Take note, all ye people who mail animals via the post.
Effective the beginning of this month, you may no longer mail an animal that is going to be used in an animal fighting venture. You also are prohibited from mailing any sharp instrument that is designed or intended to be attached to the leg of a bird for use in said venture.
And, finally, you may not print messages on a box that will be mailed (whether or not it contains a prohibited animal) that could be construed as condoning said animal fighting ventures. Unless you’re talking about birds, and the fighting would be happening in a state where it’s legal. (You still can’t mail the bird being promoted, regardless of whether or not it’s legal.)
If you’re curious, an animal in these rules refers to any live bird, live dog, or other mammal, not including humans. You’re apparently able to mail the latter.
Animal fighting specifically excludes hunting, so you can mail your hunting dogs, at least according to the new rules posted this month. Whether or not this is disallowed elsewhere in the mailing manual is outside my area of expertise.
