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  2. Discover the Decline: Why Reindeer Populations Are ... - AOL

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    Domesticated reindeer are far more common in the United States compared to wild reindeer. ©Elena Gurova/iStock via Getty Images North America is home to almost half the entire population of ...

  3. Reindeer herding - Wikipedia

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    Reindeer herders have their own stories about how reindeer were domesticated, and about the relationship between wild and domestic reindeer. Whatever the debate, the very fact of domination of a reindeer led to a reindeer revolution that spread to the North, East, and West. Sleds pulled by reindeer appeared later than dog sleds.

  4. From Antlers to Ultraviolet Vision: 10 Amazing Reindeer Facts

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    Some scientists claim that reindeer domestication started almost 2000 years ago. Since then until now, they have been domesticated for their meat, milk, fur, antlers, and as a means of transportation.

  5. Reindeer - Wikipedia

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    The reindeer is the only successfully semi-domesticated deer on a large scale in the world. Reindeer in northern Fennoscandia (northern Norway, Sweden and Finland) as well in the Kola Peninsula and Yakutia in Russia, are mostly semi-domesticated reindeer, ear-marked by their owners. Some reindeer in the area are truly domesticated, mostly used ...

  6. Timeline of animal welfare and rights - Wikipedia

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    The domestication of animals began with dogs. From 8500 to 1000 BCE, cats, sheep, goats, cows, pigs, chickens, donkeys, horses, silkworms, camels, bees, ducks, and reindeer were domesticated by various civilizations. [1] 1000 BCE–700 CE Hinduism, Jainism, and Buddhism started teaching ahimsa, nonviolence toward all living beings.

  7. The Concerning Decline of the Reindeer Population - AOL

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    As you can see, the reindeer population (both wild and domesticated) is dwindling in many places. This is due to several factors. Disease. Reindeer are susceptible to disease, just like any other ...

  8. Reindeer distribution - Wikipedia

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    Domesticated reindeer are mostly found in northern Fennoscandia and Russia, with a herd of approximately 150–170 semi-domesticated reindeer living around the Cairngorms region in Scotland. Although formerly more widespread in Scandinavia, the last remaining wild mountain reindeer in Europe are found in portions of southern Norway. [6]

  9. Reindeer in Decline: The Impact of Rising Temperatures on ...

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    The question of how many reindeer exist has long been debated among experts. The latest studies conclude that there are about seven million (7,000,000) wild and domesticated reindeer worldwide ...