America An 81-year-old man from Montana will be sentenced Monday in federal court.
They are accused of illegally using the tissue and testicles of large-breed sheep hunted in Central Asia and the United States to hunt in specific environments in the states of Texas and Minnesota. Hybrid Prepared sheep.
Prosecutors did not seek prison terms for Arthur Jack Schuberth, a Vaughn, Montana resident, according to court records. Schuberth has requested a year of probation for violating the Wildlife Trafficking Act.
The maximum penalty for these two violations of the Lacey Act is five years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000 or twice the pecuniary benefit to the accused.
Schuberth’s lawyer said in the probation application that the cloning of the giant Marco Polo sheep hunted in Kyrgyzstan has “ruined his client’s life, reputation and family.”
Marco Polo sheep are the largest sheep in the world. They can weigh up to three hundred pounds (136 kg) and have horns up to five feet (one and a half meters) long and curved.
The sentencing document also credits Schuberth for successfully cloning an endangered sheep, which he named the Montana Mountain King. The sheep have been seized by the US Fish and Wildlife Service.
‘Jack did what no one else could or ever could,’ the document said.
‘They produced the Montana Mountain King at a ranch in Montana. MMK is an extraordinary animal that came into being thanks to science and the hard work of one person. If he could rewrite history, he would have left the idea of cloning Marco Polo to Michael Creighton.’ Who is the author of the science fiction novel Jurassic Park.
Prosecutors say Schuberth owns Sun River Enterprises LLC, a 215-acre (87 ha) alternative cattle ranch. The farm buys, sells and breeds ‘replacement livestock’ such as mountain sheep, mountain goats and other livestock, mainly for private hunting grounds where people hunt animals in a restricted area for a fee. are Schuberth said he has been in the hunting farm business since 1987.
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Schuberth pleaded guilty in March to charges that he and five others planned to clone the animal using tissue from a Marco Polo sheep illegally brought into the United States and then clone and Use the breed to produce larger, hybrid-breed sheep, which will be more valuable for hunting in a restricted area.
According to court records, Schuberth sold MMK’s mini and hybrid sheep to three people in Texas, while a Minnesota resident brought 74 sheep to Schuberth’s farm to be inseminated at various times under the plan. Schuberth sold a purebred MMK ewe for $1 million, and other ewes with a weaker MMK gene were sold for less.
According to court records, in October 2019, Schuberth paid a hunting guide $400 for the testicles of a Rocky Mountain (male) sheep with large horns and size. The sheep was hunted in Montana, after which its semen was extracted and sold.
Prosecutors said sheep breeds not allowed in Montana were brought there as part of the conspiracy. Among these sheep are 43 that were brought from Texas.
Five other people involved in the conspiracy are not named in court records, but Schuberth’s guilty plea requires them to fully cooperate with prosecutors and testify if necessary. Montana Department of Wildlife officials say the case is still under investigation.
In a letter attached to the sentencing memoir, Schuberth stated that he was extremely enthusiastic about any project he worked on, including his ‘sheep project’. They are ashamed of their actions.
He wrote: ‘My normal thinking was affected by my enthusiasm and I looked for loopholes in the law to produce the best sheep for the sheep industry. My family’s finances have never been poor, but now we are.’
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2024-10-01 16:45:28
