In 1944, 29 reindeer were left on a remote island in Alaska, decades later, they had eaten themselves into extinction
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August 21, 2026
What happened to the reindeer on St. Matthew Island is a classic story of wildlife boom and bust. In 1944, the US Coast Guard corralled 29 Nunivak Island reindeer on a barge and floated the animals north to the island, more than 200 miles away to one of…