Tell the U.S. Postal Service to Ban Shipments of Live Animals

As impossible as it sounds, millions of newborn chicks and ducklings are being sent through the mail just like books, clothing, and electronics. They are treated as if they were inanimate objects.

Barely one-day-old, these helpless babies are packed in dark boxes without food or water and sent on harrowing cross-country journeys that take up to 72 hours.

Often, some of the chicks are dead by the time they reach their destination, which is why hatcheries sometimes toss in "extra" animals just in case. Usually, these chicks are males for whom the industry has no use. These boy chicks are so devalued that the industry has even referred to them as nothing more than "packing material."

Farm Sanctuary is leading the fight to end this cruelty. We believe that farm animals should be treated as individuals, not warehoused on factory farms, or boxed, stamped, and sent through the mail without any legal protection whatsoever.

If you agree that living animals should not be shipped through the mail like catalog purchases, then please urge the U.S. Postmaster General to ban these shipments.