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Albert Whitehead spends time with Star, his pet reindeer, in Whitehead's backyard in downtown Anchorage, Alaska, on March 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen) Albert Whitehead spends time with Star ...
Anchorage police say they have new leads in the Star the reindeer case, but Star's owner says he’s not sure a man who sprayed ...
Anchorage police are sharing a new photo of someone thought to have poisoned Star, the beloved city-dwelling reindeer that died earlier this month. In a Facebook post Monday, police officials ...
Star, an eight-year-old reindeer who was revered by its Anchorage community, began to lose weight and exhibit startling health issues after the unidentified aggressor gained access to the animal’s ...
A reindeer loved by many in his Alaskan community has died after surveillance video captured an unknown person dousing the ...
A community in Alaska is in mourning after a beloved reindeer died just weeks after a masked person sprayed him with a suspicious liquid, in an act authorities have not yet been able to decipher, ...
Soon after, on Feb. 20, security footage captured a masked figure jump into Star's enclosure in the darkness of the night and let the 8-year-old male reindeer out onto the streets of Anchorage.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU/Gray News) - A famous reindeer in Alaska has died as authorities investigate security footage of someone spraying an unknown substance in his pen. Star was euthanized on ...
Anchorage's unofficial mascot, *** star through and through. We were expecting to have him another 10 years, and he's just gone overnight. It's so sad. Star the reindeer's caretakers are ...