A Nova Scotia horse breeder has won a bizarre claim against FedEx after the national courier failed to deliver a fresh batch of horse semen from B.C. Because horse sperm must be used within roughly 24 hours of production, Dreamscape staff turned to FedEx’s “Priority Overnight” service on May 2 to deliver the sample, which was packaged on ice. Not only does horse sperm have a short shelf life, once a mare has ovulated, it has a short window of fertility. According to a decision rendered in the Small Claims Court of Nova Scotia and released Tuesday, a FedEx representative testified that since November 2015, the courier’s west-to-east coast “overnight” service takes two days. The representative said McKendrick would have realized this had she gone to a section of FedEx’s website related to delivery times.

Source: National Post September 19, 2017 23:03 UTC