr.Brodie is a career con man.
shows how screwed up human beings are. Eventually someone is going to get hurt really bad, then the police will put them all to sleep. You know the world has gone crazy all for a few bucks. And there are fools who think paying more for the animal means it is a better breed. There are thousands of animals in shelters, rescue them and enhance your life. These so called breeders need their heads examined.
It IS a savannah cat lol. Theres no such ting as a ashera, the company were conning people by buying in savannah kittens and selling them for 4 times the price .... or so the reports go.
"Ashera" cats are genetically Savannahs and only marketed as a different breed:
"The Ashera is hybrid cat marketed by Lifestyle Pets. The cat is an alleged domestic/wild hybrid cat, a hybrid between the African serval, Asian leopard cat, and a domestic housecat. However, the authenticity of the breed has been challenged, as the only known examples of "Ashera" cats have been proven by DNA testing to be Savannah cats, an existing breed.[3]
rofl "could way UP TO 25 POUNDS!!!" I had a regular house cat that weight 18-20 pounds...its nothin big..... bah...just cross a serval with a leopard then I'll buy one..forget the extra domestic part :P... jk jk...just give me a serval, and a leopard... and I'll go ahead and take the risk douche...
i'm sorry it's a beautifull cat.. but 22k? I could buy a car or put that towards buying a house.... please we have enough homeless cats in shelters being put to death everyday...just go to ur local animal shelter and $60...i just can't see in no way paying 22k for a pet...
I agree but I am getting a Ragdoll for a little over $1300. If you really LOVE the breed and you can afford it then get the cat by all means. It's the same as buying a car you like, some people don't care others specifically want a certain type of car but others really do!!! I would never spend too much money on a car but for a Ragdoll I would. You see what I mean? It depends on you as a person and it's not up to us to judge.
Personally I find Bengal, Ashera's, Savannahs, Abyssinians and all those "wild" cats utterly hideous and I would prefer a domestic or stray cat to those but Ragdolls are awesome!!
If I'm not mistaken, a Savannah is bread between the Cerval and a housecat while an Ashera is bread between a Cerval, Asian Leopard, and then a housecat. The Asheras at least have the Asian Leopard in them, while the Savannahs have just the Cerval. As a result, I think Asheras are a bit bigger and they have a larger percentage of wild or exotic cat in them. Idk why anyone would pay 22k for a cat though, there are so many in shelters :(
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i fink they should try to apply the loger life span to other cats, - eg, an ordanery cat lives 13 -15 yeas on average, yet these till they are 25 years
do not trust that lifestyle pets guy. at $22k a pop he has a vested interested in making these animals seem like domesticated little puddy tats. in reality, this breed is still untested, and that cat the blonde lady has may grow a bad temper once it hits puberty and wants to start fucking.
i think this would be an awesome cat to have. 22,000 is way expensive but if it did cost only 100 everyone would have one. maybe that is why the price tag is so high. to prevent over population with this cat. i kinda want one. i think it would be awesome. come on seriously, a cat, the size of a medium dog, who wouldn't want it.
Most Savannahs have an element of Bengal ie ALC in them, and so what´s new? Apart from the price? For 22 K USD you can get a wonderful breeding pair of Savannahs AND a fair pair of Bengals and make you own crosses. If that´s what you want. Me, I keep them separate.
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TautvisssBOOM 2 months ago
wow chill out ya'll OCELOTS worth 1,500$ in the US and that's a really beautiful cat..
nasermeter 3 months ago
Except the Ashera is hypoallergenic for people with allergies. derp
IMAdaniel 3 months ago
@IMAdaniel Ashera is a scam. "hypoallergenic" part has never been independently verified, it's just another of Simon Brodie's claims. Before Ashera he was selling Allerca that he claimed were hypoallergenic. Some people paid money and never got kittens, some got kittens and still sneezed. Sure, some people were pleased but then one can be less allergic to one cat and not the other. Google "murky background of Ashera and Allerca".
jewelmarkess 3 months ago
wtf if it were a wolf wed not have problems
Darkangelmmortalwin 3 months ago
it's not ashera it's chimera.
