argali

I can't know exactly what parts of the Lacey Act he was accused of violating (it's extremely broad), but it would make sense to me that he's being charged because of the unlicensed import of the argali sheep.

> Schubarth sent genetic material from the argali sheep to a lab to create cloned embryos, which he then implanted in a female sheep on his ranch, according to the DOJ, which produced a single, pure genetic male All of the other crimes seem to be preparing for or covering up this one action.

>He then implanted the embryos in ewes on his ranch, resulting in a single, pure genetic male Marco Polo argali that he named “Montana Mountain King” or MMK.

He "create[d] giant sheep hybrids to sell the species to hunting facilities", including "import[ing] parts of Marco Polo argali sheep, which is the largest sheep species in the world, from Kyrgyzstan into the U.

> Arthur “Jack” Schubarth, 81, illegally imported body parts of Marco Polo argali sheep > The sheep, native to the mountains of the Pamir region of Central Asia, are protected by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (Cites).

The saddest part is if you image search "Marco Polo argali" it's a wall of hunters posing with dead ones and right in the first paragraph on wikipedia is "Their conservation status is "near threatened" and efforts have been made to protect their numbers and keep them from being hunted"

>He then implanted the embryos in ewes on his ranch, resulting in a single, pure genetic male Marco Polo argali that he named “Montana Mountain King” or MMK.

He "create[d] giant sheep hybrids to sell the species to hunting facilities", including "import[ing] parts of Marco Polo argali sheep, which is the largest sheep species in the world, from Kyrgyzstan into the U.

> Arthur “Jack” Schubarth, 81, illegally imported body parts of Marco Polo argali sheep > The sheep, native to the mountains of the Pamir region of Central Asia, are protected by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (Cites).

The saddest part is if you image search "Marco Polo argali" it's a wall of hunters posing with dead ones and right in the first paragraph on wikipedia is "Their conservation status is "near threatened" and efforts have been made to protect their numbers and keep them from being hunted"