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The bull "Horizon" is the most expensive wild animal ever sold in South Africa, and fetched R8 million more than the buffalo "Senatla", sold a year ago at a Thabazimbi auction, a newspaper reported.

Norman Adami, spokesman for the Stud Game Breeder's Association, told the newspaper that the record price was proof of people's faith in the game industry.

He said good quality game was an excellent investment, and that the industry was a sustainable one that was contributing around R10 billion to the South African economy.

Over 1000 people attended the auction at the weekend, which had a turnover of nearly R122 million.

At the same auction, a pregnant buffalo cow from Nyumbu Game was sold for R5,2 million.

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Sun May 26 08:43:09 SAST 2013 ::

Sep 4, 2012

VENDALIOUS

who bought the bull huh?...............be specific more muthafuka!
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Sep 4, 2012

Vhamsanda

The bull was bought by a mining mogul.
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Sep 4, 2012

VENDALIOUS

@Vhamsanda
The bull was bought by a mining mogul.
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Musanda wanga cou humbela vhudziwa dzina la hoyu muthu orenga hei nari

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Sep 4, 2012

Flemza

Who are these people buying these animals , are they South Africans , if not , how much money is going to the local community , to keb poaching
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Sep 4, 2012

DjEp

VoRamaphosa bought it cash,while his people are starving at Lonmin
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Sep 4, 2012

Honeybadger

DjEp
VoRamaphosa bought it cash,while his people are starving at Lonmin
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Jys mal mylaitie. Who are Ramaphosa's people at Lonmic who are starving?
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Sep 4, 2012

Bebesocs

can you milk buffalo? Do they sell buffalo milk? a true man will buy cows and goats and keep them in his kraal, I have never heard of wild animal bought for fun by an african man, mhhh westernised????
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Sep 4, 2012

Bebesocs

@sowetan this story is interesting, who first owned this WILD ANIMAL ? Because buffalo is a wild animal and nobody owns these animals, so how did the first owner get hold of this animal because buffalo are never domestic animals and are born to roam the fields? What does SPCA say about this?

We need to be careful people are going to make giraffes horses or a mode of transport like camels
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Sep 4, 2012

MommaC

Bebesocs

Wild animals are bred at game ranges. We don't have open areas where they can migrate through anymore. Instead we have pockets of land where game is kept in order to promote tourism as well as to keep our animal heritage intact. Now I'm not sure if you know what the pitfalls of inbreeding are but bringing in a new genetic sire into the herd is a good idea if you want the herd to prosper. THAT is why they buy and sell animals.
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Sep 4, 2012

woza-limpopo

YEAH RITE, WHAT MUST WE DO WITH THIS BULL STORY
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