Montana Man Pleads Guilty to Lacey Act Violations for Cloning Mountain Sheep from Central Asia

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Friday, March 29, 2024

Author:

Bruce Zagaris

Volume:

40

Issue:

4

Abstract:

On March 12, 2024, a Montana man pleaded guilty to two felony wildlife crimes – a conspiracy to violate the Lacey Act and substantively violating the Lacey Act. The charges resulted from activities that occurred for approximately a decade to develop giant sheep hybrids in the United States with the purpose of selling the species to captive hunting facilities.[1]