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Montana Man Pleads Guilty to Creating Massive Franken-Sheep With Cloned Animal Parts

File photo showing the skulls of two Marco Polo sheep in the Wakhan Corridor of northeastern Afghanistan.
File photo showing the skulls of two Marco Polo sheep in the Wakhan Corridor of northeastern Afghanistan. Photo: Scott Wallace (Getty Images)

An 80-year-old man in Montana pleaded guilty Tuesday to two felony wildlife crimes involving his plan to let paying customers hunt sheep on private ranches. But these weren’t just any old sheep. They were “massive hybrid sheep” created by illegally importing animal parts from central Asia, cloning the sheep, and then breeding an enormous hybrid species. – Matt Novak Read More