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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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