Arthur “Jack” Schubarth, of Vaughan, Montana, was taking sheep hunted in the U.S. and Asia to breed for captive hunting in Minnesota and Texas.

An 81-year-old Montana man who pleaded guilty to creating enormous hybrid sheep clones has received a prison sentence and a hefty fine.

Arthur “Jack” Schubarth cloned illegally imported genetic material from the Marco Polo argali to create hybrid sheep that would draw higher prices from hunting preserves

A Montana rancher has been sentenced to six months in prison after cloning a "near threatened" sheep from Asia and then selling its offspring to shooting preserves, according to court documents.

A Montana livestock ranch isn't where you'd expect to find cutting edge and highly illegal cloning operations.

An 81-year-old Montana man was sentenced to six months in prison this week for trying to create huge hybrid bighorn sheep using “Jurassic

Prosecutors said the Montanan illegally used tissue from a sheep from Central Asia and the testicles from a bighorn sheep to make large hybrids that he could sell at premium prices.

A Montana man who conspired to create massive hybrid sheep then sell the animals to Texas game hunting ranches will now spend half a year in prison, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. Arthur "Jack" Schubarth,