Mail delivery by animals has been used in many countries throughout history. It used to be the only way to quickly transport large bundles of letters over long distances, until motorised vehicles became more widespread. Mail is … See more

In Australia, camels were used to transport mail and supplies from Oodnadatta to Alice Springs until around 1929 when the railroad superseded … See more

Horses were a primary method of delivering mail and messages for many years in different countries around the world. Riders on … See more

From around 1899, reindeer were used to deliver mail in Alaska for the U.S. postal service. The first route was established by Sheldon Jackson and ran from St. Michael to Kotzebue, with another managed by William Kjellmann going between Unalakleet See more

Dogs were used to deliver mail when pulling a dogsled. Dogsled mail saw limited use in the northern parts of Alaska and Canada during the Klondike Gold Rush (1896–1903). … See more

The use of homing pigeons to carry messages is as old as the ancient Persians from whom the art of training the birds probably came. The Greeks conveyed the names of Olympic victors to their various cities by this means. The Dutch government … See more

In the 1870s, a satirical article by William L. Alden in the New York Times claimed that cats were being trained in Liège, Belgium to deliver mail to replace homing pigeons. … See more