Hey fat Santa! Get the lights on those reindeer or else…

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Well the world is tired of the renegade reindeer. I mean who do they think they are? Before Christmas they are demanding more food, during Christmas they are demanding more massages, and afterward, well we can’t even talk about it.

So that being said the antlered reindeer have been awarded lights. Lights! Bloody hell I can’t even afford to keep the light in me own home. Well read for yourselves you sons of Santa and rejoice:

About 2,000 reindeer have been fitted with reflective yellow collars or small antler tags this month.

If the new project is successful, supporters say, reindeer owners or vehicle insurance companies might be interested in buying reflectors.

About 200,000 reindeer live in Norway, mostly owned by Sami indigenous people who raise them for meat, skins and antlers, according to the International Centre for Reindeer Husbandry.

Sami herders had tried small experiments to attach reflective tape to the animals but the glue failed in the cold. Finnish herders had also tried a reflective spray, but it reduced the fur’s ability to keep out the chill.

“It really works,” Kristian Oevernes, the leader of the project at the Norwegian Public Roads Administration, said.

A test drive on a snowmobile showed that marked reindeer were far more visible in the dark than others. Several people are injured every year in car accidents involving reindeer.

Mr Oevernes said: “This is the first time it (reindeer marking) has happened on this scale.”

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