US man, 81, sentenced to six months for creating giant hybrid sheep for hunting

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US man, 81, sentenced to six months for creating giant hybrid sheep for hunting
Arthur Schubarth of Montana used tissue and testicles from Marco Polo sheep to clone animal and create hybrid
Associated Press
Tue 1 Oct 2024 08.41 EDT


An 81-year-old Montana man was sentenced on Monday to six months in federal prison for illegally using tissue and testicles from large sheep hunted in central Asia and the US to create hybrid sheep for captive trophy hunting in Texas and Minnesota.

The US district court judge Brian Morris said he struggled to come up with a sentence for Arthur “Jack” Schubarth of Vaughn, Montana. He said he weighed Schubarth’s age and lack of a criminal record with a sentence that would deter anyone else from trying to “change the genetic makeup of the creatures” on the Earth.

Morris also fined Schubarth $20,000 and ordered him to make a $4,000 payment to the US Fish and Wildlife Foundation. Schubarth will be allowed to self-report to a federal bureau of prisons medical facility.

“I will have to work the rest of my life to repair everything I’ve done,” Schubarth told the judge just before sentencing.

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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/01/sheep-cloning-montana-hunting-prison