I've never known a scrupulous breeder who actually made money from it. Any potential profit is usually expended in vet bills, food bills and facilities 
That's true. Breeding is an expensive hobby and anyone doing it right loses money rather than makes it.
re the sokoke cats, I do have reservations myself, but as to being wild cats - they're wild as in feral. Not wild like the Asian Leopard cat that was used to create the Bengal breed. They are believed to be a result of domestic cats from European settlers mixing with native kenyan cats and have lived in a particular area of Kenya for hundreds of years. They aren't a man made breed, they do already exist. By which I mean someone hasn't taken an existing breed or a wild cat and crossed it with something else to create something new. Obviously, creating a breed standard and giving them a name is what 'makes' a breed, but the cats themselves have existed for a long time.
Gill -are you going by the pic I posted when you say they look out of proportion? The pics in Cat World are probably better than those on that site and show a very moderate cat - nothing out of proportion. In fact, my main criticism would be that they are very similar to existing cats - they look a bit like a cross between bengals and moggies. Tending towards the slender side (more slender than a bengal) but nothing extreme.
