Hello Robert!
Monday April 21 1997 16:07, Robert Rice wrote to All:
 RR>                         Shipping 101
 RR>   A beginners guide to sending fish to new homes in far away
 RR>                           places !
[...]
 RR> The  post office you say ! Why not UPS, Fed Ex or one of the
 RR> other carriers? Because they often do not allow the shipping of
 RR> live animals and they are always more expensive.
If you are sending the fish to Australia you will need to use a private 
courier service and not the post office as it is against Australia Post 
regulations to ship live fish (and Aust Post do not guarantee safe handling - 
I was told that they handle them very roughly)
 RR> Wait you say,  what if  I  was shipping to another country, say
 RR> London England,is that legal? You would recite the same sentence
 RR> except add ".....the international mail manual states in section
 RR> 139.1 that  the  shipment  of non........"
You will also need to check the Customs and Quarantine regulations of the 
receiving country. If the fish are being sent to Australia then the person 
receiving the fish must gain permission from the Minister for Primary 
Industry and Fisheries and also gain a clearance from the Australian 
Quarantine and Inspection Service otherwise they be in serious legal trouble.
Steph
--- GoldED 2.50 UNREG
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