How to ship a tiger to Canada

I was discussing the matter of international wildlife shipping with a friend of mine, and she said, "Shipping is less complicated then you might think...then again, I'm biased, given that I do it all day long. The trick is to get the tiger into the box to begin with...after that you're all set. If you survive."

Now, my own current problems with UPS aside, I didn't think that it would be all that tricky. After a brief experiment, it appears as though I was right.

Step 1 Research 1

I gathered my reference materials

Comments

[Iliketobesoup]

You can turn this into a great children's book.

[TN777]

agreed!!!!

[ikestarm17]

ummm, excuse me but how do you send a tiger to Guatemala? I would like to send one to my grandmother. She is very mean. >:)

[TN777]

U follow dirrecttions, then put ur grandma's adress on the box.

[guppie]

Interesting. I'm pondering this problem right now. There may be a new instructable in a few weeks. :)

[ikestarm17]

yes! Right in time for her birthday... :)

[wakojako]

What if you shipped schrodingers tiger? (my spelling is bad I know)

[dragonsniper]

lol u mean schrodingers cat

[wakojako]

Yeah. It was late and my autocorrect was playing up. I couldn't be bothered to google it.

[craft_parrot]

Without a proper postal code the tiger could be held up in customs for weeks possibly endangering the lives of many customs personnel. A better address would have been:

From USA

To Quebec, Canada
(only French Canadians have the imagination necessary for keeping tigers)
90210

Warning: Tiger Inside!

[omnibot]

Then shouldn't that warning be in French also?

[nelsnils]

Ca va etre:


"Avertissement:
Tigre entre ca!"

Or something; my French is quite limited.

[blodefood]

Oui, en français aussi!

[TN777]

It should be:

De: Etats-Unis
Pour: Quebec, Canada
90210
Avertissment: a l'interreur Tiger!

It would be much better.

[technologyguy]

This is a purr-fectly humorous instructable of a different stripe!! And I'm not lion!

[Jayefuu]

Luckily, he packed it well, otherwise it could have been a cat-astrophy.

[munchman]

AIR HOLES!!! YOU FORGOT AIR HOLES!!!!!!!!!

[St Jimmy]

OH GOD! WILL THE GAPS BETWEEN THE FLAPS OF THE BOX BE ENOUGH???

[St Jimmy]

I know for a fact that tigers should be stuffed, so if you leave your fridge open for a while you'll have a stuffed tiger just sitting there, unable to move, ready for the shipping.

[80$man]

One word:
Win!

[stringstretcher]

does this count? http://tinyurl.com/tiger-in-a-box

[Matrix-technician]

Wonderful! Asolutely wonderful! Have you thought about copyrighting and publishing? :p

[FlamboyantHobo]

Im having a bit of a problem getting the tiger into the box.

[guppie]

Is the box sufficiently large? Also, as has been pointed out in the comments, the box should really have holes in it. I have found that it tends to be safer for the tiger to add the holes prior to ensconcing the tiger within the box.

[FlamboyantHobo]

Well, no. Its quite a small box. Would it help if i cut the tiger into smaller peices and ship it in separate boxes? I've been told that would also cut down on the price of postage. I really want this tiger gone. Its ruining all my nice things. ):

[guppie]

Consider using a shrink ray: http://www.instructables.com/id/Mad_Scientist_Shrink_Ray/

[maboy]

Excelent Instructable I say! However I do have a question unrelated to tigers that I'm hoping your willing to help me answer? That question being, what would happen to the size of the comment box if you replied to many times to a single comment? Because when you reply to a comment the box of the reply is smaller than the last. So would the boxes eventually dissapear?

[flyingfox567]

no after a while the comment boxes get bigger depending on how many time people respond to the last comment

[cfcubed]

This would have been awesome if (1) the box was a little bigger and (2) there was like a little speaker making subtle noises inside and a weighted motor or something to make the box shake

[KaJaAs]

Um maby he just wanted to make it simple. good idea though

[creat0r]

one word: ridiculous

[creat0r]

not as ridiculos

[creat0r]

this is more ridiculous than the piano.

[creat0r]

AHHH ITS A WAFFELZZ!!
no wait...
its a tiger...phew!

[unominame]

OMG I SEE A TAIL **turns capslock off** in the fridge!

[The Jamalam]

Aah! I spot a hiding tiger behind the purple books!

[lemon rind]

HOLY MACKEREL YOU'RE RIGHT!

[Sunbanks]

Do you have any tips for if you find a tiger in the bathroom of your hotel room?

[guppie]

1) Run away. 2) Build a time machine. 3) Travel back to before you went into the bathroom. 4) Put a sign on the door reading "Potential Tiger Inside. Knock First."

[Sunbanks]

What if it's Mike Tysons tiger though?