Farmer in Thailand puts buffalo up for sale for US$1.5 million

[snoop1130]

Photo via KhaoSod

 

A farmer in Thailand put a giant water buffalo up for sale for 50 million baht (US$1.45 million) yesterday.

 

Forget a pool villa in Phuket, for the same price you could bag yourself one of the biggest buffaloes Thailand has ever seen. “Petch Lamkhong,” a three year and five month old water buffalo (“kwai“) from “Big Ice Farm” in Phitsanulok, weighed in at a whopping 1.4 tonnes at the 6th Phitsanulok Giant Buffalo Contest yesterday.

 

Buffaloes competing in the contest – a late celebration of Thai Buffalo Conservation Day on May 14 – must weigh at least 1 tonne to enter. But all of the other contestants looked miniature compared to Petch Lamkong, who towers over his owner, Sombat Thamelae.

 

Sombat, the owner of Big Ice Farm in Phitsanulok, said he bought Petch Lamkhong for 7 million baht from a farm in Bueng Kan province, northeast Thailand, in mid-2022. He has won several awards in his pageant career so far.

 

Full Story: https://thethaiger.com/news/national/farmer-in-thailand-puts-buffalo-up-for-sale-for-us1-5-million

 

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[steven100]

US$1.5 million for a buffalo .....   ????   good luck with that one   !!

[Mac Mickmanus]

Don't even think about making a joke about how much the vets bill would be if that Buffalo got sick , that would be just so predictable 

[connda]

Must be quite the studly young fella.

[connda]

27 minutes ago, steven100 said:

US$1.5 million for a buffalo .....   ????   good luck with that one   !!

Breeding stock.  He just might get it.

[steven100]

I expect he's insured ....

[gomangosteen]

Another pic, this from Thairath

[kickstart]

53 minutes ago, steven100 said:

I expect he's insured ....

I would not hold your breath, the years I have worked with cattle in Thailand, they were an insurance scheme though the Department of Livestock Development but that was stopped a good few years ago.

But now I would say they is no insurance, if they were it would be too easy to make a false claim a death certificate could soon be forged, as for cause of death something like this a company would need a PM Post Mortem, I would doubt if they is a vet on Phuket that could do a PM on a Buffalow ,in my big cattle area I cannot think of a vet that could a PM on a Buffalow.

The owner is most certainly will be selling his semen to get some of his costs back. 

[connda]

1 hour ago, gomangosteen said:

Another pic, this from Thairath

Beautiful animal.  Of course, I was the type of guy who like County Fairs back in the US.

[Maybole]

1. Try visiting a big sheep sale in Scotland. You will be astonished at the prices paid for a prize Blackface Tup.

[Taboo2]

I am very aware that some men have invested more than that amount on women in Issan...555555.

[smedly]

must be true love, sell it in cup lol

[jacko45k]

Yes, advertise it in Pattaya, lots of men there own buffalos.

 

[hotchilli]

10 hours ago, kickstart said:

The owner is most certainly will be selling his semen to get some of his costs back. 

Did I read that correctly?

[KhunLA]

Falls in line with some of the land prices asked for.   

 

You can ask whatever ... but ????