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Louisville Port
Supervisory Office

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photos By Pat McDonogh, The Louisville Courier-Journal

Public Bulletins and Alerts
NOTICES TO THE WILDLIFE IMPORT/EXPORT COMMUNITY

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The Louisville Port was designated on January 5, 2005, and is now the 4th designated wildlife port in the Southeast Region. Congress allocated funds last year to establish the Louisville wildlife port and additional funds for its first year of operations. In a joint statement, the legislators said the wildlife port will be an economic asset for the region. In Louisville, the agents will focus on the airport, and especially UPS, which delivers more than 13 million packages and documents each day. UPS isn't the only business that expects to benefit.

Port status was awarded to Louisville largely because of its air-cargo hub, although it also will handle wildlife or wildlife-product inspections of cargo shipped on commercial airlines, or by rail or barge if they've not been inspected at another port. UPS generally doesn't accept live animals for shipment, except for lobsters. More typical of what requires wildlife inspections at UPS is jewelry with mother-of-pearl or belts made of exotic leathers. UPS acknowledged that in some cases, a UPS customer "may not be forthright with what's inside" a shipment, and sometimes, surprises occur. This cooperation with UPS allows the Service to better regulate the importation and exportation of wildlife and wildlife products. Office hours are 9:00am to 5:00pm.

Contacting the Office: Phone: 502-582-5989x21; Fax: 502-582-5981
Address: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 601 W. Broadway, Suite 115A, Gene Snyder Courthouse, Louisville, Kentucky 40202

Whom to Contact: Wildlife Inspectors at numbers indicated above, or Resident Agent-in-Charge
Nashville, TN, Phone: 615-736-5532

Assistance may also be obtained from the Regional Office located in Atlanta, Georgia.