Residents of Norway's northern city of Hammerfest grew weary of reindeer wandering through their gardens, munching on their flowers and leaving their calling cards. So now a fence is going up around the whole town, but it's both loved and hated.
As many as 500 reindeer are permanent residents of Hammerfest. They wander in from the vast Arctic plateau during the summer grazing season and have also been a popular tourist attraction.
City officials decided to sacrifice the tourist attraction after repeated complaints that the animals were becoming just a little too much at home in town. Even though owners of the reindeer would make efforts to round them up and move them out, the reindeer quickly would roam back to the tempting gardens of city residents.
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