In this day and age, it was perfectly acceptable to have animal-human-hybrids as pets, and that’s why you had Ash. What most didn't realize though was the terrible conditions in which they were raised, and how mistreated they usually were. Ashton had even gone blind in one eye due to an infection when he was a kitten.

The Animal-Human Hybrid Breeding Association (AHHBA) promised that the human hybrids were just like normal pets and could be treated as such, most were much much more.