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Man, 81, sentenced to 6 months in prison for trying to create giant hybrid species of wild sheep
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According to the article, he was cloning generic material from a species of sheep that's banned in the state he was doing it, and he was forging inspection reports to move the sheep in and out of the state. Not sure the creation of the hybrid species was really the crime.
Dogs, cats, cows, pigs, chickens, horses, sheep, literally every domesticated animal has had it's genetic makeup changed either indirectly or directly by humans. Is there no way to get a sentence thrown out if your judge proves themselves to be totally ignorant on the subject?
And it's even more true with plants. Pretty much every one we eat has been crossbred and/or genetically modified.