A Montana man pleaded guilty on Tuesday to federal charges stemming from his creation of giant mutant hybrid bighorn sheep. Wyoming biologists said they don’t want weird mutant hybrid species here.
    • liv@beehaw.orgEnglish
      14·
      8 months ago

      It’s a bunch of crimes.

      He illegally imported endangered species parts.

      Then he cloned them and implanted an embryo which meant he ended up with an endangered species clone.

      Then he got hold of wild Montana sheep and bred them with his clone.

      With the intention of using them in captive hunting parks, it’s illegal to use wild game in captive hunting in his state.

      The whole time he was repeatedly moving his frankensheep across state lines using forged vet certificates.

  • darkphotonstudio@beehaw.org
    6·
    8 months ago

    “Home? I have no home. Hunted, despised, living like an animal! Montana is my home. And I will show the world that I can be its master! I will perfect my own race of giant mutant hybrid sheep. A race of atomic giant mutant hybrid sheep which will conquer the world!”

    Apologies to Ed Wood and Bela Lugosi.

  • soaproot@sfba.social
    4·
    8 months ago

    @Gaywallet Given how much trouble the currently widespread non native Barbary sheep are causing for Bighorn populations, just as well this didn’t get any further.