Some on social media reacted with
disdain at the amount spent on the bird.
August 26, 2016 17:57 BST
A pigeon has sold at auction in
Kuwait for KD23,000 (£58,000) leading to criticism on social media at the
extortionate price for the bird. A viral video of the auction, where the crowd
grew enthusiastic with the rising price, became widely shared.
According to Gulf News, the pigeon
is a kind known locally as "gallabi" – a roller pigeon selected for
their ability to roll in the air.
Posted by a local news site, the
clip shows an auctioneer saying 23,000 (in Arabic) numerous times as the
audience shuffles excitedly before the bidding ends to murmurs from the crowd.
A number of comments criticised
the amount of money spent on the bird. One comment, translated by Gulf News,
said "Such a figure would make sense only if the pigeon had gold
wings."
Another said that the winning
bidder had "a brain as small as a pigeon... He should have offered the
money to the poor and the needy who would put it to a good use and help
themselves, instead of wasting them on a bird."
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