Nypopsi 4 months ago
hahhahaha!! the growl literally sounds lyk nyan-nyan-nyan-nyan xDDDD
skiblue93 5 months ago
thats like having a pitbull around youre kids and saying "no he will never hurt my kids" yea next thing you know youre kids are in the hospital. and then you say "oh i cant bealive this happen"
WARGIRLWARGIRL 6 months ago
@WARGIRLWARGIRL Savannnah cats have been around for a couple of decades and registered with TICA since 2000. I've not read of "savannah cat attacks", have you? This is a scam, the top rated comment above tells it's a scam, and people still believe in it.
jewelmarkess 5 months ago
One of the differences guys, was just noting some questions, is they are also hypoallergenic, meaning someone with cat dander "which is not cat hair like alot of people think" as the allergen, wouldn't be a factor with the Ashera. I've never interacted with one, so I could not say whether it was safe or what not, seems pretty neat though.
Coads301 6 months ago
@Coads301 The "Hypoallergenic" bit is just an unproven claim of a scam artist. Google "Murky background of Ashera and Allerca" for a complete lists of failed businesses and scams by a guy who sells "Ashera". Some cats are more allergenic than others, some Savannah cats are less allergenic some more. Some Siberian cats have naturally less protein that causes most allergies and Siberians cost $500 and people can visit before getting them. DNA tests proved that Ashera is Savannah.
jewelmarkess 5 months ago
I like how the Human guy is all like "oh why take the risk?" but yet hes in office and while hes worrying about us breeding exotic's with animals who are domestic to suit the consumer and keep them from getting mauled. compared to stem cells or something i don't know...more important.
vaultmiamoto000 6 months ago
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jewelmarkess 5 months ago
@vaultmiamoto000 Sorry, I misunderstood your comment, just deleted my reply.
jewelmarkess 5 months ago
Longcat!
Kaine852 6 months ago
2:15 i like how she just drops the cat bahaha
bts4lf 6 months ago 3
Nom Nom Nom!!!!!
TideFalconFan 6 months ago
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iTzJimBoi 7 months ago
whats wrong with a normal cat?
40kDakota 7 months ago
michael macherean has nothing to do in life but hate on new pets hahahah
pumitaproductions 8 months ago
this is dumb lmao.
ballin7077 8 months ago
cuuute growl
Syllbaba 8 months ago
He'll only get this price until people start breeding them, then he won't have a corner on the market. THAT is when the price range will reflect the market.
Alicynx 9 months ago
@Alicynx People have been breeding them for a couple of decades. This is a savannah cat, google "ashera cat scam". Savannah cats have been registered with TICA for 10 years. A breeder said this looks like an F2 savannah, so it's real price is $3500-5000 (but as this one comes without pedigree, it's not worth that much). With each subsequent generation price drops. F5 and after that are about as much as any pedigreed cat, but they are smaller and look less exotic.
jewelmarkess 8 months ago
It is cross between three cats I know mine was 48% serval 33% asian leopard cat and 28% Ocicat.
tylerboy247 9 months ago
@tylerboy247 Ashera is a scam. DNA tests proved it's the same as a Savannah. BTW - Asheras that were tested, turned out to be Serval-Egyptian Mau hybrids, no Asian Leopard Cat blood in them. As to your cat percentages, it'd be interesting if you could explain how they managed to get these numbers e.g. what was bred to what. You do realize that they don't add up to 100% right?
jewelmarkess 8 months ago
It's been proven by DNA that the Ashera cat is the same as Savannah cat
ChrifferProductions 9 months ago
Their meow is so cute!
BlueNeko1 9 months ago
nom nom nom
Noobulaiter 9 months ago
This Simon Brodie(now Simon Carradan) is a scam artist. He is trying to sell $15,000+ Skis!! Don't get scammed by this person!
janinedavis1 11 months ago
@janinedavis1 Don't forget TITAN-Family Protector Dog. A supposedly super-trained German Shepherd for $80,000.
jewelmarkess 10 months ago
To the bald guy not liking the cats, first of course it is safe, even being big for a cat, its still quite a small animal and should not pose a threat to anything else than what a regular cat would pose a threat to. Also, what are the long term effects? You got to remember that housecats, and dogs also started out as wild animals. Very bad arguments mr. Michael mc-something.
brutsi 1 year ago 2
@brutsi Remember also that this is actually a Savannah cat, and savannahs have been around for probably 20-years - I remember reading about them in the now-closed "Cats" magazine in the 90s; and that they've been registered with TICA for over 10 years. They've been a regular "feature" at our local yearly TICA cat show, once they've even brought a Serval and did a little presentation on Savannahs. As to long term, bengals - another hybrid is pretty old.
jewelmarkess 10 months ago
While I can understand the concern of the Human Society guy, he shouldn't use cliches and platitudes to try and back up his argument. It just doesn't help.
