US man, 81, sentenced to six months for creating giant hybrid sheep for hunting (www.theguardian.com)

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An 81-year-old Montana man was sentenced on Monday to six months in federal prison for illegally using tissue and testicles from large sheep hunted in central Asia and the US to create hybrid sheep for captive trophy hunting in Texas and Minnesota.

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[-] TraschcanOfIdeology@hexbear.net 12 points 2 months ago

Yeah further fucking up the ecosystem by letting loose some cruel creation is not funny or cool.

[-] ShimmeringKoi@hexbear.net 6 points 2 months ago

OTOH, the potential is there to stabilize the ecosystem by letting loose some well-thought out and helpful creations, which is pretty exciting

Obviously not this guy

[-] TraschcanOfIdeology@hexbear.net 11 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I think the rule of thumb in ecology is not to create or release any chimera into an ecosystem, because biological systems being extremely complex and wide we can't really know the impact of an introduction fully.

[-] Owl@hexbear.net 9 points 2 months ago

but what if we chimeratize every species in an ecosystem and release that into the wild so that no matter how much it spreads there's always the right balance