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	Reindeer herds in global decline

tabsey

6-14-2009 8:37 AM

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6-14-2009 8:50 AM

thisnamecantbetaken

6-14-2009 9:55 AM

chestnut501

Your Reindeer should try some of my magic mushrooms, tabsey. Not only will they feel better but they'll fly too.

6-14-2009 10:00 AM

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background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8094000/8094036.stm"><B>Reindeer and caribou numbers are plummeting around the world.</B></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8094000/8094036.stm"><P>The first global review of their status has found that populations are declining almost everywhere they live, from Alaska and Canada, to Greenland, Scandinavia and Russia. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8094000/8094036.stm"><P>The iconic deer is vital to indigenous peoples around the circumpolar north. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; 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