I Have Never Really Considered A Sheep As A Pet,

but apparently some people do,

paying huge amounts of money for them, bred along the ancient Silk Road city of Kashgar they are from a breed called Dolan, only about 1,000 of them exist in the world, the most valuable sheep is a six-year-old owned by Majid Abdul Reyim (left) and Liu Fenghua with one of his sheep "big bosses come here in their luxury cars and load the sheep into the back seat," said Liu Fenghua, a 48-year-old sheep breeder in the city of Aksu, in the far western region of Xinjiang,

in case you are wondering what makes them popular, they have a distinctive curved nose and twin tails, as well as a long floppy ears, originally bred from sheep in Kashgar to grow quickly and to yield more meat, the breed has since become ornamental, "the price depends on the pedigree," said Mr Liu, "the darker the fleece, the better, the bigger the ears the better, the more curved the face, the better, like an eagle's beak, the best ones have a dark body and white tail," now the bad news after convincing yourself you want one would you pay £1.4 million for one? but even that would not buy it as Mr Liu turned that offer down.