Russia Plans to Kill 250,000 Reindeer Amid Anthrax Fears

EcoWatch
Oct 3, 2016, 10:25 am119 pts
Officials in the Yamalo-Nenets region in Siberia are proposing the culling of a quarter-million reindeer by Christmas in order to minimize the possible spread of anthrax, the Siberian Times reported. Theso-called "zombie" anthrax outbreak in Siberia has been blamed on a thawed-out infected reindeer corpse that…

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