Not to be too glum just as the merry season hits its peak, but reindeer have been on my mind in more ways than one this week.
You see, reindeer are known as caribou in North America, and some of Canada’s herds are in serious trouble.
On a global scale, the International Union for the Conservation of Nature classified the reindeer as “vulnerable” in 2015 due to an observed population decline of 40 per cent over the last roughly 25 years.