A sentencing memorandum submitted by the defense congratulated Arthur "Jack" Schubarth of Vaughn, Montana, for successfully cloning the sheep in his barn, which he named Montana Mountain King ...

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 ...

However, the sentencing memorandum also congratulates Schubarth for successfully cloning the endangered sheep, which he named Montana Mountain King. The animal has been confiscated by U.S. Fish ...

Morris gave Schubarth until December 2025 to sell his Rocky Mountain bighorn hybrid sheep. Schubarth will not be allowed to breed game stock during the three years he is on probation, Morris said.

In the following years, Schubarth bred Montana Mountain King’s semen with other ewe species, creating more hybrid sheep that he sold to captive hunting facilities, mainly in Texas.

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 ...

Montana Mountain King sheep. Those animals were mostly sold to private hunting preserves in Texas, where trophy hunters pay a substantial fee for the opportunity to kill them.

Montana Mountain King, a sheep cloned from near threatened Marco Polo argali sheep as part of an unlawful scheme to create large, hybrid sheep for hunting in the US.

The sentencing memorandum also congratulates Schubarth for successfully cloning the endangered sheep, which he named Montana ...

"Montana Mountain King," the cloned sheep, in December 2023. Credit: US DOJ Soon, Schubarth was up to his eyeballs in sheep semen (metaphorically, though perhaps literally as well).