Last month, a post office employee in a small village southeast of Calgary discovered a puppy and kitten crammed into a cardboard box.
The box had appropriate postage and a destination address, but the two animals were found inside with stamps stuck to their heads.
A week later, a similar box was dropped off at the same post office and staff found another puppy inside.
The three animals were all unharmed and taken to the Calgary Humane Society, while the boxes were traced to 53-year-old Jill Marshall of Vulcan County.
Marshall has now been charged with causing animals to be in distress and will appear in Lethbridge provincial court on July 30.
According to Peace Officer Sgt. Rob Pintkowski, this isn’t the first time enforcement officers have had run ins with Marshall.
It’s illegal to mail live animals unless the sender has an agreement with Canada Post prior to mailing, which Marshall did not.
Bees, day-old chicks and hatching eggs, parasites, leeches and some other cold-blooded animals can be mailed under certain conditions.
