This is interestign. I have never seen such a law for domestic raised
rodents like rats or mice. I know gerbils are considered differently in
many states then rats or mice which are considered more as lab animals and
are [ rats and mice] specifically excluded from many laws. I've only
shipped rats by air and know peopel who ship mice and hamsters so I assumed
gerbils were considered as the same. Was this law (re: state lines/health
certificates) specific to a state or states or is it a federal one? I know
you need a health certificate for shipping rats, mice, hamsters by air, but
I never saw a law requiring it for driving them between states. Can you
please send to me the what laws these were so i can look them up?
thank you,
a.g.
>From: Douglas White <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Re: shipping gerbils
>Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2000 14:28:54 EDT
>
>I must say something, some have been said driving the gerbils to someone is
>legal, not unless it is in the same state. You cannot transport live
>animals
>across state lines without a health certificate issued by a vet. This is a
>little known and not enforced law I stumbled upon 2 years ago and gerbils
>are
>not listed as authorized animals to be shipped by airlines. I had to go
>through several airlines before one (USAir) decided a gerbil was same as a
>hamster, so technically there is no legal way to transport gerbils in the
>US.
>
> Doug
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