Indian buffalo sells for ‘record-breaking’ $41,000
10 Aug BBC
A farmer in the northern Indian state of Haryana says he has sold a
buffalo for what is believed to be record-breaking 2.5 million rupees
($41,000).Kapoor Singh told the BBC he sold his Murrah buffalo named
Lakshmi to a farmer from Andhra Pradesh state.
The Murrah breed of water buffalo is much in demand for its high milk
yield and normally costs between 100,000 rupees and 250,000 rupees.They
are highly coveted and their owners take a lot of pride in them.For the
price that Lakshmi was sold for it would be possible to buy a small
luxury car.Mr Singh, who lives in Singhwa Khas village in Hisar
district, said he bought Lakshmi for 250,000 rupees ($4,100; £2,650) two
years ago.
He said because she was a “special” buffalo - who yielded up to 28
litres of milk every day and won several prizes for producing record
amounts - he was able to sell her for 10 times the price he bought
her.“I didn't want to sell her, but the new owner offered me the price I
asked for. He had come last year and offered me 190,000 rupees, but I
refused. He liked the buffalo so much that he made a video film on her
and showed it in his village,” Mr Singh said.I am very happy that I got
the price I wanted.
I will use the money for my daughter's marriage.”Kapoor Singh said
Lakshmi will leave her village with her new owner, Rajiv Sarpanch, on
Sunday.Mr Sarpanch has been quoted as telling Hindustan Times newspaper
that he is planning to make her participate in Andhra Pradesh's “best
cattle contest” in January next year where the winner will get a
kilogram of gold.
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