Prosecutors said the Montanan illegally used tissue from a sheep from Central Asia and the testicles from a bighorn sheep to make large hybrids that he could sell at premium prices. By Alexandra E ...

An 80-year-old Montana rancher pleaded guilty in federal court Tuesday for creating "giant hybrid sheep" he and his five co-conspirators would sell to hunting preserves for exorbitant prices ...

Montana rancher Arthur "Jack" Schubarth, 81, succeeded in cloning a wild Marco Polo argali sheep, the world's largest ovine species. That achievement cost him six months in jail. The U.S ...

In a more covert operation reported in October 2019, he allegedly sold semen extracted from a Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep's testicles, which he had purchased from a hunting guide post-harvest in ...

In October 2019, court records said, Schubarth paid a hunting guide $400 for the testicles of a trophy-sized Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep that had been harvested in Montana and then extracted and ...

A Vaughn, Montana, livestock ranch owner pleaded guilty in federal court on Tuesday to running a scheme to create, breed and sell giant sheep to be captive hunting facilities where they could ...

Federal prosecutors said Tuesday, March 13, 2024, that a Montana man bought testicles of wild bighorn sheep from a hunter as part of a scheme to crossbreed the animal with a sheep species from ...

BILLINGS, Mont. — 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 to private ...

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — An 81-year-old Montana man faces sentencing in federal court Monday in Great Falls for illegally using tissue and testicles from large sheep hunted in Central Asia and the U ...

BILLINGS, Mont. — 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 to private ...

MISSOULA, Mont. — A group of University of Montana researchers are in year two of a five-year study funded by Montana, Fish, Wildlife and Parks to track bighorn sheep and mountain goats. There ...

In October 2019, court records indicate that Schubarth paid a hunting guide $400 for the testicles of a trophy-sized Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep harvested in Montana, subsequently extracting and ...