More than 12,000 chicks at a Delaware distribution center were found left in a USPS truck for more than three days.

The chicks were left abandoned due to a "misdirected" shipment, according to the Delaware Department of Agriculture.

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More than 12,000 chicks at a Delaware distribution center were abandoned in a USPS truck for more than three days.

Steve Doherty, a spokesman for the USPS, said the agency “can’t locate a claim being filed for this loss.” Some animals, including live chicks, can be mailed safely under proper conditions.

After a local hatchery mailed a shipment of 10,000 birds destined for locations across the country, the birds were found in ...

Steve Doherty, a spokesman for the USPS, told the Associated Press that the agency “can’t locate a claim being filed for this loss,” but “some animals, including live chicks, can be mailed ...

Due to biosecurity concerns, the hatchery cannot take the chicks back. The spokesperson said it would have been best if USPS, after discovering the chicks, had completed delivery as the recipients ...