# Live animal Shipments · UPS — Mailing and air-carriage restrictions by item category

For Live animal Shipments · UPS, item category is Live animal Shipments; carrier is UPS; restriction type is restricted; scope is United States; conditions is Live animals may be shipped only pursuant to the restrictions and conditions set forth on the ups.com website, recorded from its source on 2026-08-31.

- **Item category:** Live animal Shipments _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Carrier:** UPS _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Restriction type:** restricted _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Scope:** United States _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Conditions:** Live animals may be shipped only pursuant to the restrictions and conditions set forth on the ups.com website _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> UPS provides service on a limited basis for some types of live animal Shipments. (The term “animal” as used here refers to anything living, except plants.) Live animals may be shipped only pursuant to the restrictions and conditions set forth on the ups.com website regarding Shipping Live Animals.

## Where each value comes from

This source states these in separate places, so each value is shown with the passage that states it.

### Scope

> UPS® Tariff/Terms and Conditions of Service – United States

## Source

- https://www.ups.com/assets/resources/webcontent/en_US/terms-service-us.pdf

Last verified: 2026-08-31. Review by: 2027-08-31.
Part of [Mailing and air-carriage restrictions by item category](https://referencesource.org/shipping-restrictions-by-class/).