xc2215x@lemmy.world to Videos@lemmy.world · 2 months ago81 year old gets prison time for breeding giant sheepm.youtube.comexternal-linkmessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up122arrow-down13
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minus-squareLibertyLizard@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 months agoI’m confused about what law was actually broken here.
minus-squareSpecies5218@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up7·2 months agoI read an article about this recently, the laws he was charged with have to do with illegally smuggling parts of a protected species into the US. https://apnews.com/article/giant-sheep-clone-breed-trophy-hunt-d3a2b57886980266abeac69c44b70b2a
minus-squareLibertyLizard@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 months agoThank you, this is a much better overview of the facts of the case. The sentence feels a bit harsh but I guess it was a conspiracy to break the law.
I’m confused about what law was actually broken here.
I read an article about this recently, the laws he was charged with have to do with illegally smuggling parts of a protected species into the US.
https://apnews.com/article/giant-sheep-clone-breed-trophy-hunt-d3a2b57886980266abeac69c44b70b2a
Thank you, this is a much better overview of the facts of the case. The sentence feels a bit harsh but I guess it was a conspiracy to break the law.