 | Brent Boyd
is the Manager for the Love Box Factory Outlet on East Central in Wichita. The Love Box Factory Outlets have been in the box, pack, and ship business for over ten years and currently operate six retail stores in Kansas and Oklahoma. The Outlet Stores are owned and supplied by Love Box Company (www.lovebox.com), a locally owned manufacturer of corrugated boxes and packaging systems in Wichita for over 70 years. You may contact Brent at the Love Box Factory Outlet at 6100 E. Central in Wichita. The phone number is (316) 689-8484 and the store's email address is FOEast@lovebox.com |
Packing, Shipping & Mailing
2002-04-01 16:17:00
Shipping a live animal?
Answer: First of all, UPS, FedEx, Amtrak, Greyhound and most OTR common carriers will not ship live animals. Certain types of live animals can be shipped by way of US Postal Service, Airborne Express, or as cargo on most airlines. Large animals (horses, ostriches, etc.) can be transported via commercial Over the Road (OTR) animal transporters.The most common live animal shipped by the general public is a cat or a dog. Airlines are the only means of transporting these household pets. With the new air regulations written immediately after September 11th, 2001, cats and dogs are the only animals the airlines will transport for you unless you are classified as a verified or established shipper. There are container and destination temperature restrictions associated with this method of transport. For smaller airports like Wichita, the maximum height of an airline-approved, non-collapsible pet kennel is 30", 35". For larger aircraft that depart from major airports like Kansas City,the kennel must have an absorbent padding with food and water dishes assessable from the outside. It is a good idea to have extra food in a ziploc bag taped to the top of the kennel in the event of a delay in your flight. Airports along the route of flight cannot have an outside temperature of more than 85 degrees or less than 45 degrees. With a Certificate of Acclamation from your veterinarian within 10 days of the flight, the outside temperature can be as low as 20 degrees. The cost to transport your cat or dog ranges from $175 to $500 or more, depending on weight, dimensions of the kennel, flight origin and destination.Airborne Express accepts for shipment a very limited list of live animals. The following types can be shipped via next-day or 2-day air: turtles, frogs, non-venomous insects (i.e.; crickets as opposed to bees), fish, crab, lobster, crawfish, worms. These animals must be packaged securely and the fee is $5 in addition to the cost of shipping.The US Postal Service (USPS) will accept non-harmful reptiles (no snakes or turtles) that require no food or water during handling, day-old poultry, and adult birds. See the references below for container requirements. The USPS recommends that these animals be sent by Express Mail, which is 1-2 day service. The USPS will not accept the following for shipment: gerbil, hamster, rodent, parakeets, canaries, cat, dogs. Mailing live animals is not insurable and the cost can range from $20-$50.For more detailed information or to locate an established shipper, you can look at the Independent Pet and Animal Transportation Association website (http://www.ipata.com/). This is an excellent source of information. For a fee they can help you locate a shipper to transport live animals. Another reference you can find at some libraries is IPATA Live Animal Regulations. It is the size of a dictionary and I am sure it will not be light reading!
