What’s inside the LAR?

The LAR covers animal transport of all kinds and contains comprehensive information about the requirements for protected and endangered species as lab animals, livestock and domestic animals.

• Applicability (shipper and carrier responsibilities, training, combatting illegal trade)
• Government regulations (general and variations by country)
• Carrier regulations (general, variations by carrier, airline contact information and AVI services)
• Reservations and advance arrangements (schedules, routing, interline advance, delivery, accompanying persons)
• Animal behaviour (general, disturbance, segregation, sedation, euthanasia, in-flight environment)
• Listing, description and species size (taxonomy, alphabetical list, description and size)
• Documentation (shipper’s certification, waybill, captain notification, CITES documents, other documents, live animal acceptance checklist)
• Container requirements (general, stocking density, marking, labeling)
• Handling (animal acceptance, ground handling, loading, feeding and watering, captain’s advice, health and hygiene, OIE recommendations)
• CITES (general, documentation, list of states, management authorities by country, Article XI, combatting illegal trade)
• Life science logistics for lab animals (health status, animal type and number, species, and container considerations)

What is new in the 2025 IATA Live Animals Regulations?