I was awaiting for some semen to arrive for a flush, and I was told it had been shipped from the US to Canada. I started to set up a couple donors thinking that the semen would be here in plenty of time to breed the donors. The semen got hung up with Customs and also had to wait for a Federal Vet to clear it and we got down to 24 hours from when the donors were to be bred. I finally got word that the semen was released from Customs, but the only problem was that it was sitting in an AI stud, 2200 miles from the transplant center where the cows were being flushed. I called Fedex and asked if they had any over night service from Toronto to Calgary. They told me that it would cost me $110 ( Canadian funds) and that they would pick it up and deliver it to the transplant center, about 40 miles north of Calgary. I really had my doubts that this could possibly ever work, so i had a Plan B in place. The semen was picked up in Ontario at 4 PM at the stud which is an hour drive from the Toronto . At 10:15 AM the following morning, the transplant center called and told me the semen had been delivered there. I was simply amazed. 2200 miles plus pick up and delivery at either end for $110 was very reasonable. Sometimes the system does work!!
