A celebrity reindeer in Anchorage, Alaska, died weeks after likely being poisoned.
Star was eight years old when his owner made the decision to euthanize him on April 1, according to Alaska Public Media.
“His health was so bad that he was not doing very well,” owner Albert Whitehead said. “He was suffering.”
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A local icon in Anchorage, the reindeer had starred in parades, been featured on reality television, and served as the delight of schoolchildren on field trips, according to the Associated Press.
He’s the seventh reindeer named “Star” in a town tradition dating back to the 1950s.
Whitehead had rescued this particular reindeer from a farm in Palmer, Alaska, and he was the first male in a line of females.
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