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Schubarth dubbed the cloned ram "Montana Mountain King" (MMK). (The world's first cloned mammal was a sheep named Dolly back in 1996.) ...

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.

Holden, in seeking a probationary sentence, argued that Schubarth was a hard-working man who has always cared for animals and did something that no one else could have done in cloning the giant sheep, ...

He called his cloned hybrid creation "Montana Mountain King" sheep. Court records show that Schubarth was able to sell a single MMK sheep for $10,000. One of his giant sheep is currently at an ...

This undated handout photo provided by the Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks, shows a sheep nicknamed Montana Mountain King that was part of unlawful scheme to create large, hybrid species of wild 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 rancher from Montana was sentenced to six months in prison on Monday for using parts from protected sheep to create giant sheep hybrids, aiming to sell the species to captive hunting facilities.

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