Tilek is a Marco Polo argali sheep — the largest species of sheep in the world — and he’s now calling the Rosamond Gifford Zoo in Syracuse home. But Tilek isn’t just rare — he was illegally cloned.

An illegally cloned Argali sheep named Tilek is the newest addition to the Rosamond Gifford Zoo. That’s what Onondaga County Executive Ryan McMahon said to a crowd filled with families and zoo ...

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — There's a new animal at the Rosamond Gifford Zoo. And it's a clone. On Thursday, officials announced that "Tilek," the Marco Polo argali sheep, is now available for zoo visitors to ...

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Photo: Montana Mountain King; Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife, and Parks/A.P. Montana rancher Arthur "Jack" Schubarth, 81, succeeded in cloning a wild Marco Polo argali sheep, the world's largest ...

Montana rancher Arthur "Jack" Schubarth, 81, succeeded in cloning a wild Marco Polo argali sheep, the world's largest ovine species. That achievement cost him six months in jail. The U.S. Department ...

In September, a man from Montana was sentenced to six months in prison after he trafficked a clone of one of the world’s largest sheep species. Court documents allege that Arthur Schubarth trafficked ...

Initial reports stated Schubarth purchased parts of the Marco Polo argali sheep, which can weigh as much as 300 pounds. These parts were purchased from Kyrgyzstan and imported into the United States.

A Montana rancher has been sentenced to six months in prison after cloning a "near threatened" sheep from Asia and then selling its offspring to shooting preserves, according to court documents.