DurzaGaiden 1 year ago
"Dangerous"?! My siamese is more dangerous than my savannah! lol
Inuyashafangirl2back 1 year ago
SHUT UP BALDIE
NO ONE WANTS TO KNOW
I'd say sick the kitty on him.
raitey 1 year ago
hahaha that woman got SCAMMED
maximum411 1 year ago
The Humane Society guy is either a propagandist against animal breeding or a fool. Does he think domesticated cats naturally evolved to be tame? How about domestic dogs? Does he think the poodle or Chihuahua evolved on their own? You absolutely can "take the jungle out of the cat" and I've got a house cat to prove it. And as for Savannahs being dangerous, please anyone cite a case in the medical literature of a person being mauled by one. As far as I know no mauling has ever been reported.
mazerrackham001 1 year ago
This isn't an old idea. The Ashera might by a unique breed, but domesticating wild cats and making hybrids between big cats and house cats is thousands of years old. Egyptians domesticated what we now call the "domestic cat" as well as made pets of Caracals and Servals, and interbred them all. the Savannah may have been recently recreated, but they existed thousands of years ago.
mazerrackham001 1 year ago
@mazerrackham001 "Ashera" is NOT a breed AT ALL. Ashera is a total scam, it's been proven by DNA tests to be a Savannah cat resold for several times the price by a guy with a criminal record and a history of similar scams. He also sells "Titan family protector dog" - a German Shepherd for $80,000. A fool and his money...
jewelmarkess 1 year ago
what is the diffience between a Savannah Cat and a Ashera???????????????????
thaiikid 1 year ago
@thaiikid asheras its fake name
1babachicken 1 year ago
@1babachicken Only the price. Also Savannah cats are sold with papers an pedigree, Ashera is unregistered, undocumented Savannah sold by a guy with criminal record and history of similar scams.
jewelmarkess 1 year ago
@jewelmarkess i know that i say its is fake name for short :/
1babachicken 1 year ago
@thaiikid A Savannah cat is a mix between a Serval and house cat. An Ashera is a mix between an Asian Leopard, Serval, and House cat.
mazerrackham001 1 year ago
@mazerrackham001 NO. Ashera is A SCAM. Read wiki article on Ashera, also google for "murky background of Ashera and Allerca" or just "Ashera cat scam". This is a Savannah cat resold at a huge mark up. As to leopard, are you serious? How do you see a cat carry leopard cubs to terms or the other way around? The reporter meant Asian Leopard Cat which is just another way of saying that Bengal cats were mated to Servals or F1 savannahs which is true for many Savannah cats.
jewelmarkess 1 year ago
@jewelmarkess Easy tiger, I'm not the guy selling these cats. I actually only meant to reiterate what an Ashera was claimed to be in the video, to a person specifically asking what the difference supposedly was. Yes, they are definitely just a Savannah breed serval hybrid. Yes this is a scam operation. No, I didn't make that clear, but with a dozen other people acting like broken records about it already, I figured I was covered.
mazerrackham001 1 year ago
@mazerrackham001 Sorry, I misenterpreted you comment, but it was confusing to those who don't know. I agree I sound like broken record, but it seems like people who come here still don't get it. There are dozen or more comments from different people saying that this is a scam, yet new people come in, and make comments clearly *believing* the video. I don't really understand why.
jewelmarkess 1 year ago
@jewelmarkess Yeah I didn't do my message justice. I was awkward and even accidentally said Ashera instead of Savannah on one occasion. I thought one thing and wrote another, but fortunately I said Savannah enough times that context clues made it possible to understand what I was saying...difficult, but possible. I can definitely see how someone could take away a totally different message than I intended, and that's my fault, not the readers so thanks for making me clarify.
mazerrackham001 1 year ago
The ashera cat is actually a total scam, it was proven the ashera is really a savannah cat.
