US man, 81, sentenced to six months for creating giant hybrid sheep for hunting (www.theguardian.com)

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An 81-year-old Montana man was sentenced on Monday to six months in federal prison for illegally using tissue and testicles from large sheep hunted in central Asia and the US to create hybrid sheep for captive trophy hunting in Texas and Minnesota.

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[-] AfricanExpansionist@lemmy.ml 21 points 1 month ago

Ah yeah, but if he did it to livestock it would be fine

[-] edge@hexbear.net 17 points 1 month ago

(sheep are livestock)

[-] AfricanExpansionist@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 month ago

Nobody likes a pedant

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