Quote Originally Posted by rabernet View Post
UPS and FedEx are not Government agencies - it's against their policy, not against the law. And FedEx does allow you to become certified to ship through them. Contact them for your local account rep to find out the process. UPS allows some companies to ship through them, like Ship Your Reptiles.

USPS is government run and government governed. Violating their rules, is violating the law.
Again, not sure what the actual law is. I do know that the Postal Service is no longer government run and that no tax money funds it. It's on its own now to raise the money it needs to survive, via postage and services. Regan set it out on its own in the 80's.

With that said, any comments on the actual discussion topic? What would happen if the post office actually started openly shipping snakes? Beneficial or not? Thank you ColinWeaver for answering the topic question.

By the way, I do agree it would be a very very bad idea to just ship a snake via the postal service with their current ban. No one in their right mind would do that. I don't think it's a bad idea to discuss it with your local post master and find out what the laws really are, however.