GREAT FALLS, Mont. (AP) — 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.

A few sets of contraband gonads have a Montana man facing possible prison time and a six-figure fine. John Edward Lewton ...

A Montana man pleaded guilty March 12 to two felony wildlife crimes – a conspiracy to violate the Lacey Act and substantively violating the Lacey Act – as part of an almost decade-long effort to ...

“This was an audacious scheme to create massive hybrid sheep species to be sold and hunted as trophies," a Department of Justice official said Getty The Department of Justice said Montana rancher ...

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 US to create hybrid sheep for ...

HELENA, Mont. — A Montana rancher illegally used tissue and testicles from wild sheep killed by hunters in central Asia and the U.S. to breed "giant" hybrid sheep for sale to private hunting preserves ...

A Montana man pleaded guilty this week to illegally importing parts of a giant sheep from Kyrgyzstan, then using the sheep’s semen and genetic materials to create cloned embryos and sell giant, hybrid ...

The Arizona Game and Fish Department is helping move Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep from the Morenci copper mine to help boost ...

HELENA, Mont. — 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 ...

The remaining hybrid sheep with Marco Polo DNA on his ranch must be sent to slaughter by the end of the year with the meat also being donated, Morris said. Morris gave Schubarth until December 2025 to ...