If there were any route for doing so, I would gladly report the names of the people who send and receive gerbils this way to the proper authorities. Not only is it illegal, but disgustingly inhumane- especially in the weather we have now. If you need to resort to shipping your gerbils further than you can drive them, you need to scale down your breeding program to better suit the needs you can fill in your immediate area. Jill ---------- > From: Deb Rebel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Anyone have gerbils for sale?- shipping via USPS is a FELONY > Date: Tuesday, August 07, 2001 6:55 PM > > >Anyone have any gerbils for sale? I'm looking for champange, > >or shimmel, or burmese..mainly looking for a shimmel and > >burmese pair..But anything will do. > > > >If you have any for sale and dp USPS over night shipping > >let me know what colors you have and how much. > > thanks! > > ----------------------------------------------- > > Ashley > > Faerie Kiss Gerbils > > http://www.angelfire.com/my/rockingerbils/enter.html > > > One more time. Shipping live warm blooded animals > via the USPS is a FELONY. (Class 4 I believe) > > Some of the USPS employees don't know that. And > will tell you it's ok. That doesn't make it ok. The clerk > and their boss (the postmaster of the station) are up > for aiding and abetting a felony. > > Even if they accept the package, the sender is still > committing the felony. On all packages, the name > of shipper can be omitted but a valid return address > must be supplied. If they go after a felony conviction > it is the owner of the address or the one that has > signed the lease, that will get it. So if a minor ships, > and just put their return address and no name, it > will probably be the parent that will be charged. > > IF the animals get loose, it may ground a plane for > 96 hours or so while it is fumigated, and EVERY BIT > of the wiring must be inspected. In a 747 that is about > thirty miles of wiring. The shipper is liable for the > billed downtime and the cost of fumigation, inspection > and recertification. > > IF it is discovered what is in the package, it is also > 'cruelty to animals'. In this state it's a minimum of > a thousand buck fine and a year of jail PER ANIMAL. > > Falsifying the contents (one gal bragged about > writing 'lizards' on the box) adds to the charges. > > I have sent stuff via overnight mail and got half a > tatter back in a plastic bag with a 'so sorry it got > ate by the handling equipment, we did everything > we could and identified this and are returning it > with our apology'. > > With the summer weather, the temperature on the > tarmac or at a dock inside a truck can hit in excess > of 150F still air temperature and higher in minutes. > Live animal air freight will not ship anything if either > end is expected to hit 85F or at any transfer. > > Others have mentioned traumatized animals when > they didn't know better and had shipped via that > route. One person had a three or four day shipping > on an overnight package by the time it arrived. One > animal involved had been shipped TWICE and the > second time nearly unhinged the poor thing permanently. > > Don't do anything illegal or possibly harming to your > animals. I know, there isn't any real alternative either, but. > > Don't commit a felony. Don't endanger your gerbils. > > A few research labs have FEDERAL licenses and > ship rats and mice via USPS but that is a very > special circumstance. And between regular point A > to point B shipments. Us hobby breeders are NOT > going to get a waiver. > > Deb > Rebel's Rodent Ranch