TsumaranaiKahTay 1 year ago 11
@TsumaranaiKahTay duh its a cross with three cats domestic serval and african leopard. not a scam its just a savannah with another bloodline. how do u think we got some of the dogs we got today multiple breeding with random dogs.
IFIXUR360 1 year ago
@IFIXUR360 Since it is a savannah cat sold under wrong pretenses and for several times the price, it is a scam. As to another bloodline, the DNA tests on some of these cats proved them to be exactlly the savannah cats bought from a specific savannah breeder and resold at multiple times the price. Not to mention that the guy who is selling them was in prison for fraud andhas long history of similar businesses like dog rental, Titan Family Protector dog, allerca, 19,000 skis, etc.
jewelmarkess 1 year ago
@TsumaranaiKahTay iv been reading up on this scam and it sounds like no one has even gotten a cat at all
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operation477 2 months ago
What a scam just buy a savannah you'll get the same cat for $17,000 cheaper.
amazinglaughs 1 year ago 32
When im rich i plan to buy a couple of these cat and have them made a little safari playground or something
peggyninja 1 year ago 4
@peggyninja You missed the comments that stated this "breed" is a scam...
jewelmarkess 1 year ago 3
The cat is beeeeeautiful! Michael Markarian of the Humane Society says in the same breath that the cats are not safe and they we don't know enough to know if they are safe....okay...he also calls the cats "Frankenstein hybrids" - a tough critique from an attention whore who says yes/no and looks like Uncle Fester.
platosrational 1 year ago
@platosrational Savannah cats existed since 2001, and I haven't heard of any "savannah cat attack". Bengal cats - another wild-domestic hybrid existed for over 20 years; so I don't see how he can say these cats aren't safe. Now this cat is likely an F2 savannah ("ashera" is a scam, it's a savannah), and F1 or F2 cats are as I read still wild and not for everyone. I read that they get attached to one person and aren't rehomed well, so I hope this family keeps this cat.
jewelmarkess 1 year ago
in 15 years you will be able to get one for half a k
wedingo 1 year ago
@wedingo You can easily get it sooner. Did you miss all the comments explaining that the breed is a total scam. The reporters today don't do any research at all, they just as gullible as anybody. This is a Savannah cat, not a cheap breed but a whole lot less expensive than that. Brodie has a history of fraud, failed businesses and similar scams. He was even in prison for fraud. He's now changed his name to Simon Karradan and is selling skis for $19,000.
jewelmarkess 1 year ago
Aside from the fact that asheras are a complete scam, he said "I think it's the nearest anybody can come to owning a really exotic cat". At 22k I'd be willing to bet you could get an actual leopard kitten for less than that. And then that dumbass from the H$U$, "You can take the cat out of the jungle but you can't take the jungle out of the cat" uhhh yeah you can, that's kinda how we domesticated the cat and dog in the first place.
roxbird20 1 year ago
i want to know if the ashera is an f1 cat or not??
vampyress83 1 year ago
@vampyress83 Google for "ashera cat scam", it'll tell you everything you want to know. In a nutshell - ashera is a scam. It's been genetically proven to be an F1 or F2 savannah cat bought from a savannah breeder and resold at a several times the price. What I can't believe is that the reporter here didn't bother to do her research, the reports of this being a scam has been on the web for over 2 years.
jewelmarkess 1 year ago
@vampyress83 More likely an F2. I thought it was an F1 savannah bought from a breeder and re-sold, but from what I read on a savannah breeders say, it looks more like a badly bred F2 savannah. I also read Brodie bought F1 savannahs from a breeder. So rather than re-selling F1s, he probably breeds them to god-knows-what (maybe strays for all we know) then sells kittens for 22K. F2 savannahs go for $3500-5000, but this is for pedigreed cats while this one is undocumented. It's a complete scam.
jewelmarkess 1 year ago
allah is beautiful to create somthing like this
i love allah
nouraSaramida 1 year ago
@nouraSaramida i love Allah too!
