A sheep is believed to have become the world most expensive after selling for £231,000. Deveronvale Perfection, bred in Banffshire, was bought by a fellow local sheep farmer at a sale in Lanark.

Also known as the "Swordsman sheep", only around 1,000 pure blooded ... see nine more of the world’s most expensive animals, below: Which animal would you splash the cash for?

Eid al-Adha — also known as Eid al-Kabir, or “Big Eid” — is an expensive day for most Moroccans. A family purchases a sheep, often days or weeks in advance, then slaughters it on the first ...