Live Animals – FX Embargoed Markets (Effective 02/03/25)

Please see the below the February 2025 FedEx Lives embargo list for live animals due to conflicts with dry ice in the Origins and/or Destinations below. As such, we will need to tender to alternate air stops in some cases and retrieve the live animals at alternate delivery points. Live animals tendered to embargoed sites, […]

USPS AIR FREIGHT UPDATE – DEC 16

We are continuing to work with USPS and our legislators on answers to our questions/challenges as we plan for our 2025 shipping season. Below is a summary of findings that were provided by our legislators that recently met with USPS leadership regarding shipping of live poultry. General USPS operates two air networks – one is […]

USPS AIR FREIGHT UPDATE – SEPT 5TH

September 5 The Post Office has not yet determined the times that shipments must be to the airport to catch the night sort flights. However, they did indicate that FedEx will be taking USPS Express mail so if your shipments leave your local post office on the early Express Mail truck, they should make the […]

USPS Shipping Update

There has been some press recently due to some large losses that happened in Maine. We can assure you that this is an isolated incident. So far in 2020 Bird Shippers of America members have experienced outstanding shipping through USPS, including recent weeks with all of the negative press. Bird Shippers of America members will […]