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Old 16-11-2003, 10:32 AM
Nedra
 
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Default OT kindof ~ gators in the mail

Non-venomous/Non-dangerous, yeah.
Look out for the teeth though ;-)

Nedra

"KenCo" wrote in message
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K30a wrote:

I thought everybody knew that you can
only ship 19 inch alligators!!!


actually its covered in section 31 of the USPS code

any non venomous/non dangerous fish,reptile or cold
blooded animal can be sent by mail. priority or
overnight only unless its fertile eggs.



~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Milwaukee Postal Workers Find Live Gator

November 15, 2003, 7:35 PM EST

MILWAUKEE -- A four-foot alligator chewed its way out of a shipping

carton
before a postal worker tossed it into a hamper and called animal control
officers.

Employees were sorting mail Friday when they noticed the alligator

chewing its
way out of an Express Mail box, said JoAnne Blackburn, a Postal Service
spokeswoman.

Workers tried to tape the box closed, but the alligator bit it open.

"The nose ... was sticking out with its teeth hanging out," said postal
employee Jennifer Hejdak. She said a co-worker picked it up by its tail

and
threw it in a hamper.

The alligator remain at a shelter for a week before being shipped to a

northern
Illinois sanctuary, said Len Selkurt, executive director of the

Milwaukee Area
Domestic Animal Control. The sanctuary owner will then take it to

Florida, he
said.

Alligators longer than 20 inches are not allowed to be sent through the

mail,
and officials said the shipment from Milwaukee to Colorado was under

review
k30a
http://www.geocities.com/watergarden...dors/home.html



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