Remarkable pictures show deer offered in-flight food by a Polar Airlines cabin attendant.
Poaching, climate change and excessive hunting caused colossal population drop.
Cops in the far north of Siberia 'to be issued with reindeer instead of police cars'.
Lucky escape for two reindeer that could barely walk after hours of being trapped.
Animals cannot forage for lichen under the snow crust on the Yamal peninsula.
Currently there are 730,000 animals but numbers are 'unsustainable', risking disease spreading and chronic overgrazing.
Pictures prove the gruesome fate of reindeer 'to meet demands for traditional medicines in China and South Korea'.
Up to 30 shot dead after winning traditional spring reindeer races in remote Tiksi.