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Who thought it was a good idea to 'mail' live animals? Seems like a rather harsh thing to do... especially when it's done using a process that doesn't care abou
by oneplane 6y ago
Who thought it was a good idea to 'mail' live animals? Seems like a rather harsh thing to do... especially when it's done using a process that doesn't care about what it is mailing. (regardless of who is influencing that process)
- zorpner 6y agoThis is a normal, regulated, and common use of the USPS.
- oneplane 6y agoSeems rather absurd to put a live animal in a box and put it in a process that is designed for moving non-living man-made objects around. The only time I've heard about animals shipping via a postal service was illegal imports of birds (tied up and put in tubes).
- idbehold 6y agohttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/brief-history-children-sent-through-mail-180959372/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/brief-history-chil...
- kolanos 6y agoAt one time, USPS was used to mail children. [0] [0]: https://www.history.com/news/mailing-children-post-office https://www.history.com/news/mailing-children-post-office
- omg_ponies 6y agoThat's an inaccurate statement. The shipment of live animals via USPS is a specific service documented in detail at https://pe.usps.com/text/pub52/pub52c5_008.htm https://pe.usps.com/text/pub52/pub52c5_008.htm These include bees, day–old poultry, adult birds, and small, harmless, cold–blooded animals.
- dragonwriter 6y ago> Who thought it was a good idea to 'mail' live animals? The USPS: https://pe.usps.com/text/pub52/pub52c5_008.htm https://pe.usps.com/text/pub52/pub52c5_008.htm And it's been used for this (well, technically, it was the US Post Office, when it started, not the US Postal Service) for more than a century.