Donder and the rest of Santa’s reindeer have been cleared by Pennsylvania Agriculture Secretary Russell Redding and State Veterinarian Dr. Alex Hamberg for their planned flight across the state this ...

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Reindeer conjure joyful images of Santa Claus, Christmas, and Rudolph, but the truth about these cold-weather animals is much drearier. Placed on the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s ...

Santa’s reindeer — Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donder, Blitzen, and Rudolph — have received clearance to fly to Pennsylvania from Dr. Sarah Coburn, Alaska’s state veterinarian.

Western Alaska has a rich history of reindeer herding that is still going on today. We even have a few reindeer herds here in the Interior. The following series of stories, including real flying ...

HELSINKI – Reindeer are featured on Christmas cards and in movies worldwide this time of year, galloping across the sky with Santa’s sleigh in tow. But on Europe’s northern fringe, the migratory ...

A: Reindeer, also called Caribou, are members of the deer family. Santa chose reindeer to pull his sleigh through the air on Christmas Eve for three very practical reasons. First, their natural ...

BOSTON, Mass. (WWLP) – Governor Maura Healey granted Santa and his team of reindeer a safe and welcome journey to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. She announced on Tuesday that she had given Santa a ...

At eight months old, baby Olive is already a Christmas pro. Relaxed and calm in a red collar festooned with jingle bells, the 140-pound reindeer gazes into camera after camera at a holiday ...

HERSHEY, Pa. (WHTM) — Department of Agriculture officials joined Santa Claus and his team of reindeer at Hersheypark today to announce that the reindeer received a clean bill of health to make special ...