US man jailed for cloning giant sheep for trophy hunting
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Re: US man jailed for cloning giant sheep for trophy hunting
#2The saddest part is if you image search "Marco Polo argali" it's a wall of hunters posing with dead ones and right in the first paragraph on wikipedia is
"Their conservation status is "near threatened" and efforts have been made to protect their numbers and keep them from being hunted"
Re: US man jailed for cloning giant sheep for trophy hunting
#3He was congratulated for cloning, but punished for bringing in the animal illegally.
Re: US man jailed for cloning giant sheep for trophy hunting
#4I read the article, but I'm still not sure what part was illegal, and why. It says that part of the law is 'prevent the creation of hybrids', and the sentence was to 'deter anyone else from trying to "change the genetic makeup of the creatures"'... but isn't that way every animal breeder does?
I get the importation of body parts of endangered animals being illegal. If it's just a sentence for that then I get it. But then why is it written that he was jailed for cloning the sheep.
Re: US man jailed for cloning giant sheep for trophy hunting
#5>District Court Judge Brian Morris said he struggled to come up with a sentence, but had to deter anyone else from trying to "change the genetic makeup of the creatures" on the planet.
Whatever the judge is feeling today, huh?
Re: US man jailed for cloning giant sheep for trophy hunting
#6The saddest part is if you image search "Marco Polo argali" it's a wall of hunters posing with dead ones and right in the first paragraph on wikipedia is "Their conservation status is "near threatened" and efforts have been made to protect their numbers and keep them from being hunted"
It's an interesting question as to if what this man did was helpful or harmful to those conservation efforts.
It's at least possible that someone who would otherwise have hunted one just to have the 'wall art' might have hunted a hybrid instead. Also from a purely genetic standpoint it increased the number of copies of that genetic code.
Re: US man jailed for cloning giant sheep for trophy hunting
#7The saddest part is if you image search "Marco Polo argali" it's a wall of hunters posing with dead ones and right in the first paragraph on wikipedia is "Their conservation status is "near threatened" and efforts have been made to protect their numbers and keep them from being hunted"
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Re: US man jailed for cloning giant sheep for trophy hunting
#8>District Court Judge Brian Morris said he struggled to come up with a sentence, but had to deter anyone else from trying to "change the genetic makeup of the creatures" on the planet. Whatever the judge is feeling today, huh?
I don't know what you did wrong, but don't worry, I can be very creative
Re: US man jailed for cloning giant sheep for trophy hunting
#9I'm even confused about hunting sheep. Modern domestic sheep are not much of a challenge.
Re: US man jailed for cloning giant sheep for trophy hunting
#10I read the article, but I'm still not sure what part was illegal, and why. It says that part of the law is 'prevent the creation of hybrids', and the sentence was to 'deter anyone else from trying to "change the genetic makeup of the creatures"'... but isn't that way every animal breeder does? I get the importation of body parts of endangered animals being illegal. If it's just a sentence for that then I get it. But…
> Arthur “Jack” Schubarth, 81, illegally imported body parts of Marco Polo argali sheep
> The sheep, native to the mountains of the Pamir region of Central Asia, are protected by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (Cites).
> They are prohibited in Montana to protect native sheep from disease - as well as to prevent the creation of hybrids.
It sounds like he broke two laws - one about importation of animal parts, and one for having a living animal that's prohibited in Montana.
> But then why is it written that he was jailed for cloning the sheep.
Because it's a catchy headline.