wow, great work. Im not sure how important 'through' permission for
california is- i mean, its on the coast- you can avoid it and drive through
other states to go from south usa to the north west. shipping laws for
overseas are changing, and it can be hard to keep up with them. Anyway to
get representatives (maybe via small animal clubs) in other countries to
keep you up to date on their laws?
ag
www.rodentfancy.com
>From: Deb Rebel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: Deb Rebel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Update on the Gerbil Rideshare Project
>Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2000 15:32:18 -0600
>
>Denver was informative.
>
>1.) It IS illegal to ship gerbils via the United States Postal Service.
>
>Not every employee of the USPS is aware of that. If an employee
>accepts a parcel, package, or letter for transport, it does not
>absolve the person who presented it for shipping. Default is
>the return address on the mail item as to who sent it.
>
>The employee can be in trouble too, for aiding and abetting.
>As is their immediate superior (i.e., the postmaster of the
>post office where the parcel was accepted.)
>
>An exception can be granted but it takes a court action and/or
>an act of congress (i.e., a line on a 'christmas tree bill') for that
>time only....
>
>The sender can also technically be charged for 'inhumane
>treatment of an animal' if the package was accepted and
>the animal(s) come to harm during the transit. That is a
>pretty healthy fine and jail time where I live...figure a grand
>fine plus the lawyer plus a year plus two to five of checking
>in with authorities after.
>
>
>2.) Private carriers and shippers, it varies. There are different
>guidelines depending on what the main vehicle of transport
>is (i.e., plane, train, truck, boat, etc) and where the transport
>starts and ends, and where it must pass through.
>
>3.) I have not heard back yet from my inquiries to FedEx and
>UPS and Airborne.
>
>4.) Greyhound was inconclusive, although I did get a bunch more
>numbers to call higher up the line.
>
>I am hoping here, to get 'express through' delivery of a
>certain size package with a certain weight max; that would
>ride in the cabin all the way not the cargo/luggage.
>
>5.) I need some ideas on what would be a good size and
>weight to specify (I am using 18"wide x 24"long x 15" tall)
>[45cm x 60cm x 38 cm high] and (10# or 4.5 kg) for a
>package that would hold a few smaller containers to
>hold 1-12 gerbils per a cube of that size....
>
>Across the country would be three to five days (USA)
>depending on if it got to go mostly express or had to
>go some 'local' routes as well.
>
>6.) I have more numbers and email addresses to wade
>through, as the 'crossing state lines' and 'going to and
>from the US and another country' needs to be legal as
>well.
>
>7.) California prohibits gerbils by state law, and does
>not want them shipped into to remain or out of their
>state...the latter gets you in trouble. I am trying to find
>out about 'through' permission...
>
>8.) Health certification varies, from $6 to $40 dollars.
>It depends on how thoroughly the animal(s) involved
>must be checked out, some tests take time and
>run the cost up accordingly. And sometimes more
>than one animal may be listed on the same certificate;
>sometimes it is required that EACH ONE have their
>own....
>
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>
>I will keep you all updated.
>
>Deb
>Rebel's Rodent Ranch
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