USPS to begin transporting lives on the entire day FedEx network

We have just received the following notification from USPS.

Effective with mail acceptance on Monday, October 23, 2006, FedEx will begin transporting lives on the entire day network, (in addition to the night network) with exceptions listed below.

Priority Originating and Festinating Exceptions
St. Louis MO (STL Zip Codes: 620, 622-631, 633-639
Springfield MO (SGF) Zip Codes: 648, 654-658


Destinations for which there is NO Friday Priority Retail acceptance
Shreveport LA (SHV) Zip Codes: 710-714
Oklahoma City OK (OKC) Zip Codes: 730, 731, 734-738, 748
Tulsa OK (TUL) Zip Codes: 740, 741, 743-747, 749
Houston TX (IAH) Zip Codes: 773-778


No Priority lives on FedEx to and from these locations if the forecast daytime temperature for the route between those cities and Memphis TN (MEM) is 85 degrees F or higher.
Birmingham AL (BHM) Zip Codes: 350-352, 354-359, 362
Jackson MS (JAN) Zip Codes: 369, 390-393, 396, 397
Nashville TN (BNA Zip Codes: 370-372, 384, 385


Lives may not be transported on FedEx as Priority mail to (destinating in)
delivery locations served by the following airports.
Charleston WV (CRW) Zip Codes: 246-253, 258, 259, 261, 266

Lives may not be transported on FedEx as Express mail to (destinating in)
or from (originating in) locations served by the following airports.
Bangor ME (BGR) Zip Codes: 044, 046
Presque Isle ME (PQI) Zip Codes: 047
Elmira NY (ELM) Zip Codes: 148-149
Chattanooga TN (CHA) Zip Codes: 373-374
Traverse City MI (TVC) Zip Codes: 496

Fedex will not accept Express Lives going to:
Huntsville AL (HSV) Zip Codes: 356-358
St. Louis MO (STL) Zip Codes: 620, 622-624, 628-631, 633,
634, 636-639, 650-653

Lives may not be transported on FedEx as Express mail from (originating in)
locations served by the following airports.
Bismarck ND (BIS)
Bozeman MT (BZN)
Cumberland MD (CBE)
Durango CO (DRO)
Eugene OR (EUG)
Fairbanks AK (FAI)
Kalispell MT (FCA)
Medford OR (MFR)
Minot ND (MOT)
Missoula MT (MSO)
Pasco WA (PSC)
Pocatello ID (PIH)
Rapid City SD (RAP)
Redmond OR (RDM)
Rock Springs WY (RKS)
Salisbury MD (SBY)
St. Louis MO (STL)
Twin Falls ID (TWF)
Wenatchee WA (EAT)
Yakima WA (YKM)

FEDERAL EXPRESS AND POST OFFICE CONTRACTUAL AGREE ON CARRING LIVES

Federal Express and the US post office have reached a contractual agreement on carrying "LIVES". Starting on September 25, Federal Express has taken over the routs previously served by Kitty Hawk (see below for a listing). This is a contractual arrangement through the post office only as Federal Express will not take "LIVE" shipments directly. You will need to deliver your birds to a post office - not a Federal Express Office. If you experience any problems with this new service, please contact your postal official, not Federal Express.

At the present time the Post Office will only have Federal Express transport "LIVES" to and from the USPS AMFs listed below. As Federal Express gains more experience, other AMFs will be added to the routs. The full Priority Mail Network effective date has yet to be determined. Commercial airlines are still carrying lives.

BSA is still working to put the temperature guidelines in place by regulation or legislation. BSA is also investigating the problems that shippers have experienced with insurance. We will keep you posted on our progress.

USPS AMF ACCEPTING "LIVES" FOR TRANSPORTATION BY FEDERAL EXPRESS
Atlanta GA (ATL)
Austin TX (AUS)
Baltimore MD (BWI)
Boston MA (BOS)
Buffalo NY (BUF)
Charlotte NC (CLT)
Cincinnati OH (CVG)
Cleveland OH (CLE)
Columbus OH (CMH)
Denver CO (DEN)
El Paso TX (ELP)
Hartford CT (BDL)
Jacksonville FL (JAX)
Kansas City MO (MCI)
Los Angeles CA (LAX) (To include Express Lives from Burbank CA (BUR))
Louisville KY (SDF)
Memphis TN (MEM)
Milwaukee WI (MKE) (To include Express Lives from Madison WI (MSN))
Minneapolis/St. Paul (MSP) (To include Express Lives from Rochester MN (RST))
Nashville TN (BNA)
Norfolk VA (ORF)
Oakland CA (OAK)
Omaha NE (OMA)
Ontario CA (ONT)
Orlando FL (MCO)
Philadelphia PA (PHL)
Phoenix AZ (PHX)
Pittsburgh PA (PIT)
Portland OR (PDX)
Richmond VA (RIC)
Salt Lake City (SLC)
San Diego CA (SAN)
San Francisco CA (SFO)
Seattle WA (SEA)
Sioux Falls SD (FSD)
Tulsa OK (TUL)