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Reindeer in the region of Lapland, Finland, famous worldwide. They are also very busy at this time of year. That's because they are Santa Claus to presents to children all over the world. However, the animals are a great danger. Reindeer herders that an increasing number of reindeer are killed by wolves. The Reindeer Herders' Association in Finland says wolves have around 1,950 reindeer this year. That is a 70 per cent increase from last year. Juha Kujala, a Lapland herder, is about the future of his animals. He said there has a sudden increase in the number of wolves in Finland. This has the natural balance between reindeer and wolves.

Mr Kujala to reporters about his animals, even though he is worried about them. He said: "These are Santa's reindeer. But we are really lucky because Santa them for only one day of the year, so we can them for the other 364 days." Many herders the Ukraine War is the reason why there are suddenly more wolves in Finland. They say that men who used to wolves in Russia have to in Ukraine. This means many wolves are the 1,340-km border between Russia and Finland. Kujala said: "It's worse since the Ukraine War . The wolves are from the Russian side. There's nobody left hunting the wolves."