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Cairngorms reindeer's are UK's only free-ranging herd

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The free-ranging reindeer based in the Cairngorms are the only herd in the UK. The animals were introduced to the area in 1952 after reindeers totally vanished from Britain after being hunted to extinction in the 13th century.

However, Mikel Utsi and his wife, Dr. Ethel Lindgren, looked over the Cairngorms in 1952, and saw what they believed to be the only area capable of sustaining a population of reindeer.

Both knew that while plenty of historic records mentioned reindeer inhabiting the forest of ancient Britain, their local climate had changed significantly since then, reports Aberdeen Live.The Cairngorm Reindeer site explained how on April 12, 1952, Mr Utsi "brought some of [his] Swedish mountain reindeer to Scotland as an experiment, to show that they could live and breed in these surroundings."They were brought to Scotland on the Swedish vessel S.

S. Sarek and spent their first 28 days in quarantine at Edinburgh Zoo before finally being taken to the Cairngorms.This initial herd consisted of just two bulls and five cows, but eighteen more reindeer joined them in the years that followed.

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