| History of the Savannah Cat |
 Judee Frank responsible for the first pairing of an African Serval to Domesticated cat. This was achieved in the mid 80’s. The F1 female that was achieved from this breeding was named Savannah and this is most appropriate and is the official name of this fascinating and exotic breed today. The name Savannah originates from the grasslands of Africa from which the breeds Serval ancestors originated. Patrick Kelly after purchasing some kittens from Judee Frank, later went on to work togehther with Joyce Sroufe to form the original breed standard and presented this to the TICA board of directors in February of 1996. Joyce Sroufe, of BJ Game Farm – New Horizon Bengals which is now known as A1 Savannahs, then went on to become the most successful Savannah breeder and today is credited as being the founder of the Savannah breed. Through Joyce’s persistence, diligence and faith in this breed along with her extensive knowledge and skills in feline breeding she has produced more Savannahs than any other breeder to date and has been recorded to have been the first to breed down later gene
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rations producing fertile males. Joyce was also responsible for first introducing the 
