linda040899
09-17-2005, 08:09 AM
This is an interesting development that I found in my inbox this morning.
Subject: USPS: Federal Express informed it must accept live animals for air mail delivery
From: Carol Woodson
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Bird Shippers of America
http://www.hm-e.net (http://www.hm-e.net/)
September 16, 2005
GREAT NEWS!!
BSA [Bird Shippers of America] has consistently taken the
position that Federal Express was covered by the statute that
mandates that any airline that has a mail contract with the
USPS must carry "day-old chicks and such other live animals as
postal regulations allow" unless the carrier "commonly and
regularly refuses to accept any live animals as cargo."
BSA has demonstrated to the USPS that Federal Express does, in
fact, accept live animals as cargo (with the exception of
dogs, cats and bees.) The United States Postal Service now
agrees with BSA and has informed Federal Express that within
sixty (60) days it must accept live animals for air mail
delivery.
We will keep you informed of the progress of this most
important work.
To read this and all the previous USPS updates, follow this
link: http://www.hm-e.net/shipping_update.htm
Thank you,
George P. Drewry
Owner, Horizon Micro-Environments, LLC
(800) 443-2498
george@hm-e.net
www.hm-e.net (http://www.hm-e.net/) for Bio-secure transporters
www.petports.com (http://www.petports.com/) for non-Bio-secure transporters
Cross-posted with permission.
Subject: USPS: Federal Express informed it must accept live animals for air mail delivery
From: Carol Woodson
==============
Bird Shippers of America
http://www.hm-e.net (http://www.hm-e.net/)
September 16, 2005
GREAT NEWS!!
BSA [Bird Shippers of America] has consistently taken the
position that Federal Express was covered by the statute that
mandates that any airline that has a mail contract with the
USPS must carry "day-old chicks and such other live animals as
postal regulations allow" unless the carrier "commonly and
regularly refuses to accept any live animals as cargo."
BSA has demonstrated to the USPS that Federal Express does, in
fact, accept live animals as cargo (with the exception of
dogs, cats and bees.) The United States Postal Service now
agrees with BSA and has informed Federal Express that within
sixty (60) days it must accept live animals for air mail
delivery.
We will keep you informed of the progress of this most
important work.
To read this and all the previous USPS updates, follow this
link: http://www.hm-e.net/shipping_update.htm
Thank you,
George P. Drewry
Owner, Horizon Micro-Environments, LLC
(800) 443-2498
george@hm-e.net
www.hm-e.net (http://www.hm-e.net/) for Bio-secure transporters
www.petports.com (http://www.petports.com/) for non-Bio-secure transporters
Cross-posted with permission.