Thursday, September 29, 2011
A Sheep for $2 million?
We have heard of all kinds of absurdities that the rich engage in. Have you heard of tycoons driving up to farms to acquire a pet sheep. We are not talking about just any sheep, though – that would have made you sulk in disgust, but the significance is for the Dolan breed, of which only 1,000 exist in the world. And the Chinese, Uighur Muslims mostly, are apparently most amused by this breed. It was bred from sheep in Kasghar for more meat and has now become ornamental. Rates for this depend on multiple factors such as darker fleece, bigger ears and curvier face. As of now, the costliest is a six-year-old sheep owned by Majid Abdul Reyim from Kashgar. He was offered 14 million yuan ($2,189,000) but is waiting for a more lucrative sale.
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What is so special about a sheep with a curvier face?lol The ranch I use to live on when I was younger had a bunch of sheep next door.
ReplyDeletethe article was talking about about selling sheep like in china to get about 2 million dollars. It had also talked about Muslims and stuff like that.I also think maybe they were put out on a selling sheep job to get paid higher wage.
ReplyDeleteWow! Wish I had some of those sheep. I could do a lot of things. If more meat in cross bred sheep means more money than I am going to get me a few sheep, but which animal to breed it with?
ReplyDeletei wish i had a sheep, what an interesting article.
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