Meet the Utah vet who certifies Santa’s reindeer — and works to help save the ‘magical’ species

Isaac Bott works as a Utah County vet by day, but in his free time, he helps treat and artificially inseminate reindeer around the world, propping up the threatened species’ population.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Maci Kohler looks in at Comet, a reindeer, at Reindeer Express in Wellsville on Friday, Dec. 2, 2022. Issac Bott works as a Utah County vet by day, but each year, he helps certify reindeer to work for Santa. And in his free time, he helps treat and artificially inseminate reindeer around the world, propping up the threatened species’ population.

Meet the Utah vet who certifies Santa’s reindeer — and works to help save the ‘magical’ species

Isaac Bott works as a Utah County vet by day, but in his free time, he helps treat and artificially inseminate reindeer around the world, propping up the threatened species’ population.

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