Allahu Akbar!
ibragimKAZ 1 year ago
@nouraSaramida
i do not agree with this , a cat should be a cat ! :-)
grantourismo0109 1 year ago
@grantourismo0109
true a cat is a cat , a sea is a sea but all of them is allah creatures just take few second to think how wonderful complicated are they!! and u will see the ability of allah <3
nouraSaramida 1 year ago
@nouraSaramida
i just dun like the idea of breeding a cat and sale it for profit
kinda disrespect life to me
I would be happy to see if people adopt a pet from animal shelter
anyway may allah be with you brother noura :)
grantourismo0109 1 year ago
@grantourismo0109 thank u <3
and im female =D
nouraSaramida 1 year ago
@nouraSaramida ok sister noura -,-
grantourismo0109 1 year ago
"I really want to go out to dinner, but I'm still paying off my cat loan."
"You mean your car loan?"
"No, my cat loan."
jwlvs 1 year ago
The price tag stems from the genetic/reproductive engineering in getting the cat to be the hybrid that it is....
I like the "nomnomnom" sound it makes ^_^
desu2u 1 year ago
@desu2u Google for "ashera-savannah" controversy. The price tag comes from a scam not genetic engineering. According to the wiki and other articles, nobody has proven the authenticity of this breed, and DNA tests on some of them proved they are savannahs that are many times cheaper than this.
jewelmarkess 1 year ago
"eating your childrens...friends"..epic
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desichick 1 year ago
First off, this guy has a history and record of being a fraud, he's been busted for trying to pawn off 2 savannahs as "Asheras". Second off, 1st and second generation Savannahs commonly grow to be 25lbs and the largest domesticated cat as verified by the Guiness book of world records is a Savannah, not an Ashera. Also, while savannahs do come with different markings on some. A majority as well as the prized ones appear similar to the servals with EXACTLY the same markings. This guy is a fraud.
mbr05c 1 year ago
The "Ashera" is a SCAM. They are really called Savannahs and are widely bred and they don't cost 22,000 dollars. The most a generation 1 Savannah should ever run you is 10 grand and you can get one for MUCH cheaper than that. Also, they have been bred since 1985 and are safe as pets, that humane shelter guy is an idiot. Even the wild cat they are bred with, the serval, is kept as a pet and poses little threat to humans. It's not like having a lion in your house.
mbr05c 1 year ago
@mbr05c The markings are decidedly different and the average Savannah doesn't reach >20 lbs and ~4 ft. in height. While the Ashera breed draws from similar stock (Servals and domesticated cats), the addition of the leopard genetics may be the reason for the increased size and price tag.
MrBoboFace 1 year ago
@MrBoboFace They did DNA test and it turned out that they indeed are savannahs. Also it's not "leopard genetics" it's asian leopard cat (small asian wildcat) genetics. Bengal is a cross between asian leopard cat and domestic, and first savannahs came from Serval-Bengal crosses, I believe. So savannahs do have both serval genes and asian leopard cat genes...
jewelmarkess 1 year ago
Make that Bold guy in this video shaut up
Panzera6 1 year ago
give it a few years and it will soon be around $500.
MrSantaClaws1001 1 year ago
lol asian leopard.......cat
lightsuit 1 year ago
i agree with micheal on this vid.
slushomatic 1 year ago
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you know what? nothing against these animals cuz its not the animals fault but I DESPISE the fact that people would even dream of getting one of these. Why? Do they even realize how many cats every year gets put down in shelters, abused or abandoned because people do not want them anymore? $22 000 would help a lot of these poor animals, and should not go towards buying a SINGLE ashera cat. screw this.
jualkyn 1 year ago 2
I guess life does have a price once you take the role of god!
elliottvillanueva 1 year ago
@elliottvillanueva The farmers and ranchers do the same thing, but people don't say that they are playing god. Cross-breeding has been around for eons, and is the reason for the creation of the yellow dessert banana, the domestic dog/cat, the cow, and America's fat-fat-egg-stuffed chickens.
Genetic engineering is only called "playing god" as a scare-tactic. We've done this so long and so extensively that now it's just a matter of the scale.
