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.

An 81-year-old Montana man was sentenced Monday to six months in federal prison for illegally using tissue and testicles from large sheep hunted in Central Asia and the U.S. to create hybrid sheep ...

Man in court accused of cloning largest sheep in the world for trophy hunters An 81-year-old Montana man is expected to be sentenced for using tissue and testicles from large sheep hunted in Asia ...

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.

A sheep nicknamed Montana Mountain King was part of an unlawful ploy to create a hybrid species of sheep. (AP) ...

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

An 81-year-old Montana man faces sentencing in federal court Monday in Great Falls for illegally using tissue and testicles from large sheep.

In the end, he got a single live individual, a perfect copy of the sheep hunted in Central Asia. He named that animal Montana Mountain King, or MMK, for short.

A sheep nicknamed Montana Mountain King that was part of unlawful scheme is photographed. (Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks via AP, File) ...

"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).

Schubarth sold 11 sheep with one-quarter of Montana Mountain King’s genetics for $13,200 total to two people in Texas, prosecutors said.