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The world's most valuable animals revealed

Animals with a whopping price tag
Kim the sheepdog, $37,350 (£27.1k)
Cato the Bengal cat, $41,435 (£25k)
Barbra Streisand’s cloned dogs, $50,000 (£40.6k) each
CC the first cloned cat, $50,000 (£35k)
Mike Tyson’s Bengal tigers, $70,000 (£44k) each
A giant stag beetle, $89,000 (£55k)
Sir Lancelot Encore the first cloned dog, $155,000 (£78k)
Wilodge Poshspice the cow, $363,000 (£262k)
Bolt the racing pigeon, $400,000 (£268k)
Double Diamond the sheep, $510,000 (£368k)
Missy the Holstein cow, $1.2 million (£847k)
Armando the racing pigeon, $1.4 million (£1m)
New Kim the racing pigeon, $1.9 million (£1.4m)
The dog with
A beautiful camel, $2.7 million (£1.4m)
El Rey Magnum the Arabian horse, several million
Horizon the African buffalo, $11 million (£7.9m)
Green Monkey the horse, $16 million (£9.1m)
Racehorse Fusaichi Pegasus, $60 million (£38m)
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Animals with a whopping price tag

Would you spend $2 million (£1.4m) on a dog? Or $50,000 (£36k) to clone your beloved pet, as singer and actress Barbra Streisand did? Whether for their looks, earnings, offspring or DNA, people are willing to pay serious money for what are often called humans' best friends. Read on to find out some of the world's most valuable animals.
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Suzanne Locke

17 February 2021

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