For science class we are beginning to learn about genetics. I watched a video about how people are using genetics to modify cats to look like their wild cousins. There is a guy named Anthony Hutcherson who breeds Bengal cats. He said that he had always wanted to have a pet leopard, so he decided to breed domestic cats to look like one. He began when he met this lady named Jean Mill. She told him of the Asian Leopard cat which was bred with a domestic cat to make a F1 (first generation) bengal hybrid, which she had. She then bred her F1 with a domestic cat to make a Bengal hybrid.

She then proceeded to breed the males of the offspring with domestic cats until she got four generations away from the Asian Leopard cat, meaning that now the Bengal was an official breed. Now Anthony uses selective breeding to make the Bengal cats look more and more like leopards. There is also a woman who breeds Toygers (toy tigers), her name is Judy Sugden. The problem with her breeding is; you can’t breed a tiger with a domestic cat. So she has been using only selective breeding of domestic cats to create a tiny-tiger lookalike. 

Has anyone tried to make a giant house cat?

What breeds did Judy select to make the Toyger?

What is the most wild cat breed?