The exact number of reindeer in the world is unknown, though it’s estimated to be in the range of seven million. Many reindeer are domesticated, providing milk, meat, and transportation services.

Reindeer live in the cold, northern parts of the world, including Alaska and the far northern part of Washington, Canada, Russia, Mongolia, parts of the Netherlands, Iceland, and Greenland.They ...

“We also have nutritionists talk about how and what to feed the reindeer as the lower 48 is not their native range,” Schaertl said, explaining there were no reindeer here until the late 1800s ...