MrBoboFace 1 year ago
They're gorgeous but their meow is *annoying*; it's so nasally compared to normal cats.
CalpicoFan 1 year ago
Ashera is a name used by Simon Brodie to identify the Savannah cat we all have heard of....they are the same cat. Simon Brodie is a con artist and is just looking to make money off dumb rich people willing to pay 22k for a cat that is falsely advertised. SMART INVESTMENT! Lets not donate to charity or pick up a stray cat that really needs love.... lets by a super rare breed so we can gaunt at all the people with normal tabby cats. This is the most ridiculous garbage I've ever seen. Die Simon.
Druss1586 1 year ago
22K times 100 Asheras a year equals a big ass paycheck for this dude!
tangthebang 1 year ago
2:23 did she just drop the cat!? cause it didnt look like it jumped....
djazr 1 year ago
2:23 did she just drop the cat!? cause it didnt look like it jumped....
djazr 1 year ago
why take that risk shut the fuck up that guy is a fag. stay yo ass in bed all day with an aluminum cap
NebunLaCap 1 year ago
It was later proven that these cats are in fact Savannah cats. This guy is a con artist buying these for 4k and selling them for 22k by calling them something else.
Foxbat40 1 year ago
i have an ashera cat :P
louiscarr899 1 year ago
mother fucker get your rich ass down to the animal shelter and get a friendly cat
athtastic 1 year ago
pinche gato ta muy feo pa miguel
nosupecualponerme 1 year ago
@nosupecualponerme jajaja no mmz
kasa410 1 year ago
Very pretty cat. I think that breeders are getting a little out of control with mixing breeds though.
mangoliouskiwi 1 year ago
Sooo has it been like...someone crossed the DNA of a wild cat and a house cat..how?
Sodaboy1223 1 year ago
@Sodaboy1223 It's not new. Look at bengal cats - they come from Asian Leopard Cat and domestic hybrid. European wildcats mate with domestics in nature, one of the reasons european wildcats are endangered. Tomcats don't care which female in heat they do it with, if the size is OK. Servals are a bit bigger, so normally they'd look at a cat as something on the menu, but if a serval grows up with domestics, gets used to the cues and figures out how to do it with a much smaller female...
jewelmarkess 10 months ago
@jewelmarkess Sure.
Sodaboy1223 10 months ago
hmmm.... an investor could just buy 2 of these cats for 56 grand and start to breed them himself......
Isreal4realz 1 year ago
@Isreal4realz Actually, they can't. When you buy an "Ashera" i.e. a savannah from this con artist, they are neutered. Now you can buy some savannahs from breeders and have use as breeders but they are very expensive un-neutered and the breeding process is fairly specific. An un-neutered F1 savannah can cost between 5,500 and 12,000 dollars.
mbr05c 1 year ago
@mbr05c huh, un-neutered for 12,grand? i said 56 grand for 2 so that's 28k each, that's more than twice as much as an un-neutered? that doesn't make sense
Isreal4realz 1 year ago
@Isreal4realz 28K is a SCAM, the real price of an F2 like this one is $2500-5000. Also, F1-F4 males are sterile. So you'll buy a female and mate it to say an egyptian mau, you'll get an F2. Then, at earlier generation, you'll get very small litters 1-2 kittens and high mortality; an F1 may be a bad mother, and you may have to bottle feed kittens. Then, if a kitten may look like a daddy and not mom... Then you'll get to deal with spraying. Not my idea of fun.
jewelmarkess 10 months ago
2:03 Ohhhhm nom nom nom nom nom! Noooom nom nom nom nom! :D
kornukaz 1 year ago 68
Its a fraud, the ahsera is a high percentage (F1 or F2) Savannah cat
humanpotential7 1 year ago
haha, its panting like a doggie
timberchick964 1 year ago
22k can save cats in animal shelters
rbmdl 1 year ago
aw cute he is like OM NOMM NOMM NOMM !!
MrMMABoy 1 year ago
An Ashera is just an F1 Savannah cat. It was recently proven forensically.
Zummarah 1 year ago
I'd like these people to stop messing around with cats and wildcats's genetics...
