A Montana rancher illegally used tissue and testicles from wild sheep killed by hunters in central Asia and the U.S. to breed “giant” hybrid sheep for sale…
Court documents describe a yearslong conspiracy, beginning in 2013, in which Schubarth and at least five other people sought to create"giant sheep hybrids" by cross-breeding different speciesused tissue and testicles from wild sheep killed by hunters in central Asia and the U.S. to breed “giant” hybrid sheep for sale to private hunting preserves in Texas, according to court documents and federal prosecutors.
Male argali sheep can top 300 pounds with horns up to 5 feet long, according to officials, making them prized among some hunters. They are protected under international convention as a threatened species and outlawed for import into Montana to protect native sheep from disease and hybridization. Schubarth said when reached by telephone on Wednesday that his attorney had advised him not to talk about the case.
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