Looks like those Japanese reindeer won’t be delivering pizzas after all

In a turn of events everyone could have possibly foreseen, Domino’s Japan is no longer training reindeer to deliver pizzas in Japan for Christmas.

Earlier this week, we wrote that “Domino’s Japan is getting in the holiday spirit by strapping piping hot pies to Santa’s signature bucks, then sending them trotting across the snowy expanse, where bikes and cars just aren’t as practical.” In a statement released on Thursday, however, the company acknowledges that (Google translated) “it is difficult to control the reindeer.” Pizza boxes were slipping to and fro, and the sound of barking dogs was freaking the wild beasts out. Santa must be a cat man.