The intention may have been good, but it could be affecting the survival of other species and, consequently, animal diversity.
"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
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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