Nimphae 1 year ago
this wildlife guy says you cant take the wild out of the cat. what the fuck is he talking about. people have been crossing animals since the beginning of time. all our domestic pets were once wild animals at one time. shit the german sheperds mostly wolf. it didnt just appear from thin air.
cliff14444 1 year ago
what's the difference between a Savannah cat, Ashera cat, and Serval cat?!
Thewaterofthepool 1 year ago
Haha, dumb bitch. So anxious to show the world how rich she is, she spent $22,000 on a cat. I wonder how she feels now that it's been proven that the fraud Simon Brodie is simply an F1 Savannah, at four or five times the cost of a savannah. What a colossal idiot!
StevenShields29 1 year ago
My gato has a moustache... put a fucking price on that shit.
kzolotar 1 year ago 2
they are not real cats. its a scam.
chrismorgue 1 year ago
That guy at the end is an idiot. "We don't know what the long term results will be" umm yeah we do serval hybrids called savannah's have been around since 1980
yfenbjae 1 year ago
@yfenbjae not to mention that Servals have been kept as pets for far longer than that
Henrika16 1 year ago
that expert is an idiot.
you can also drop your 10 pound housecat off in the woods.
in a year if it is still alive it will be one wild and capable little bastard that you wouldn't want to surprise or corner.
all animals are capable of being wild.
he read some shit somewhere and feels confident enough to repeat it because he's reasonably sure that no one will challenge him.
tapper45 1 year ago
HAHA that bitch just dropped that fuckin thing
90Spirit 1 year ago
2:18.. have a nice fall kitty :O
stupid woman bringing up a predator in her house with kids in a neighborhood full of cats.. what a fool.. that thing is going to cause trouble.. even normal house cats fight but that thing's going to maul some damn faces.. put that hosepipe away!
sheldonstones 2 years ago
This is a savannah cat...the company just took them off some breeder and tried to sell them for 4 times the price..
entershikarisim 2 years ago
There's quite a bit of buzz online about these cats being FRAUDS - apparently genetic testing that has been done on known samples proved them to be nothing other than OVER-PRICED "Savannah Cats" which you can pick up from reputable breeders for FAR less than the ridiculous $20,000 (+) price tag.
Additionally, there are widespread accusations that Mr.Brodie is a career con man.
PlebRule 2 years ago
I can tell just by looking at this thing and listening to It's growl that I wouldn't want it around kids. It aint' no Ragdoll breed that's for sure.
SW627 2 years ago
i'm so going go to get this awesome cat.
Comal52 2 years ago
shows how screwed up human beings are. Eventually someone is going to get hurt really bad, then the police will put them all to sleep. You know the world has gone crazy all for a few bucks. And there are fools who think paying more for the animal means it is a better breed. There are thousands of animals in shelters, rescue them and enhance your life. These so called breeders need their heads examined.
tolykozin 2 years ago
A Savannah Cat looks better! The spots on a savannah are more dramatic and wild looking.
AbsoluteSavannahs 2 years ago
Do some research online - so called "Ashera cats" seem to be little more than re-sold Savannah cats.
PlebRule 2 years ago
It IS a savannah cat lol. Theres no such ting as a ashera, the company were conning people by buying in savannah kittens and selling them for 4 times the price .... or so the reports go.
entershikarisim 2 years ago
lol if u want a wild animal get a bobcat
MaJoRd3ViL 2 years ago
No kidding, that would sure satisfy their fetish with having an "exotic" pet... LoL. Perhaps a nice Cougar as well.
SW627 2 years ago
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ANGELSVEN 2 years ago
rofl "could way UP TO 25 POUNDS!!!" I had a regular house cat that weight 18-20 pounds...its nothin big..... bah...just cross a serval with a leopard then I'll buy one..forget the extra domestic part :P... jk jk...just give me a serval, and a leopard... and I'll go ahead and take the risk douche...
TropicalJosh 2 years ago
I LOL'd at it's growl. Awesome cat, though. (:
windhigh80 2 years ago
so these cats are not wild and dangerous?
asian leopard cats + servals or cervals cats= recommended as pets and domesticated?...
wild+wild=legal? they have to made up their minds...
senmafugu 2 years ago
Svannah's are larger at 25 - 40 pounds.
But the News probably Underestimated it.
