This is the highest price ever paid for a dog, and no wonder: A
property developer in China shelled out $2 million for a Tibetan mastiff
puppy. A second puppy of the same breed went for about $1 million.
The
sale came at a "luxury pet" fair in Zhejiang, with the breeder boasting
that these dogs have lion’s blood and are top-of-the-range mastiff
studs.
The gigantic furballs
do bear a resemblance to lions, so much so that a
zoo in China got caught trying to pass one off as such.
But $2 million for a dog? Given that the money came from a developer,
MarketWatch thinks it's further proof of a China property bubble.