Jail time for Montana man who smuggled and cloned an endangered 300-pound sheep
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Arthur Schubarth, an 80-year-old Montana rancher, received a six-month federal prison sentence for cloning sheep. He operated a game farm selling mountain sheep and goats to hunting ranches and attempted to clone Marco Polo argali sheep, prized by trophy hunters. Cloning technology has progressed since Dolly in 1996, becoming a commercial service with embryos available for local implantation.
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