The existence of reindeer, animal pulling vehicle for Santa, are threatened by multiple threats such as mining and oil and climate change.

LiveScience said that the reindeer is distributed in large numbers in Canada, the U.S. state of Alaska, Siberia and the Russian island of Greenland.

Species of mammals are revered in many cultures. Reindeer are the only species of deer in which both males and females have horns. They can adapt to extreme cold climates due coat capable of holding air. Reindeer living and feeding in extremely harsh habitats such as tundra, mountains, cleared areas in the north pole. Reindeer are important for the stability of the north polar ecosystems of the earth.

But in a book called “Caribou and the North: A Shared Future”, the authors confirmed the future of reindeer are threatened by many insurance illustrations, including deforestation, exploitation of natural resources, open with roads and global warming situation. Only in North American habitat of the reindeer has decreased by one third. Canada brought them to the list of species “threatened” or “is in danger”, while U.S. scientists announced reindeer disappeared forever from the state of the east and the Great Lakes region of this country. Even the huge Forum reindeer in the north pole are faced with a decrease in the number and fertility.

By LiveScience, Association for Conservation of Nature (based in the U.S.) has conducted several surveys in the number of reindeer for many years. They found that the number of reindeer throughout the world decrease to 60% within 30 years.

“Millions of kids in North America and Europe grew up with stories about legendary reindeer. Thus the disappearance of them will be a cultural disaster. We should remember that the reindeer have the role important to the ecosystem in the northern hemisphere. Protecting the land, environment and ecology is how we prevent the extinction of this species, Justina Ray, executive director of the genus Branch Conservation Association in Canada.