"US man, 81, sentenced to six months for creating giant hybrid sheep for hunting."
Random cloning in the backwoods of Montana.
#geneticengineering #cloning #youcantmakethisstuffup
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/01/sheep-cloning-montana-hunting-prison
The intention may have been good, but it could be affecting the survival of other species and, consequently, animal diversity.
I agree. Bad for the local ecology. But how the hell did some random dude crack cloning? Do they have youtubes on that stuff now?
Not exactly cloning:
“Semen from Montana Mountain King was used to artificially impregnate other ewes to create a larger and more valuable species of sheep, including one offspring that he agreed to sell to two people in Texas for $10,000, according to the documents.”
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/mar/13/montana-rancher-tissue-testicles-giant-hybrid-sheep
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I'm not so sure. "Using biological tissue obtained from a hunter who killed a wild sheep in Kyrgyzstan belonging to the world’s largest species of the animals – Marco Polo argali sheep – Schubarth procured cloned embryos of the animal from a lab, according to court documents."
The section you quote: "Semen from Montana Mountain King was used to artificially impregnate other ewes." The Ewes weren't cloned but the Montana Mountain King itself looks to have involved at least a cloned embyro
