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A Tibetan mastiff puppy has been sold in China for the equivalent of 1.44 million euro, according to a report on Wednesday, in what could be the most expensive dog sale ever.
A property developer paid the amount for the one-year-old golden-haired mastiff at a “luxury pet” fair on Tuesday in the eastern province of Zhejiang, the Qianjiang Evening News reported.
“They have lion’s blood and are top-of-the-range mastiff studs,” the dog’s breeder Zhang Gengyun was quoted as telling the newspaper, adding that another red-haired canine had sold for six million yuan.
Enormous and sometimes ferocious, with round manes lending them a passing resemblance to lions, Tibetan mastiffs have become a prized status symbol among China’s wealthy, sending prices skyrocketing.
AFP