SANTA'S REINDEER RETIRED?

SANTA'S REINDEER RETIRED?

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Wireless Flash) -- Santa's sleigh will look a little different this year -- because he's dumped Rudolph and the other reindeer. The animal rights group, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), claims the organization has met with Santa and convinced him to retire the reindeer. PETA spokeswoman Lisa Lange claims that making reindeer fly around the world in sub-zero temperatures is unnecessarily cruel and puts them at risk for illness. As a result of the lobbying, she says Santa has put Dasher, Dancer and the others to pasture and will power his sleigh with an engine. This isn't the first time Santa's made a change to help his animal friends. In 1990, Santa supposedly gave up wearing fur and in 1994, Lange says Mrs. Claus put the jolly fat man on an all-vegan diet.