SecularTechnology 2 years ago
LONG CAT IS LONG
Mortwey 2 years ago
i'm sorry it's a beautifull cat.. but 22k? I could buy a car or put that towards buying a house.... please we have enough homeless cats in shelters being put to death everyday...just go to ur local animal shelter and $60...i just can't see in no way paying 22k for a pet...
nina20021 2 years ago 38
I agree but I am getting a Ragdoll for a little over $1300. If you really LOVE the breed and you can afford it then get the cat by all means. It's the same as buying a car you like, some people don't care others specifically want a certain type of car but others really do!!! I would never spend too much money on a car but for a Ragdoll I would. You see what I mean? It depends on you as a person and it's not up to us to judge.
MichaelLAthauda 2 years ago
Personally I find Bengal, Ashera's, Savannahs, Abyssinians and all those "wild" cats utterly hideous and I would prefer a domestic or stray cat to those but Ragdolls are awesome!!
MichaelLAthauda 2 years ago
@nina20021 you would put it towards a house but if you had a few mill would you just give the money you dont need to the homeless?
cliff14444 1 year ago
@nina20021 I agree this is insane.
Mr291229 1 year ago
Look like a leopard????
You sound like an idiot.
loki1066 2 years ago
Geez...couldn't they come up with a better name for the cat? They spent $ 22,000 on the cat and called it "Hobie"? That's just embarrassing.
mokoshperun 2 years ago
Houbi「褒美」 in Japanese means "reward"
xXfainarufantajiXx 2 years ago 2
the price is so ridiculous. I would never trade my Sphynx for this cat.
josehernandez16 2 years ago
lol at 2:21 she just drops the cat
boni12314 2 years ago 5
LOL the cat has a glitch... it wont shut up
I would love a quiet one though
Cheuvin 2 years ago
what makes them a different breed than the savannahs?
nicholasbhicks 2 years ago 2
If I'm not mistaken, a Savannah is bread between the Cerval and a housecat while an Ashera is bread between a Cerval, Asian Leopard, and then a housecat. The Asheras at least have the Asian Leopard in them, while the Savannahs have just the Cerval. As a result, I think Asheras are a bit bigger and they have a larger percentage of wild or exotic cat in them. Idk why anyone would pay 22k for a cat though, there are so many in shelters :(
ItsIndie 2 years ago
HOLY LOLHAMMER 2:06
Souljadat 2 years ago 3
what kind of cat is she holding at 2:17?
acryingguitar 2 years ago
@acryingguitar
It seems like an American longhaired cat
I have an American shorthaired cat though
^I advise you to get a shorthaired their move lovable^
Dishsoapbomb 2 years ago
WTF 2:06
DudenameLazy 2 years ago
LOL.. not So exotic that you have to worry about it, eating your children's friend..
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kidnex1 2 years ago
i fink they should try to apply the loger life span to other cats, - eg, an ordanery cat lives 13 -15 yeas on average, yet these till they are 25 years
TranceExplosion 2 years ago
206 very funny
WILL120564 2 years ago
do not trust that lifestyle pets guy. at $22k a pop he has a vested interested in making these animals seem like domesticated little puddy tats. in reality, this breed is still untested, and that cat the blonde lady has may grow a bad temper once it hits puberty and wants to start fucking.
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kyleman1313 2 years ago
i think this would be an awesome cat to have. 22,000 is way expensive but if it did cost only 100 everyone would have one. maybe that is why the price tag is so high. to prevent over population with this cat. i kinda want one. i think it would be awesome. come on seriously, a cat, the size of a medium dog, who wouldn't want it.
shawno84 2 years ago
@shawno84 ikr? the cat is as epic as a cat but as energetic and stuff like a dog,
zamrok73 2 years ago
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Techknowsall 2 years ago
ya you can take the jungle out of the cat or else domestic house cats and dog would still be wild
aj4kidd 2 years ago
Most Savannahs have an element of Bengal ie ALC in them, and so what´s new? Apart from the price? For 22 K USD you can get a wonderful breeding pair of Savannahs AND a fair pair of Bengals and make you own crosses. If that´s what you want. Me, I keep them separate.
veterinarysurgeon 2 years ago