Albino water buffalo sells for 2.5 million baht at Thailand buffalo festival

A rare albino water buffalo has been sold for a whopping 2.5 million baht. Two proud new owners of buffalo named Duangphet travelled to the 10th Uthai Thani Buffalo Festival to receive the animal and bring it to its new home at Harley Buffalo Farm in Chon Buri. The two buffalo enthusiasts said they bought the albino buffalo for breeding so they could help expand the numbers of this special kind of water buffalo.

Duangphet’s previous owner from Tik Kwai Thai house in Kamphaeng Phet province has received even higher offers for the animal, a two year old male albino water buffalo, but chose Chaiyong and Amarin from Harley Farm because of their good intentions.

Chaiyong and Amarin have a passion for the conservation of water buffaloes and they are determined to breed Duangphet to grow numbers of albino water buffaloes. As soon as the pair saw Duangphet for the first time, they…