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--FILE--Tibetan mastiffs are displayed during an exhibition in Handan, central Chins Hebei province, 23 March 2013.
A Tibetan mastiff puppy has been sold in China for almost US$2 million, a report said on Wednesday (19 March 2014), in what could be the most expensive dog sale ever. A property developer paid 12 million yuan (US$1.95 million, HK$15.2 million) 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 lions blood and are top-of-the-range mastiff studs, the dogs breeder Zhang Gengyun was quoted as telling the paper, adding that another red-haired canine had sold for 6 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 Chinas wealthy, sending prices skyrocketing. The golden-haired animal was 80 centimetres tall, and weighed 90 kilograms, Zhang said, adding that he was sad to sell the animals. Neither was named in the report. Pure Tibetan mastiffs are very rare, just like our nationally treasured pandas, so the prices are so high, he said. One red mastiff named Big Splash reportedly sold for 10 million yuan in 2011, in the most expensive dog sale then recorded.
