Here’s a video of a news report by KNBC news about the $22,000 Ashera cat.  Included in the video are clips of Simon Brodie, the developer of the hybrid cat.

If you’re a cat lover and haven’t heard about the designer Ashera (sometimes misspelled “Ashira”) cat with the minimum price tag of $22,000, then you must be living under a rock! The UK’s Mail Online reported on the luxury cat, as did the Pet News Examiner and msnbc.com, informing readers of the facts as they found them:

Bred by a company called Life Style Pets in California
Bred from the African serval and Asian leopard cat, crossed with an undisclosed domestic breed

Here’s a video about “toygers” (ridiculously expensive) and ashira cats (insanely expensive), the new “designer breeds” of pets. The toygers are popular in the UK and sell for a few thousand dollars, while the ashira’s are more popular in the US and have a price tag that starts at $20,000.

You can see another video about the ashira cat specifically here.

Lately, there’s been a  bit of a boom in popularity of exotic cats among the rich and famous.  Two such cats are the Savannah Cat and the hybrid Ashira Cat.  There’s some concern as to just how trainable these cats are.  In the case of the Savannah cat, most experts recommend getting at least a 2nd generation tamed one, rather than 1st generation.  Since the Ashira Cat is hybrid anyway, this cautionary measure doesn’t apply.  The Ashira is reported to be a bit more rambunctious than the typical house cat, …

OK, I know this has nothing to do with how to toilet train your cat, but it’s just sooo cool! It’s a video about a new strain of cat, called an Ashira Cat.

The cat is a cross between an African Serval and an Asian Leopard.  They sell for somewhere between $22,000 and $28,000 and when mature, measure 4 feet standing on their hind legs.  Check out the video!
African Serval Cat
Asian Leopard Cat