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Petting Zoo is Site of First Reindeer Born in Maine in Years

/Photo: Pony X-Press Zoo


WINSLOW, Maine (AP) A traveling petting zoo in Maine says its reindeer has unexpectedly given birth to the first baby reindeer in the state in more than 20 years.

Pony X-Press co-owner Ed Papsis says the reindeer is a dark brown female calf and it was born at a farm on Easter Sunday.

Papsis tells the Morning Sentinel that the new reindeer has yet to be named. Her mother’s name is Cocoa.

There are no wild reindeer left in Maine, and Pony X-Press has the only domesticated ones in the state. It once had the only reindeer in the state, an 18-year-old female named Freeway who died in 2016. It now has one male and four females.

Attempts to reintroduce reindeer to the wild in Maine in the past have not succeeded.

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