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An Australian shopping centre has come under fire for using live reindeer in a Christmas display. Photo / Facebook

An Australian shopping centre has come under fire for using live reindeer in a Christmas display. Photo / Facebook

An Australian shopping centre has scrapped its under-fire Christmas display that featured live reindeer.

The display, inside Jesmond Central in Newcastle, was called “Reindeer Cheer” and advertised earlier this week on the shopping centre’s Facebook page as an opportunity to meet “real-life reindeer”.

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