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At 07:49 PM 9/20/2009, rnbianchi wrote:
> I drove from California to Maryland three years ago with my three 
> horses and two dogs.  The only state that required me to stop and 
> show my paperwork was Arizona.  There was a truck stop (Agriculture 
> and/or weigh station?) that said all trucks including pickups 
> hauling animals must stop.  It amazed me that no other states cared 
> at all what I was hauling in my three horse slant load.  Arizona 
> only looked at the paper work and asked if the horses were mine; 
> never checked the horses to see if they matched the descriptions on 
> the paperwork, or if they looked healthy.  I found it kind of 
> upsetting really.

If you stay on the Interstates you probably won't be stopped, but if 
you take side roads and stop in towns things might be different.  I 
know our local livestock inspector does look at paperwork and animals 
in trailers when they stop in town on their way through our area.
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