Iconic pet reindeer in Alaska falls mysteriously ill after someone tampers in his pen

Anchorage, Alaska – a distinctive ringtone is so likable that he was in the marches, and appeared in realistic TV programs and visited them by school children on field trips in the largest city in Alaska fighting for his life after he was in mysterious circumstances after someone tampered with his pen.

Since then, the 8 -year -old star has been suffering from pneumonia, digestion issues and rapid weight loss. Malik Star, Albert Whitheid, transferred him to a veterinarian every day to receive care and hopes to find a reason for these issues.

“I think we did everything that is possible for him,” said Whiteheed. The veterinarian Sabriita Hollande said it was a “guard”.

Star lives in a fence connected to the Whitehead home on the edge of the center of Anchorage. More than 20 years have passed since someone has last tried to tamper with the box, as Reindeer has been kept for the past seven decades. The star is the seventh in the reindeer line to carry this name.

In early January, someone cut a large hole in the fencing to get an entrance, spent about five minutes inside with Star before taking off. What a person did in the pen is unknown, but Star began with stomach problems and dropping weight shortly after.

After that, on February 20, the Anchorag police found friendly reindeer and confidence wandering in the city center and returning it home.

When WhiteHead reviewed his security cameras, he found that someone used bolt cutting to remove the lock off the Star and Gate. The man’s curtain continued to the neighborhood, and the reindeer ended on his own in the city center, because this is the place where Whitheid walks.

The next night, the situation has become more serious.

Whitheid was watching the video when a man wearing a scarf over his face sprayed something of two different boxes in the stars pen and hit the reindeer twice in the face with unknown materials.

Whitery rushed abroad to confront the man.

“I shouted at him to stop,” What do you do with hell? What do you spray on the animal? Don’t do that, resign it! “Whitery.

“I try to help the stars.”

“I have no idea of ​​what it means,” said Whitheid, who is suspected – based on the smells – that the sprays could have been antiseptic and remove unpleasant odors.

Whitheid and the police believe that he was the same man from the night before. It is not known whether tampering in January involves the same person.

“I do not think that the individual wanted to harm the star, but through his actions, he did so.”

Anchorage police released a social media monitoring video in the hope that this will lead to the identity of the suspect. A spokesman for Christopher Paraza said in an e -mail that has not yet shown any viable advice.

The pneumonia of the star worsened, and the cough of Whiteheed leads to the belief that the star ate harmful, perhaps during loose.

The Netherlands said that pneumonia is likely to inhale chronic islands or the contents of content in the largest release stomach. The sprays may also contribute.

The Netherlands said it could be a blockage, but the largest stomach of reindeer is very large and cannot be easily obstructed. However, sparkling plastic bags that cause chronic weight loss and indigestion are the most common external objects that you saw in the reindeer.

She said the next option is surgery to look into the belly of reindeer and may remove any blockage, but it is generally a bad result, even in healthy deer.

Hollande said that the link between Whitheid and the stars was “very important and valuable.”

“Albert’s daily life and a reason to get out of walking, and so on all because of the stars. The Netherlands said in a text:” Star is truly fond of Albert. “” It will be very destructive for him if he lost a star. “

Anchorage ORO and Ivan Stewart pioneers began reindeer traditions, bringing the deer they received from Alaska’s citizen to Ancorag in the fifties. Whiteheed took over as his Chargé d’Affaires of his friends in 2002.

The average reindeer is about 15 years old, but some stars have been living a long life, like the first to live to 23 years. Others have not lived for a long time, including the second star, who was stolen, beaten to death, then was slaughtered by the well -known Ferbanks thief. The third star died after eating a plastic bag.