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A farmer who imported illegal Asian sheep testicles to breed mutant hunting animals for sale could be jailed and fined hundreds of thousands of dollars, a court has heard. Arthur ‘Jack’ Schubarth, 80, a rancher from Montana, pleaded guilty to criminal charges of wildlife trafficking and conspiracy to traffic wildlife at a Great Falls court on Tuesday. Schubarth imported wild sheep tissue and testicles from Central Asian and American hunters in order to breed – and subsequently sell – hybrid sheep, prosecutors said. The court heard how Schubarth smuggled body parts from Marco Polo argali sheep …

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