Montana resident sentenced to six months in federal prison for creating giant hybrid sheep for hunting

Guardian:

[The defendant has] been in the game farm business since 1987

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The US district court judge ... said he struggled to come up with a sentence for [the defendant]. He said he weighed [the defendant]’s age and lack of a criminal record with a sentence that would deter anyone else from trying to “change the genetic makeup of the creatures” on the Earth.