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The Savannah cat is a breed under development.  Typically, it has been bengal cat breeders that were developing the Savannah breed.  This likely happened because the bengal cat itself is a hybrid breed.  Savannahs based on the Bengal cat and the African Serval combined are very beautiful.  Other domestic cats are now included in the Savannah.  One such breed is the oriental shorthair cat.  The Ocicat and Egyptian Mu are also being used in the foundation cats.  Savannahs males cannot reproduce until the 4th or 5th generation. The exception to this is a Savannah male from a line of cats that have been bred back to the Serval and have a very high percentage of Serval. Somewhere between 92% to 96% Serval.  The foundation savannah cats with a  higher percentage of the serval cat are very large and beautiful. I believe it takes about 7 generations of breeding to get to this point.

It takes years to get a program going, and disaster will set you back years. For example, to breed F1's you need to get a Serval Male as a kitten and raise it with the females it will be breeding. This takes a couple years to get results, and if something happens to that male, you must start over. Our experience was that the male chose a mate and would only breed that mate, instead of breeding numbers of females as would be preferable. In Arizona you must maintain a USDA license as well as a Fish and Game Liscense. USDA insists that you must be breeding Servals for sale as they do not liscense for the breeding of Savannahs. Therefore in Arizona you must have a minimum of three Servals, a breeding pair and a male for the Savannah program. They are large animals and as breeders tend to spray. Therefore you must have outdoor fascilities. Different states have different requirements in order to maintain a Serval, some are not as restrictive.

The last 5-6 years has shown great strides in the development of the Savannah breed. TICA (The Internation Cat Association) considers the savannah a viable and thriving new breed. The Registration numbers continue to increase at a steady pace. 2006 was the first year that the majority of SVs registered were of "B" registration (Savannah to Savannah breeding). We have seen a change in the pet marked where numbers have reached the point that just being a SV no longer means a huge price will be paid for a kitten. However the early generation, the very exotic looking, and the very large cats continue to be costly due to supply and demand.