Mark Thiessen. Star, a pet reindeer, is shown in the backyard of his owner Albert Whitehead in downtown Anchorage, Alaska, on March 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen) ...

An iconic reindeer so beloved that he has been in parades, featured on reality TV shows and visited by schoolchildren on field trips in Alaska’s largest city is fighting for his life after ...

An iconic pet reindeer beloved by many in Alaska's largest city has been euthanized, just weeks after someone tampered with his cage and possibly poisoned him, his caretaker said Wednesday. “I ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — An iconic pet reindeer beloved by many in Alaska's largest city has been euthanized, just weeks after someone tampered with his cage and possibly poisoned him, his ...

Star the pet reindeer sticks his snout through the inside gate of his pen in downtown Anchorage, Alaska, March 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen) Expand.

It’s a mystery: Who stole, and later poisoned, Anchorage’s iconic downtown reindeer Star? Star is part of a long Anchorage tradition that started in 1960, when Ivan and Oro Stewart, the owners ...

An iconic pet reindeer beloved by many in Alaska’s largest city has been euthanized, just weeks after someone tampered with his cage and possibly poisoned him, his caretaker said Wednesday.

Star, a pet reindeer, is shown in the backyard of his owner Albert Whitehead in downtown Anchorage, Alaska, on March 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen) ASSOCIATED PRESS.

Star, a pet reindeer, is shown in the backyard of his owner Albert Whitehead in downtown Anchorage, Alaska, on March 11, 2025. Credit: AP/Mark Thiessen. By The Associated PressUpdated March 13, 2025.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — An iconic pet reindeer beloved by many in Alaska's largest city has been euthanized, just weeks after someone tampered with his cage and possibly poisoned him, his ...

Star, a pet reindeer, is shown in the backyard of his owner Albert Whitehead in downtown Anchorage, Alaska, on Tuesday. (Photo: Mark Thiessen, Associated Press) ...

Iconic pet reindeer in Alaska falls mysteriously ill after someone breaks into pen They were there abou five minutes before taking off. What they did is unknown, but Star began having stomach ...