12/20/2023

Santa’s Reindeer Okay to Fly, Veterinary Group Says

While the update is tongue-in-cheek, it promotes the group's valuable mission

Santa’s reindeer have been cleared for takeoff by the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA).

Last week, AVMA announced that its current president, Dr. Rena Carlson, had completed a trip to the North Pole and found that the animals were “healthy, in great shape, and ready to fly on Christmas Eve,” according to a release. An official “North Pole Certificate of Animal Export” certified the reindeer are free of “brucellosis, tuberculosis, or chronic wasting disease.”

Carlson’s reindeer examination—accompanied by Ashli Selke, immediate past president of the National Association of Veterinary Technicians of America (NAVTA)—was recorded and is available on YouTube.

Please select this link to read the complete article from Associations Now.