---
type: restriction
id: usps-live-animals
asset: shipping-restrictions-by-class
title: "Live Animals — Postal shipping restrictions by item category"
sources:
  - https://www.usps.com/ship/shipping-restrictions.htm
source_quote: "Shipments of live animals, including poultry, reptiles, and bees, have very specific packaging requirements."
generated: true
harvested: 2026-08-03
stale_after: 2027-08-03
item_category: "Live Animals"
carrier: "USPS"
restriction_type: "restricted"
scope: "domestic"
conditions: "Shipments of live animals, including poultry, reptiles, and bees, have very specific packaging requirements."
verified: true
unverified_fields: carrier, scope
---
**Item category:** Live Animals

**Carrier:** USPS

**Restriction type:** restricted

**Scope:** domestic

**Conditions:** Shipments of live animals, including poultry, reptiles, and bees, have very specific packaging requirements.

> Shipments of live animals, including poultry, reptiles, and bees, have very specific packaging requirements.

Source: <https://www.usps.com/ship/shipping-restrictions.htm>