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

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8-year-old Star has had pneumonia, digestion issues and rapid weight loss.

He has been in parades, featured on reality TV shows and visited by schoolchildren on field trips.

In early January , someone cut a huge hole in the fencing to gain access to the pen.

The next night , a man sprayed something from two different cans into Star ’s pen and hit the animal in the face.

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