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Declining Caribou: Santa has 9 reindeer. The US has only 11 left
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December 19, 2017
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4:08Now PlayingA subspecies of reindeer—wild Mountain Caribou—can still be found in the beautiful Selkirk Mountains in Washington and Idaho. But, the last herd is down to just 11 caribou. Conservation efforts are taking drastic and invasive measures to save them before they disappear from the lower 48. Every Christmas, we tell stories about flying reindeer pulling Santa's sleigh, but real reindeers in the Selkirk Mountains are endangered species.
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