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IATA Live Animals Regulations |
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) Live Animals Regulations (LAR), a mandatory standard for international transport of live animals by commercial airlines, is an essential reference for professionals in the business of shipping live animals by air as well as for the training of personnel in the industry. It is referred to all over the world by shippers, freight forwarders, airlines, ground handling companies, service providers, veterinarians, laboratories, governments, and animal welfare organizations. Its purpose is to ensure the correct packaging, storing, loading, and transportation of live animal shipments by air. The IATA Live Animals Regulations specify the containers to be used for international carriage of live animals and the precautionary measures to be taken during ground and air transportation. Over 250 airlines worldwide and thousands of their employees use the IATA LAR on a regular basis. The LAR is endorsed as the official transportation guidelines by: The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), the Office International des Epizooties (OIE), the European Union, and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. For more information or to order, contact or http://www.iata.org/whatwedo/
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